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Title 16

Part X

Santa Cruz County Planning Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Santa Cruz County

16.13.870. Compliance.

No structure or land shall hereafter be constructed, located, extended, converted, or altered without full compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and other applicable regulations. Nothing herein shall prevent the taking of lawful action as necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.

  • (Ord. 5350 § 1, 2020)

16.13.880. Actions constituting a violation.

  • (A) It shall be unlawful for any person to do, cause, permit, aid, abet, suffer, or furnish equipment or labor for any development in a flood hazard area as defined in SCCC § 16.13.160-F unless:

    • (1) A floodplain permit has been obtained and is in effect which authorizes the development; or

    • (2) The development is exempt from the requirement for a floodplain permit approval.

  • (B) It shall be unlawful for any person to exercise a development permit which authorizes development in a flood hazard area without complying with all of the conditions of such permit.

  • (C) In the event of a violation of this chapter or of the provisions of permit conditions as specified in this chapter, or if the permit has been exercised in a manner which creates a nuisance or is otherwise detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, the permittee shall be given notice of such violation, and a reasonable time shall be specified for its correction. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to abate a condition as spelled out in such notice.

  • (D) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly do, cause, permit, aid, abet, or furnish any equipment or labor for any work in violation of a stop work notice from and after it is posted on the site until the stop work notice is authorized to be removed by the Planning Director.

  • (E) If the Planning Director determines that any floodplain development occurring in the County does not comply with the approved floodplain permit or this chapter, they may stop all work until corrective measures have been completed. The site shall be posted with a stop work notice. No other permits shall be issued by the County on the site, and the County may require that all work shall be stopped pursuant to any such permits issued, until corrections have been made to the satisfaction of the Planning Director.

  • (F) Whenever the Planning Director determines that floodplain development has been done without the required floodplain development permit, they may refuse to issue a permit for the work already completed and require mitigating action.

  • (Ord. 5350 § 1, 2020)

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Santa Cruz County Planning Code
  1. Title 14
  2. ▸ Title 16
    Overview
    1. Chapter 16 — 22A EROSION CONTROL
    2. Chapter 16.30 — RIPARIAN CORRIDOR AND WETLANDS PROTECTION
    3. Chapter 16.01 — PROCEDURES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA …
    4. Chapter 16.10
    5. Chapter 16 — 10A
    6. Chapter 16.11 — DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM IN AREAS OF CRITICAL CO…
    7. Part I — General And Applicability
    8. Part II — Definitions
    9. Part III — Administration
    10. Part IV — Permits
    11. Part V — Construction Documents
    12. Part VI — Development Standards
    13. Part VII — Inspections
    14. Part VIII
    15. Part IX — Exceptions
    16. Part X
    17. Part XI — Project Denial
    18. Part XII
  3. Title 17
  4. Title 19

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