(A) Where any property, lot or premises are rezoned or permitted a variation to allow a specifically requested and intended use, and/or construction, such rezoning or variation shall be considered null and void, revoked and retracted as to such property, lot or premises if it should appear to Council or the Board of Zoning Appeals that the specifically requested and intended use and/or construction which was the basis of the rezoning or permitted variation is:
(1) Not to be implemented, or
(2) Not begun within 30, 60, or 90 days of the date when such rezoning or permitted variation is approved by Council or the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(3) Not once begun or initiated, pursued to completion without delay or interruption is shown by the applicant to have resulted from no fault or negligence of his.
(B) For good cause shown by the applicant the above time period may be extended by Council or the Board of Zoning Appeals upon application made before the expiration of any previously granted time period, but each extension shall be for a period not greater than 90 days.
(C) Council or the Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the power to establish beginning dates (as in division (A)(2) of this section) or from 30 to 90 days, depending on their determination of which time limit is reasonable.
(Ord. passed 12-11-90; Am. Ord. 2018-80, passed 11-20-18)