Mr. Cavanaugh pointed out that the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 prohibits municipalities from limiting antennas to commercial areas.

As governor, he signed legislation that allows people to carry concealed weapons into churches, among other places, and that prohibits municipalities from directly suing gun makers.

Mr. Bush has been an ally of the N.R.A. in Texas, signing bills to allow residents to carry concealed weapons and prohibiting municipalities from filing lawsuits against gun makers.

Bloomberg administration officials said the Council overstepped its authority because federal law prohibits municipalities from regulating the terms of employee health care plans.

As counsel to the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board, Ruckelshaus obtained court orders prohibiting industries and municipalities from heavy pollution of the state's water supply.

In 2011, California passed an act to prohibit municipalities from mandating use of E-Verify.

However, 18 states have passed laws to restrict or explicitly prohibit municipalities from offering broadband services.

The Jersey Shore should be as free as the waves, say a pair of legislators who propose a constitutional amendment prohibiting municipalities from charging beach fees.

Many provinces prohibit municipalities from running an operating deficit and restrict municipal borrowing to capital expenditures, while providing them conditional and unconditional transfers.

Heritage now wants H.U.D. to prohibit municipalities with rent control from receiving Federal housing funds.