(a) Whoever violates any 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, constructed, altered or repaired a building or structure or portion thereof in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder, or a permit or certificate issued thereunder, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 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 and who may have assisted in the commission of such violation shall each be guilty of a separate offense and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(b) The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the City Solicitor 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.
(Ord. 3-61. Passed 1-23-61.)