What happens if I am out of compliance with my use permit and do not apply for voluntary compliance by the March 29, 2019 deadline?

If a property owner does not apply for voluntarily compliance by March 29, 209, immediate compliance with legal entitlements and all applicable County Code requirements will be required.  Owners of properties with health and safety or significant violations shall be required to operate within their existing legal entitlements for one year from the date of the initial Notice of Violation, absent extraordinary circumstances, before a use permit or modification application to remedy the violation(s) may be submitted to PBES.  Owners may also be subject to fines or penalties for past and ongoing violations. Owners may submit a use permit or modification application to remedy violation(s) during the one-year period while they operate within their legal entitlements, but only if they agree in writing that their legal entitlements or their existing legal operations, whichever is lower, shall be used as the environmental baseline for all CEQA analysis related to the application.  Public hearings for such use permit or modification applications shall not be scheduled until the owner has operated within legal entitlements for one year from the date of the Initial Notice of Violation, absent extraordinary circumstance.

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1. What does the Code Compliance Program seek to accomplish?
2. Is the Code Compliance program just for wineries and vineyard production?
3. I own property in the unincorporated County, what do I need to do?
4. I am having difficulty understanding my permit, what should I do?
5. What is the process for applying for a permit for voluntary compliance?
6. What happens after I submit an application for a use permit modification prior to March 29, 2019?
7. If I submit an application to voluntarily comply with my use permit, am I exempt from penalties?
8. How long does the use permit process take?
9. Why should I go through the status determination process?
10. How long does a status determination take?
11. How much does a status determination cost?
12. Does a status determination require a hearing?
13. Is a status determination an approval?
14. Am I allowed to continue my current level of operation while I go through the use permit or use permit modification process?
15. What happens if I am out of compliance with my use permit and do not apply for voluntary compliance by the March 29, 2019 deadline?
16. Whom do I call with questions?