(A) The approval or conditional approval of the tentative parcel map shall expire 24 months from the date of its approval.
(B) The period of time specified 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) The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative parcel map shall terminate all proceedings and no parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included within such tentative parcel map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative parcel map.
('61 Code, § 10-2.501.10.1) (Ord. 252 C.S., passed 8-3-81; Am. Ord. 652 C.S., passed 3-6-96)