Any person who, being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any room, shed, tenement, booth or building, float or vessel, or part thereof, knowingly permits the same to be used for the manufacture, distribution, purchase, sale, bottling, rectifying, blending, treating, fortifying, mixing, processing, warehousing, transportation, distilling, or storage of an illicit alcoholic beverage, is guilty of a misdemeanor.