(A) No application shall become effective until all conditions precedent have been met.
(B) All permits shall be valid only for the dates specified in the application. These dates may be amended as part of the Zoning Administrator’s action or according to the amendment provisions of this chapter.
(C) No building permit shall be issued in any case where a permit is required by the provisions of this code, unless and until such permit or application has been finally granted, is effective and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a building permit have been met. No certificate of occupancy or clearance to operate shall be issued until all provisions of this code and all conditions of the permits have been completed and fulfilled.
(D) Each approval of an application by the Zoning Administrator under this chapter, with the exception of temporary use permits, shall contain the following condition: "The rights granted pursuant to this approval shall be exercised within 12 months of the effective date thereof or otherwise this approval shall lapse." The Zoning Administrator, however, shall have the authority to extend the time limit upon a finding of unavoidable delay.
(`78 Code, § 17.99.100.) (Ord. 2157 § 3 (part), 1993.)