In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of the provisions of this ordinance or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the proper local authorities of the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use[,] to restrain, correct, or abate such violation[,] to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure, land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises. Such regulations shall be enforced by the zoning authority or other officer authorized to issue building permits, who is empowered to cause any building, structure, place, or premises to be inspected or examined, and to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision of the regulations under authority of this ordinance.

The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any provision of said regulations has been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the owner, general agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the general agent, architect, builder, contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part, or assists in such violation, or who maintains any building or premises in which any violations shall exist shall be guilty of violation of an ordinance, punishable by a fine not less than $10 and not more than $500 for each and every day that such violation continues, but if the offense be willful, upon conviction thereof, the punishment shall be a fine of not less than $100 and, in any case shall include court costs, or by imprisonment for ten days for each and every day the 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 who shall fail to comply with said order within ten days after such service or who shall continue to violate any provisions of the regulations made under authority of this ordinance in respect named in such order, shall also be subject to civil penalty of $100.