(A) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this code hereby adopted or who fails to comply therewith, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement or specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such order as affirmed or modified by the Board of Appeals or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and non compliance be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not in excess of $2,000. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and, when not otherwise specified, each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions, or any other official action authorized by law.
('78 Code, § 8-49) (Ord. 401, passed 12-17-79; Ord. 487, passed 4-11-83; Ord. 519, passed 11-28-83; Ord. 773, passed 4-11-88; Ord. 862, passed 4-23-90; Ord. 933, passed 3-23-92; Ord. 954, passed 3-8-93; Am. Ord. 1430, passed 6-23-03; Am. Ord. OR-1470-09, passed 4-13-09)