(a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of Titles Two through Six of this Part Fourteen - Building and Housing Code, including the standards adopted in Title Two by reference, or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or erects, constricts, adds to, alters, moves or demolishes, or has erected, constructed, added to, altered, moved or demolished, 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, and whoever owns a building or structure, or portion thereof, or premises, where anything in violation of any of such provisions is placed or exists, and every architect, engineer, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith who assisted in the commission of such a violation or noncompliance, shall, unless a different penalty is expressly provided, be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than six months, 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.
(b) The imposition of the penalty prescribed in division (a) hereof shall not preclude the Municipal Attorney from instituting an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, addition, alteration, conversion, removal, demolition, 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.