§ 20-3. Violation of chapter; penalty.

(a)

Whoever shall violate or fail to comply with this chapter, the code adopted hereby, or any order issued thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which on appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the health officer, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed therein, shall severally have each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment not more than 60 days, or both.

(b)

The imposition of the penalty shall not be an authorization or ratification of, nor excuse, a violation to continue.

(c)

Each such person shall remedy or correct the violation or defect within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that the prohibited condition is maintained, shall constitute a separate offense.

(d)

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or prevent the enforced removal of a prohibited condition.

(Code 2004, § 6.3)