(A) The approval or conditional approval of a tentative subdivision map shall expire 24 months from the date of the adoption of the resolution by the Planning Commission approving or conditionally approving the map. An extension to the expiration date may be approved as provided in § 10-2.402.8.2(B).
(B) The period of time specified above shall not include any period of time during which a lawsuit has been filed and is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction involving the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map only if a stay of the time period is approved by the City Council. Within ten days of the service of the initial petition or complaint upon the city, the subdivider shall, in writing, to the Planning Director, request a stay in the time period of the tentative map. Within 40 days after receiving such request, the City Council shall either stay the time period for up to five years or deny the requested stay. The request for the stay shall be a hearing with notice to the subdivider and to the appellant, and upon conclusion of the hearing, the City Council shall, within ten days, declare its findings.
(C) Expiration of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map or parcel of all or any portion of the real property included within such tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map.
('61 Code, § 10-2.402.8.1) (Ord. 252 C.S., passed 8-3-81)