The owner, general agent, contractor or lessee of any land or premises or part thereof where anything in violation of this Division shall be placed or deposited; any contractor who may be employed to assist in the commission of any such violation; and all persons, and corporations including officers thereof, participating in any such violation, or firms or partnerships who shall violate or maintain a violation of any of the provisions of this Division, or who shall fail to comply with such Division, or with a lawful order issued under such Division, or who shall conduct a rubble fill operation in violations of any statement of plans submitted and approved under this Division, shall for each violation or noncompliance be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction they shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1-123 of this Code. The availability or possible, prospective application of such penalty shall not preclude the enforced removal, correction or abatement or prohibited uses or conditions through appropriate proceedings in a court of equity.