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7.30.110 NO MANDATORY DUTY CREATED.

No section of this chapter shall impose a mandatory duty on the City, or on any officer, official, agent, employee, board, council, or commission of the City. Instead, if any section purports to impose a mandatory duty of enforcement, that section shall be deemed to invest the City, and the appropriate officer, official, agent, employee, board, council, or commission with discretion to enforce the section or not to enforce it. A police officer, for example, shall have the discretion to quiet a nuisance without applying standards detailed in Sections 7.30.040 through 7.30.060.