It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter or the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code or of the Property Maintenance Code or fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or erect, construct, alter or repair or maintain a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the building code official or in violation of a permit or certificate issued under the USBC. It shall be unlawful for any person to continue any work in or about the building after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as he or she is directed to perform to remove a violation, unsafe or substandard condition. Upon conviction, violations shall be shall be punishable by a fine up to the maximum permitted by § 36-106, Code of Virginia, and each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.