5-20-105 - Code violations Penalties.

5-20-105. Code violations Penalties.

(a)  The authority of this chapter shall not extend to the incorporation by reference of any penalty clause contained in a code.

(b)  (1)  Any person, firm or corporation or agent who violates a provision of any code or fails to comply therewith or with any of the provisions thereof, or violates a detailed statement or plans submitted and approved thereunder, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

     (2)  Each such person, firm or corporation or agent commits a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of a code is committed or continued.

[Acts 1975, ch. 328, § 5; T.C.A., § 5-2005; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]