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Ordinance No. 2008-44 (oh) Annual Review of Code Provisions and Onerations. The Property Maintenance Officer shall, in the month of January of each year, review with the Fire Chief, the City Engineer, and the Director of Law the procedure and operation of this Code, and report to Council on or before March 15: (1) Any recommended amendment, addition or modification of a provision of this Code consonant with the field experience of the personnel charged with enforcement; (2) A summary of the time sequence enforcement experience indicating the number of violations abated, the number of cases processed in the Municipal Court, the number of inspections made and such other and further pertinent information as will provide Council with an annual account of progress in securing the standards required by this Code; and (3) Any further recommendation as to how this Code and the procedures and operations hereunder can be improved. SECTION 5: That Section 1363.99 of the Building Code, which presently reads as follows: 1363.99 PENALTY; EQUITABLE REMEDIES. (a) Penalt . Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for each offense. Each violation of a section or part of a section of this chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct violation independent of any other section or part of a section or any order issued pursuant ta this chapter. Each day of failure by any person after notice and final order to comply with any section or part of a section shall constitute a separate offense. (b) Application of Penaltv to Officers or Agents• Where the defendant is other than a natural person, subsection (a) hereof shall also apply to any agent, superintendent, officer, member or partner who, alone or with others, has charge, care or control of the premises (c) Equitable Remedies. The imposition of any penalty shall not preclude the Director of Law or Prosecutor from instituting an appropnate action or proceeding in a court of proper jurisdiction to prevent an unlawful repair or maintenance; or to restrain, correct ar abate a violation; or to prevent the occupancy af a building, structure or premises; or to require compliance with the provisions of this Code or other applicable laws, ordinances, rules or regulations or the orders or determinations of the Property Maintenance Officer ar the Board of Building Code Appeals. BE AMENDED, AND, A5 AMENDED, SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: 22 1363.99 PENALTY; EQUITABLE REMEDIES.