Any approved permit/entitlement shall be exercised before its expiration. The permit/entitlement shall not be deemed exercised until the permittee has actually obtained a building permit and continuous on-site construction activity including pouring of foundations, installation of utilities, or other similar substantial improvements has commenced and diligently continued without stopping for more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or has actually implemented the allowed land use, in its entirety, on the subject property in compliance with the conditions of approval.
(Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)