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13 facilities have in fact been provided,' this is a presumption. Further, there is evidence in the record of applicants' failure to meet other permit requirements. Therefore, any presumption would reasonably be that "adequate utilities, access roads, sanitation, drainage and other necessary facilities" have in fact not "been provided." Finally, there is no evidence in the record that any of the requirements have actually been met;all compliance is merely assumed to have happened. E.3. Reason #2 Why Finding 2 is Highly Suspect: Applicants' Established, Unresolved Record of Operating "Without the Benefit of Proper Permits" On April 12u', the San Joaquin County Community Development Department instituted an enforcement action against the St. Jorge Winery "for the construction of the wine garden without the benefit of proper permits. A commercial kitchen was also constructed without benefit of proper permits." (Development Department staff "Memorandum" of June 7, 2012 for the 2012 Expansion Application, pg. 1., Case # EN- 1200170.) There is nothing in the record even suggesting that this failure of compliance, or any other failure, has been rectified. Since the applicants have demonstrated undeniably that they do not obey the San Joaquin County Code, nor the express terms of the County's 2005 St Jorge "Small Winery"permit, it is unreasonable to assume that they have obeyed the law in other areas not yet investigated. E.4. Reason # 3 Why Finding 2 is Highly Suspect: Applicants Continue to Operate Illegally After Being Told Face-to-Face Not To The Community Development Department staff provided a report (undated, electronically transmitted September 14, 2012) for the Planning Commission's consideration at the hearing held on September 20,2012. The staff report makes reference to a public `community development committee' meeting held at the CDD office on June 22, 2012 regarding this 2012 Application. Present at that meeting were county staff members from the CDD and other county departments, and Vernon and Jenise Vierra. At that publicly-attended meeting, CDD staff member Mo Hatef explicitly told Vernon and Jenise Vierra that they were not to use their illegally-installed commercial kitchen or amphitheater until proper permits were obtained. The (9-14-12) staff report states under `Enforcement" that since the June 22, 2012 meeting, `Violations have occurred"in which"it was determined the commercial kitchen structure was utilized and a marketing event did take place exceeding the maximum permitted number of 25 attendees." The applicants have thus demonstrated undeniably that they do not obey San Joaquin County Code or its permit law, even despite an expressly worded, face-to-face,