[Ord. No. 144 Art. XI §1, 11-15-1960; Ord. No. 205 Art. XII §1, 2-15-1972]
It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner with the aid
of the City Marshal to enforce this Chapter in accordance with the
administrative provisions of the Building Code and of this Chapter.
A.
The
owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation
of any provision of said regulations has been committed or shall exist,
or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where
such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the owner, general
agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in
which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the general
agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who commits,
takes part or assists in any such violation or who maintains any building
or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars
($10.00) and not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for
each and every day that such violation continues or by imprisonment
for ten (10) days for each and every day such violation shall continue
or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 82.300, RSMo., however,
for the second (2nd) and subsequent offenses involving the same violation
at the same building or premises, the punishment shall be a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every day that such violation shall
continue or by imprisonment for ten (10) days for each and every day
such violation shall continue or by both such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Court.
B.
Any
such person who having been served with an order to remove any such
violation shall fail to comply with such order within ten (10) days
after such service or shall continue to violate any provision of the
regulations made under authority of Sections 89.010 to 89.140, RSMo.,
in the respect named in such order shall also be subject to a civil
penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
