Unless otherwise provided, any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 per day for the first two days of the violation and then $1,000 per day thereafter or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct offense hereunder for each day offense is continued.