It shall be the duty of the building commissioner to enforce this ordinance. Appeal from the decision of the building commissioner may be made to the board of adjustment as provided in article XIX.

The owner or agent of a building or premises in or upon which a violation or any provisions of this ordinance has been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant or an entire building or entire premises in or upon which violation has been committed or shall exist, or the agent, architect, building contractor or any other person who commits, [or] takes part or assists in, any violation or who maintains any building or premises in or upon which such violation shall exist, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 and not more than $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 $100.00 nor more than $250.00 for each and every day that such violation shall continue, or by imprisonment for ten days for each and every day such violation shall continue, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Any such person, having been served with an order to remove any such violation, failing to comply with said order within ten days after such notice or continuing to violate any provision of the regulations made under authority of this ordinance in the respect named in such order, shall also be subject to a civil penalty of $250.00.