(A) Any project permitted by a building permit issued by the municipality shall be completed within 365 days of the date of issuance.
(B) All building permits issued by the municipality shall expire 365 days after the date of issuance. No person shall initiate or continue work on any project permitted by a building permit which has expired.
(C) Any person holding an expired building permit may apply for a new building permit. If the project permitted by the expired building permit has been initiated prior to the expiration of any permit, any new permit building permit shall be issued and approved pursuant to the regulations and ordinances existing at the time of the issuance of the original permit. If the project permitted by the expired building permit had not been initiated prior to the time of its expiration, any new building permit shall be issued and approved pursuant to the ordinances and regulations existing at the time of the new application.
(D) In case a project for which there is not a valid, unexpired building permit is initiated or continued, the governing body or law enforcement officials, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful initiation or continuance of such project or to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of the premises on which said violation occurred, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises.
(Ord. 705, passed 6-3-2003) Penalty, see § 9-211