(a) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues. If the offender has been previously convicted of violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, said person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
(b) The Law Director is hereby authorized and empowered, in cases of flagrant, continuing or repeated violations of this Housing Code, to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order enjoining the owner or any other person or persons from inhabiting or otherwise occupying a dwelling, dwelling unit or room wherein such violations exist.
(c) (1) Any owner, agent or occupant of a dwelling structure subject to the provisions of this Code, who has received notice of a Housing Code violation, and anyone who violates any provision of this Code, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or fails to comply therewith, or with any written notice or order issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during, or on which a violation occurs or continues. No such penalty shall be applicable while an appeal is pending, in accordance with Section 1470.10 of these Codified Ordinances.
(2) The imposition of penalties prescribed herein shall not preclude the Municipal Attorney from instituting an appropriate action or proceedings of law or in equity to correct or abate the violation under the provisions of this Code.
(Ord. 26-95. Passed 9-25-95; Ord. 8-2014. Passed 5-12-14.)