(a) No department, board, official or public employee of the City who is vested with the duty or authority to issue permits, certificates or licenses for any building, purpose, or use shall issue same if such building, purpose, or use would be in conflict with the provisions of this Code, and any permit so issued, shall be null and void without the necessity of any proceedings for revocation, and any work undertaken or use established pursuant to any such authorization shall be unlawful. No action shall be taken by any board, agency, officer or employee of the City purporting to validate any such violation.
(b) The Commissioner shall issue no building permit or certificate of code compliance for any building, structure, use or change of use during the period in which an Ordinance, or other measure which would forbid the action authorized under such permit, is pending before Council or has been formally recommended to Council by the Commission, or is subject to referendum or referendum is pending thereon. However, no permit shall be withheld for more than 180 days after acceptance of application therefor (due to such Ordinance or measure still pending before but not yet passed by Council at the end of such 180 day period).
(Ord. 39-18. Passed 5-6-2019.)