Also means
regulatory agency
Usage Note
Ordnungsamt is the municipal authority enforcing local rules, from parking violations to noise complaints and market licences. Citizens often grumble when the Ordnungsamt hands out fines. It overlaps in role with the Ordnungspolizei; the plural is Ordnungsämter.
Examples
"Das Ordnungsamt verteilte Strafzettel an die Falschparker."
Natural Translation
The public order office handed out tickets to the illegal parkers.
Literal Translation
The order-office distributed penalty-tickets to the wrong-parkers.
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