[Amended 6-26-1979 by L.L. No. 13-1979; 4-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 7-18-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
For any and every violation of the provisions
of this chapter, the owner, general agent or contractor of a building
or premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist,
and the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises
where such violation has been committed or shall exist, and the owner,
general agent, or contractor, lessee or tenant of any part of a building
or premises in which part of such violation has been committed or
shall exist, and the general agent, architect, builder, contractor
or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in such violation
or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation
shall exist, shall, upon conviction of a first offense, be subject
to a fine not less than $350 but not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment
for a period not to exceed six months, or both; upon conviction of
a second offense, both of which were committed within a period of
five years, to a fine not less than $1,000 nor more than $6,000 or
imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or both; and upon
conviction of a third or subsequent offense, all of which were committed
within a period of five years, to a fine not less than $2,000 nor
more than $7,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months,
or both. A violation that continues shall constitute a separate additional
violation for each week that it continues.
