[Ord. No. 2345 §XXII, 10-16-1979]
The owner or agent of a building or premises in or upon which
a violation of any provision of this Chapter has been committed or
shall exist; or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire
premises in or upon which violation has been committed or shall exist;
or the agent, architect, building contractor or any other persons
who commits, takes part or assists in any violation or who maintains
any building or premises in or upon which 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 one hundred dollars ($100.00)
for each and every day that such violation continues, but if the offense
be willful, on conviction thereof, the punishment shall be a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00) 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. Any such person having been served
with an order to remove any such violation, failing to comply with
said order within ten (10) days after such notice or continuing to
violate any provision of the regulations made under authority of this
Chapter in the respect named in such order shall be subject to a civil
penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
