Any person, partnership or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day's continuance of a violation shall be considered a separate offense. The owner of any buildings or premises or parts thereof, where anything in violation of the chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and any builder, contractor, or agent of the owner who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation shall be guilty of a separate offense. Said violations will be prosecuted in the Municipal Court of the City of Cartersville unless the Superior Court of Bartow County has original jurisdiction.

Except as otherwise provided, a person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or both. With respect to violations of this chapter that are continuous with respect to time, each day the violation continues is a separate offense.