(A) Non-compliance. A person who shall violate a provision of this chapter or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair, or has erected, altered or repaired a building or structure or portion thereof, in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $250, nor more than $1,000. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable hereunder as such. Also, the owner of a building or structure or portion thereof, or of the premises where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and an architect, engineer, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith who has assisted in the commission of such violation shall each be guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $250, nor more than $1,000; each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable hereunder as such. The court shall also order as part of the judgment that the defendant comply with all applicable codes and ordinances relating to the property which is the subject of the violation.
(B) Abatement. The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the Corporation Counsel from instituting an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, or to restrain, correct or abate a violation, or to prevent the occupancy of a building or structure or portion thereof, or of the premises, or to prevent an illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about any premises.
(1960 Code, § 23-1-13) (Ord. 2641, passed - -; Ord. 7096, passed 4-8-2008)