A. The city of Aberdeen, through its authorized agents, may initiate injunction, abatement proceedings or any other appropriate action in the courts against any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this title.

B. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this title, or the owner of property upon which a violation of this title is located, shall be subject to a maximum penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each day or portion of a day that the violation continues; provided, however, that an owner of property who has not perpetrated the violation shall be subject to penalty only if demand for abatement or alteration of the violation has been mailed to said owner at his/her last known address by registered mail, return receipt requested, and the demand has remained unmet for more than thirty (30) days.

C. In addition to incurring civil liability under Section 17.96.090(B), the violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this title is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, a violator shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not more than ninety (90) days for each separate offense. Each day or portion thereof upon which a violation appears constitutes a separate offense.