(A) Before any permit is approved by the decision-making entity (such as Planning Commission or Planning Director as applicable) the decision-making entity shall establish a time limit within which the permit must be utilized.
(B) For permits associated with tentative tract maps, the time limit shall be concurrent with the life of the tentative tract map. If the tentative tract map expires, the associated permit shall also expire. If such tentative tract map is approved as a final map, the new time limit on the associated permit shall be two years from the date of map recordation.
(C) For all other permits, a time limit of two years shall be assumed unless some other period is established by the decision-making entity at the time the permit is approved.
(D) The permit must be utilized, or if the permit involves a building, construction must be commenced and carried on diligently to completion of at least one usable unit, prior to the expiration of the time limit. If the time limit expires, any privilege, permit or variance granted shall be deemed to have lapsed.
(E) The decision-making entity shall have the authority to extend the time limit upon a finding of unavoidable delay. Once any portion of the Precise Plan permit is utilized, the other conditions thereof become immediately operative and must be strictly complied with.
(`78 Code, § 17.91.110.) (Ord. 2439 § 1, 2000.)