Section 11-108. Penalties

1. Any person having been served with an order
  pursuant to the provisions  of  any  local  law  or  ordinance,  or  the
  procedures  adopted  pursuant to section three hundred eighty-one of the
  executive law for  the  administration  and  enforcement  of  the  state
  uniform  fire  prevention and building construction code, who shall fail
  to comply with such order within  thirty  days  after  such  service  or
  within  the  time  fixed  by  such  order  for  compliance, whichever is
  greater, and any owner,  builder,  architect,  engineer,  contractor  or
  subcontractor taking part or assisting in the construction or use of any
  building  who  shall  knowingly violate any applicable provisions of the
  code or any lawful order of the governmental entity responsible for  the
  administration  and enforcement thereof shall be punishable by a fine of
  not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not  more  than
  thirty days in jail, or both.
    2.  Except  as provided otherwise by law, any such violation shall not
  be a crime and the penalty or punishment imposed therefor shall  not  be
  deemed  for  any  purpose a penal or criminal penalty or punishment, and
  shall not impose any disability upon or affect or impair the credibility
  as a witness, or otherwise, of any person convicted thereof.