Tompkins

I. FACTS1

In 1983, petitioner Patricia A. Tompkins purchased a residence on Castro Street in unincorporated West Marin County. In 2001, she was involved in a code enforcement matter with respondent Marin County Community Development Agency relating to an

1 We were not assisted in our determination of this matter by the failure of both parties to cite to the record on appeal and the administrative record in their briefs. (See Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.204(a)(1)(C).)

1 illegal second living unit at this site. Tompkins removed the second unit, resolving this matter. A year earlier, she entered into a stipulated judgment with the agency to correct code violations—including two illegal living units—and to pay enforcement costs and civil penalties related to a nearby property. Tompkins made a series of improvements to the Castro Street property after multiple incidents of flooding. All of the improvements were made without county building and creek permits. She constructed or altered a detached accessory structure larger than that exempted from permit review by the county code; she constructed solid perimeter fences taller than allowed without a permit; and constructed a retaining…