Wherever in this code or in any ordinance of the city, or rule or regulation promulgated by an officer or agency thereof under the authority invested by law or ordinance, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code, ordinance, rule or regulation is declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,500. Every day any violation of this code or any such ordinance, rule or regulation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. In any prosecution based upon this section it shall be necessary to allege only the first day with respect to which any forfeiture is assessable, and upon conviction, the offender shall be assessed for that day and each day subsequent thereto with respect to which it is proven and found that the person did commit the violation.
('79 Code, § 1-10)