[R.O. 2006 §405.630]
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 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) or more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) 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 this Chapter in the respect named
in such order shall also be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00).
