Any owner of property who fails to obtain the appropriate building permit, and anyone performing construction services of any kind for an owner of property who fails to verify that the appropriate building permit has been obtained, will be responsible for and will be required to pay a fee in an amount equal to the applicable building permit fee. Any person owning property that fails to obtain a building permit, and any person performing construction services of any kind for such person who fails to verify that a building permit has been obtained, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and deemed to have committed a Municipal infraction, and each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any provision of this section is committed, continued or permitted. For each separate incident, the City shall elect to treat the violation as a misdemeanor or a Municipal infraction, but not both. If a violation is repeated, the City may treat the initial violation as a misdemeanor and the repeat violation as a Municipal infraction, or vice versa. (Ord. 17-26, 10-2-2017)