Any person, agent or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or shall build or alter any building or use in violation of any statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be liable for a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each day the violation shall be permitted to exist with each day constituting a separate offense.

The culpable mental state required to prove a violation of this Ordinance is that of criminal negligence under Texas Penal Code section 6.03(d).