(A) A person who shall violate a provision of this chapter or fail 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, in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10, nor more than $50, or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment within the discretion of the courts.
(B) The owner of a building, structure, or premises, where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and an architect, builder, contractor, agent, person, or corporation employed in connection therewith, and who may have assisted in the commission of such a violation, shall each be guilty of a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined as therein provided.
(C) The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed, shall not preclude the Town Attorney 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, structure, or premises, or to prevent an illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about any premises.
(Prior Code, § 4-6)