Any owner or agent, and any person or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, structurally alter, enlarge, rebuild or move any building or building or any structure, or who shall put into use any lot or land in violation of any detailed statement or plan, submitted and approved hereunder, or who shall refuse reasonable opportunity to inspect any premises, and who shall fail to abate such violation or refusal within 10 days after written notice has been served upon him, either by mail or by personal service, upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of $500 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.