It shall be unlawful to use or permit the use of any land or part thereof or of any building or structure or part thereof hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, changed or converted, wholly or partly, in its use or structure until a certificate of occupancy to the effect that the building, structure or land or the part thereof so erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired or used and the proposed use thereof conforms to the provisions of this chapter shall have been issued by the Building Inspector. In any such case, it shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to issue a certificate of occupancy within 10 days after request for the same shall have been filed in his office by any owner of a building or land affected by this chapter, provided that said building or land or the part thereof so erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired or used and for the proposed use hereof conforms with all the requirements herein set forth.

Upon written request from the owner, the Building Inspector shall issue a certificate of occupancy for any building, structure or land existing at the effective date of this chapter, certifying, after inspection, the use of the building, structure or land and whether such use conforms to the provisions of this chapter.

The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Building Inspector.

In case any building or signboard or sign or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, maintained or used or any land is used or any hedge, tree, shrub or other growth or a fence is maintained in violation of this chapter or of any regulation made pursuant hereto, in addition to other remedies provided by law, any appropriate action or proceeding, whether by legal process or otherwise, may be instituted or taken to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use; to restrain, correct or abate such violation; to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land; or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use of any kind or nature in or about such premises.

For any and every violation of the provisions of this chapter, the owner or general agent or contractor for a building or premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist and the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises or part thereof where such violation has been committed or shall exist and the owner, general agent, architect, building contractor lessee, tenant or any other person who knowingly commits, takes part or assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be liable for a fine not exceeding $1,000 per day of the violation or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days in the County Jail, or both, for each and every offense, and whenever such person shall have been notified by the Building Inspector or by service of a summons or in any other way that he is committing such violation of this chapter, each day that he shall continue such violation after such notification shall constitute a separate offense subject to like penalty. Such penalties shall be collected as like penalties are now by law collected. Such violations shall also be disorderly conduct punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

If any offender is found guilty of violating the same provision of a local law three times within a twelve-month period, the fine provided by statute shall be doubled. If an offender is found guilty of violating the same local law four or more times within a twelve-month period, then the fine provided by statute shall be tripled.