The extraordinary remedy of mandamus is available to compel the performance of an act which the law especially enjoins as a duty resulting from office. That writ also is available to correct a manifest abuse of discretion by the governing body, and occasionally has been so utilized in zoning cases. State ex rel. Board of Comm'rs v. Dayton Dev.
Mandamus is an appropriate remedy when discretion is exercised arbitrarily or capriciously.
We have previously held, moreover, that such abuse is properly corrected by a writ of mandamus.