(A) A site plan shall expire and be of no effect 365 days after the approval thereof unless actual construction/development, either through issuance of a building permit or construction of site improvements in accordance with a submitted and approved schedule (§ 154.189(C)(11) of this code), has been commenced in accordance with the approved site plan. If construction and development is commenced within that period, the approval will be valid for five years from the date of approval.
(B) If, following the start of construction, work ceases for a period of 180 days or more, site plan approval shall expire.
(C) The Planning Commission shall be permitted to extend the period of effectiveness of a site plan approval once, and not to exceed 180 days, upon good cause shown if such request is made prior to the expiration of the original site plan approval. Such extension may be granted by the Planning Commission after determination that there have been no Zoning Ordinance changes effective since the site plan approval which would apply to the development. In the event of such ordinance changes, an extension may be granted by the Planning Commission only upon agreement by the applicant to comply with all such ordinance changes for any portions of the project on which construction has not been started and submission of a site plan which has been modified accordingly.
(Ord. passed 3-1-2004, § 5.2.7)