§ 1462.99  PROSECUTION OF VIOLATIONS.
   (a)   Whenever the person responsible under this chapter with the maintenance of a structure or premises fails to comply with any final order as provided in this chapter, the Law Director may institute appropriate action at law.
   (b)   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, or fails to comply with any final order as provided herein shall be, upon conviction of the same as a first offense, guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Any subsequent offense shall constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day on which a violation occurs or continues.
   (c)   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, or fails to comply with any final order as provided herein, on more than one subject matter in any two-year period separate and distinct from a conviction upon a prior subject matter or any continued daily violation of such prior subject matter, shall be, upon conviction of the same, guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A separate offense on such subsequent subject matter within two years shall be deemed committed each day on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
   (d)   Any person that refuses to permit inspection or otherwise obstructs, hinders or interferes with the inspection of a premises pursuant to the execution of an administrative warrant is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree set forth in Chapter 698.
(Ord. 13-O-51, passed 9-16-2013)