A. 
Whenever the Commissioner of Public Works is satisfied that a building or structure, or any work in connection therewith, the erection, construction or alteration, execution or repair of which is regulated, permitted or forbidden by this chapter, is being erected, constructed, altered or repaired in violation of the provisions or requirements of this chapter or in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder, he may serve a written notice or order upon the person responsible therefor directing discontinuance of such illegal action and the remedying of the condition that is in violation of the provisions or requirements of this chapter.
B. 
In case such notice or order is not promptly complied with, the Commissioner of Public Works shall request the Corporation Counsel to institute an appropriate action or proceeding at law or in equity to restrain, correct or remove such violation or the execution of work thereon or to restrain or correct the erection or alteration of or to require the removal of or to prevent the occupation or use of the building or structure erected, constructed or altered in violation of or not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or with respect to which the requirements thereof or of any order or direction made pursuant to provisions contained therein, shall not have been complied with.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Public Works, by reason of defective or illegal work in violation of a provision or requirement of this chapter, the continuance of a building operation is contrary to public welfare, he may order, either orally or in writing, all further work to be stopped and may require suspension of work until the condition in violation has been remedied.
[Amended 10-13-1992; 2-8-1999; 1-23-2006]
A. 
A person who shall violate a provision of this chapter or of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or any order issued by the Commissioner of Public Works or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair, or has erected, constructed, altered or repaired, a building or structure in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder, or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of an offense punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
The owner of a building, structure or premises where anything in violation of this chapter or of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code shall be placed or shall exist, and an architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted in the commission of such violation, shall each be guilty, upon conviction, of a separate offense and shall be punished as herein provided.
The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the Corporation Counsel from instituting an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use or to restrain, correct or abate a violation, or to prevent the occupancy of a building, structure or premises, or to prevent an illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about any premises.