Does a municipality have the authority to enforce its own bylaws?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rimmer v North Cowichan (Municipality), 2018 BCSC 1750 (CanLII):
This Court, in Dusevic v. Columbia Shuswap (Regional District) (1989), 44 M.P.L.R. 160 (B.C.S.C.), after a fully-considered analysis, found that it is a municipality alone who is entitled to decide whether and how its bylaws are to be enforced, absent an allegation of bad faith. (The local government in Dusevic was a regional district, but the relevant legal principles are identical for a municipality.)
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