(a) Whoever violates any provision of this Code or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or erects, constructs, adds to or alters, moves or demolishes, or has erected, constructed, added to or altered, moved or demolished, a building or structure or portion thereof in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. This penalty shall apply individually to each owner, architect, engineer, builder, contractor, agent or other person or corporation committing or assisting the commission of such violation, as aforesaid. Each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation is committed or continued, as aforesaid, shall constitute a separate offense.
(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, addition, alteration, conversion, removal, demolition, 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 within the scope of the Code.
(Ord. 1978-44. Passed 4-11-78.)