The failure or refusal for any reason of any owner, or agent of an owner acting on behalf of the owner, to file a registration statement or to pay any fees required to be paid pursuant to the provisions of this section, within 30 days after notice, shall constitute a violation punishable upon conviction thereof by a fine in the amount of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first two continual and uncorrected failures or refusals to register, or for each failure or refusal to pay and not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the third and any subsequent continual and uncorrected failure or refusal to register or for each subsequent failure or refusal to pay or imprisonment for any term not exceeding ninety days or both. Unpaid fines shall be registered as a lien against the violating building.
(Res. 134-2008. Passed 9-2-08.)