(a) (1) Any responsible party, including any owner or owners of any premises, building, structure, wall, platform, staging, flooring, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this Building and Housing Code shall be placed or shall exist, and/or any architect, contractor, builder, plumber, carpenter, mason or electrician who may be employed to assist in the commission of any such violation, and/or all persons or corporations who shall violate any of the provisions of this Building and Housing Code or fail to comply therewith, or any requirement thereof, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Each separate violation shall constitute a separate offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed to be committed for each day during which the violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(2) Should any specific offense for which any responsible party, as specified above, has been found guilty in any court of law be repeated within a two-year period of the date of the conviction for such offense, such responsible party shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each separate violation shall constitute a separate offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed to be committed for each day during which the violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(b) The application of the penalty provided in division (a) hereof shall not be deemed to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions or the application of any other equitable remedy.
(Ord. 2009-272, passed 11-16-2009)