(A) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Zoning Code, or builds or alters any building in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree for each offense and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 202.99 of this Code of Ordinances. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues. It shall not be necessary to separately charge such continuing violations and whoever is charged with a violation of this Zoning Code shall be deemed separately charged with said offense each day during or on which that violation and/or noncompliance continues. The owner of any building or any premises or part thereof where anything in violation of this Zoning Code is placed or exists, any lessee, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall each be guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the penalty as herein provided.
(B) The imposition of any penalty shall not preclude the Director of Law from instituting an appropriate action or proceeding in a court of proper jurisdiction 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, structure or premises, or to require compliance with the provisions of this Zoning Code or other applicable laws, ordinances, rules or regulations, or the orders or determinations of the Building Commissioner or the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. 46-68, passed 2-3-1969; Ord. 124-94, passed 11-7-1994)