This code is enacted as an exercise of the police power of the city of Lynnwood to protect and preserve the public peace, health, safety and welfare, and its provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes.

It is expressly the purpose of this code to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this code.

It is the specific intent of this code to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the licensee or applicant for license within its scope, and no provision of nor term used in this code is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the city or any of its officers or employees, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this code will be discretionary and not mandatory.

Nothing contained in this code is intended to be nor shall be construed to form the basis for any liability on the part of the city, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of a licensee or applicant for license to comply with the provisions of this code, or by reason or in consequence of any act or omission in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this code on the part of the city by its officers, employees or agents. (Ord. 1078 § 1, 1979)