§ 52-5. Violation and penalties.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who shall fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect or alter any building or who shall commence to erect or alter any building in violation of any detailed statement of plan submitted or approved thereunder, shall for each and every violation of any detailed statement of plan submitted or approved thereunder, shall for each and every violation or noncompliance be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined as provided in section 1-10and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall be construed to constitute a separate offense. The owner of that building or premises or part thereof where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent or corporation employed in connection therewith who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation shall each be guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalties herein provided.

(Code 1994, § 12.2100)