[Amended by Ord. No. 19-88]
[Amended by Ord. No. 7-07]
Any owner or agent, and any person or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, structurally alter, enlarge, rebuild, or move any building or buildings or any structure or who shall put into use any lot or land in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted hereunder, or who shall refuse reasonable opportunity to inspect any premises, shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.
The owner of any building or structure, lot or land or part thereof, where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who assists in the commission of such violation shall each be responsible for compliance with the provisions of this chapter and shall each be liable to the fine or imprisonment or both specified in § 600-400 above for a violation hereof.
In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this chapter, the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land or to prevent any illegal act, conduct business or use in or about such premises.