(A) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted in this chapter or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder by the Building Commissioner, Fire Chief or Fire Prevention Officer or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder or any certificate or permit issued thereunder or who shall fail to comply with an order issued thereunder as affirmed or modified by the City Council within the time fixed in the order shall, upon a finding of such violation or failure to comply made in accordance with the terms of Chapter 11 of this code of ordinances or, upon conviction of a violation or failure to comply by a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined an amount not less than $100 for each separate violation.
(B) The imposition of one penalty for any violation or failure to comply shall not excuse the violation or failure to comply and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violation or failure to comply within a reasonable time, but in no event more than 30 days after the date of the finding or conviction of the violation or failure to comply. Each ten days that a violation or failure to comply is maintained or is in existence shall constitute a separate offense and violation of § 93.20 of this chapter for which separate prosecutions may be maintained.
(C) The application of the above penalty provisions shall not be held or considered to prevent enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Prior Code, § 93.99) (Ord. 91-268, passed 5-28-1991; Ord. 94-277, passed 5-10-1994; Ord. 2000-298, passed 2-22-2000; Ord. 06-035, passed 6-27-2006; Ord. 08-007, passed 2-26-2008; Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)