(A) Effective dates. A decision shall be effective on the date of action except as provided below.
(1) Decisions subject to appeal. A final decision on an application for any approval subject to appeal shall become effective after the expiration of the ten-calendar day appeal period following the date of action, unless an appeal is filed. In the event an appeal period ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or any other day the City Hall is closed, the appeal period shall end at the close of business on the next business day. No building permit or business license shall be issued until the day following the date of the end of the appeal period.
(2) Amendments to the Zoning Code or Zoning Map. Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance or Zoning Map shall take effect 40 calendar days after the second reading of the ordinance. In the event an effective date lands on a Saturday, Sunday, or any other day City Hall is closed, the appeal period shall end at the close of business on the next business day.
(B) Expiration. The review authority, in the granting of any permit, may specify a time, consistent with the purposes of the use and necessary to safeguard the public safety, health and welfare, within which the proposed use must be undertaken and actively and continuously pursued. If no time period is specified, any permit granted under this title shall automatically expire when no project or use has been initiated within two years after the effective date of the approval and become null and void.
(C) Exercise of permit.
(1) Exercise of planning approval or permit. A permit for the use of a building or property is exercised when, if required, a valid city business license has been issued, and the permitted use has commenced on the site.
(2) Exercise of building permit. A permit for the construction of a building or structure is exercised when a valid city building permit, if required, is issued, and construction has lawfully commenced.
(D) Extensions. The Community Development Director may approve a one-year extension of any permit or approval granted under this title upon receipt of a written application with the required fee within the time period specified by the Review Authority, or two years of the date of the approval.
(E) Lapse. When a permit has been exercised, it shall remain valid and in force unless the use or structure authorized by the permit is removed from the site for a period greater than 12 consecutive months, or is abandoned or discontinued for a period greater than 12 consecutive months, in which case the permit may be revoked in accordance with § 23.24.110. No use of land or structure, the permit for which has lapsed in compliance with this section and has been revoked in compliance with § 23.24.110, shall be reactivated, re-established, or used unless a new permit is first obtained.
(Ord. 4823, passed 1-22-24)