Ordinance

Benefits, detriments and costs

This list contains all ordinances defined by Maxis. There are exactly 20 of them, and they are predefined in the game's exe file. Thus, additional ordinances cannot be added, but the existing ones can be modded to a certain degree.

The ordinances are listed in alphabetical order by their exemplar names within SimCity_1.dat. The name given for an ordinance is not necessarily the same as seen in game. In the game they are given in LTEXT files separately for each language.

The number in front of an ordinance is the Instance ID of the ordinance exemplar (you won't need these numbers). The Type ID and Group ID for all Ordinance Exemplars are 0x6534284A, 0xA9C2C209 (you won't need those either).

Travel Strategy Values are As Follows: Mass Transit/Car/Fastest

IID	Internal Name	Game Name	Properties
C2BF1E04	Car Smogging	Automobile Emission Reduction Act	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §20 + §0.005 per person Air Pollution Decreased by 10% Mayor Rating Decreased by 5
A2BF1DDC	Carpool Incentive	Carpool Incentive Program	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.010 per person No effect. This literally does nothing except cost you money.
A2BF1E43	Clean Air	Clean Air Act	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per person Air Pollution -10% Dirty Industry Demand Decreased by 33%
00D0723D	CPR Training	Community CPR Training Program	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per person Health Quotient Increased by 10%
40D07236	Free Clinics	Free Clinic Program	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per §1 in Health Department Funding Health Quotient Increased by 10%
A0D07129	Gambling	Legalise Gambling	Enactment Cost §0 Retractment Cost §20 Monthly Income §100 Crime Increased By 20% Enables Casino
815B4CEF	Junior Sports	Junior Sports Programs	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per §1 in Parks Funding Crime Decreased by 5%
22F6E80C	Landfill Gas Recovery	Landfill Gas Recovery Program	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §20 + §0.001 per person Air Pollution Decreased by 3% Requires Landfill Requires Gas Power Plant
62BF1DB9	Neighborhood Watch	Neighborhood Watch Program	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per person Crime Decreased by 5% Requires Police Station
E0D0722E	Nuclear Free Zone	Nuclear Free Zone	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.002 per person Agricultral Demand Increased by 0.33% High-Tech Industry Demand Decreased by 17% Mayor Rating Increased by 5 No Nuclear Plants of any kind after enactment
22F6E81B	Paper Reduction	Paper Waste Reduction Program	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §20 + §0.005 per person §§ Commercial Demand Decreased by 0.33% §§§ Commercial Demand Decreased by 0.17% Garbage Output Decreased by 10%
82B9999B	Power Conservation	Power Conservation Act	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §0 + §0.005 per person Dirty Industry Demand Decreased by 0.50% Manufacturing Demand Decreased by 0.50% High-Tech Industry Demand Decreased by 0.50% Power Demand Decreased by 10%
82B9999B	Pro-reading Campaign	Pro-Reading Campaign	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §20 + §0.005 per §1 in Library Funding School Effect Increased by 10%
A2BF1DE5	Shuttle Service	Commuter Shuttle Service	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §20 + §0.005 per person Air Pollution Decreased by 2% R§ Travel Strategy 85/15/0 (Instead of 80/20/0) R§§ Travel Strategy 35/0/65 (Instead of 30/0/70) R§§§ Travel Strategy 15/75/10 (Instead of 10/80/10)
62BF1DAA	Smoke Detectors	Smoke Detector Program	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §0 + §0.001 per person Flammability Decreased by 5%
C2F6E81F	Tyre Recycling	Tyre Recycling Program	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §20 + §0.001 per person Garbage Output Decreased by 3%
62F6E7CF	Tourist Promotion	Tourist Promotion Program	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per §1 in Landmark Funding § Commercial Demand Increased by 0.33% §§ Commercial Demand Increased by 0.33% §§§ Commercial Demand Increased by 0.33%
42BF1E18	Trash Presorting	Trash Presort Requirement	Enactment Cost §20 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per §1 in Recycling Funding Garbage Output Decreased by 3% Requires Recycling Center
02BF1DFA	Water Conservation	Water Conservation Program	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §50 + §0.005 per person Agricultral Demand Decreased by 0.83% Dirty Industry Demand Decreased by 0.50% Manufacturing Demand Decreased by 0.33% High-Tech Industry Demand Decreased by 0.17% Water Use Decreased by 10%
42BF1E18	Youth Curfew	Youth Curfew Act	Enactment Cost §10 Retractment Cost §10 Monthly Cost §40 + §0.002 per person Mayor Rating Decreased by 10 Crime Decreased by 5%
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Note that the Mayor Rating, when decreased, are not percentages. The Mayor Rating can be any value between 0 and 255. A reduction of -5 means the Mayor Rating is decreased by exactly 5 (not 5%).

Avaliability

At startup of a new city no ordinances are available until one month has elapsed. After that month the following 16 ordinances become available:

• Car Smogging
• Carpool Incentive
• Clean Air
• CPR Training
• Free Clinics
• Gambling
• Nuclear Free Zone
• Paper Reduction
• Power Conservation
• Pro-reading campaign
• Shuttle Service
• Smoke Detectors
• Tire Recycling
• Tourist Promotion
• Water Conservation
• Youth Curfew

The remaining four ordinances all require certain buildings to be built first:

• Junior Sports (Park)
• Landfill Gas Recovery (Landfill + Gas Power Plant)
• Neighborhood Watch (Police Station)
• Trash Presorting (Recycling Center)

Two properties found in the ordinance exemplars are obviously unused:

• Year Available (0 for all, except 1970 for Power Conservation)
• Monthly Chance (0.005 for all ordinances)