(a) Unless another penalty is expressly provided, the owner of any building or structure, or any part thereof, where anything in violation of any of the provisions of this Building and Housing Code is done or exists, and any architect, builder, plumber, carpenter, mason or other person who or which may be employed to assist in such work and who or which violates any of the provisions thereof, or who or which violates or fails to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder, or who or which builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, are severally, for each and every violation and noncompliance respectively, guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues, unless otherwise provided.
(b) The imposition of such penalty for any violation or noncompliance shall not excuse the violation or noncompliance or permit it to continue, and all persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violation or defect within a reasonable time. The imposition of such penalty shall not be held to preclude the enforced removal of prohibited conditions or the application of any other equitable remedy.