(A) The city shall not execute any development agreement until on or after the date upon which the ordinance approving the agreement becomes effective. A development agreement shall not be effective until or unless it is fully executed by the city and the applicant.
(B) The provisions of this article shall not be construed to prohibit the Planning Department, Planning Commission, or City Council from conditioning approval of a discretionary entitlement on the execution of a development agreement where the condition is otherwise authorized by law.
(C) A development agreement shall be recorded with the County Recorder no later than ten days after it is executed. The burdens of the agreement shall be binding upon, and the benefits of the agreement shall inure to, all successors in interest to the parties of the agreement.
(Ord. 951, passed 3-16-2004)