(a) No variation relative to the erection or alteration of a building or structure shall be valid for longer than one year from the date of the approval of the variation, unless a building permit for such erection or alteration is obtained within such period and such erection or alteration is started and proceeds to completion in accordance with the terms of such permit.
(b) No variation relative to the use of an existing building or premises shall be valid for longer than one year from the date of the approval of the variation, unless such use is established within such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such use is dependent upon the erection or alteration of a building or structure, such variation shall continue in full force and effect beyond said one-year period, provided that a building permit for such erection or alteration is obtained within the initial one-year period, such erection or alteration is started and proceeds to completion in accordance with the terms of such permit and such use is established within six months after the erection or alteration work is completed.
(c) Without need to reappear before the Plan Commission or the Zoning Board of Appeals, the owner of any property, in relation to which a variation has been granted, may petition the Village Council for up to a six-month extension of the time limitations set forth in subsection (a) and/or (b) hereof, as extended if applicable, and, upon a showing of good cause as to why said time limitation(s) could not be complied with, the Village Council may grant said extension request. No more than two such extensions may be petitioned for and granted in regard to a particular variation.
(Ord. 2001-09. Passed 2-26-01; Ord. 2004-49. Passed 9-13-04; Ord. 2005-27. Passed 7-11-05.)