(a) Failure to Commence Use or Substantially Begin Work. A Development Permit shall state the date it automatically expires and becomes void if a change of use authorized by such permit has not commenced and/or where less than ten (10) percent of the total cost of all construction, erection, alteration, excavation, demolition, or similar work on any development authorized by such permit has been completed on the site.
(1) General rule. For construction and change of use, the Development Permit shall expire one (1) year after the date of issuance unless construction is substantially started or the change of use has commenced. With respect to phased development, this requirement shall apply only to the first phase.
(Ord. 09-20. Passed 6-22-09.)
(2) Minor incidental permits. A Development Permit for a dish antenna, fence, or sign shall become void if the work for which the permit was issued has not been completed within six (6) months after the date of the permit.
(Ord. 12-14. Passed 3-19-12.)
(b) Failure to Complete Work. If the work authorized in any Development Permit has not been completed within two and one-half (2-½) years of the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire and be revoked by the Zoning Inspector. A written notice shall be given to the persons affected, together with notice that further work, as described in the canceled permit, shall not proceed unless and until a new Development Permit has been obtained.
(c) Extensions. The Planning Director may grant a total of up to two (2) six-month extensions of a Development Permit upon timely request by an applicant unless an applicable provision of this Unified Development Ordinance was amended after the issuance of the initial Development Permit, whereupon, the permit holder shall comply with the new applicable provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance.
(d) Misstatement or Fraud. The Zoning Inspector shall, in writing, suspend or revoke a Development Permit whenever the permit is issued on the basis of a misstatement of fact or fraud.