A. Date of Expiration. The approval or conditional approval of a tentative map shall expire within the maximum initial time limits specified in the subdivision map act or twenty-four (24) months following the date the decision of approval is rendered by the director or commission, whichever is greater. However, the map may be extended if the subdivider has complied with state law. An extension to the expiration date may also be approved in compliance with Section 16.94.100 (Extensions—"Time Limit of Extensions").
B. Stay of Time. The period of time outlined in Subsection A., 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 council. After service of the initial petition or complaint upon the city, the subdivider shall, in writing to the director, request a stay in the time period of the tentative map. Within forty (40) days after receiving the request, the council shall either stay the time period for up to five years or disapprove 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 council shall render its decision.
C. Development Moratorium. The period of time outlined in subsection A, above shall not include any period of time during which a development moratorium is in effect in compliance with state law (Government Code Section 66452.6).
D. Termination. Expiration of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map or parcel map of all, or a portion, of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map.
(Ord. 544 § 46, 2019; Ord. 367 § 7 (part), 2006; Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)