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In Canada, it's bylaws and not ordinances made by local government.

and they're called by-laws when set by a condo or strata, too! (in Canada)

And in NYC, local laws are quite literally called local laws. These bits of terminology vary widely across the US.

The US (New England) town I live in calls them bylaws.

the state and local level can call them whatever they want, which is why a lot of older, eastern states in the US have definitions for things like hamlets. the Dillon Rule lets the states define that however they want, and the FedGov ain't setting local HOA rules.

The FedGov is if you take into account stuff like satellite dishes