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3.60.080 LIABILITY.

The failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not invalidate or set-aside any expenditure or contract. No section of this chapter shall impose a mandatory duty on the City, or on any officer, official, agent, employee, board, or council thereof. Instead, if any section purports to impose a mandatory duty of enforcement, said section shall be deemed to invest the City, and the appropriate officer, official, agent, employee, board, or council with discretion to enforce the section or not to enforce it.