The Building Inspector shall issue no permits while any ordinance or other measure is pending before the Council or the Planning and Zoning Commission, nor while any such ordinance is subject to referendum or referendum thereon is pending, under which ordinance or measure, if adopted, any work, use, construction, alteration, or repair covered by such permit would be forbidden. Provided, however, that no permit shall be withheld for a total period of more than ninety days after application therefor by reason of the pendency of any one or more of such ordinances or measures, unless such ordinance or measure has been subjected to a referendum in which case the permit shall be withheld until such referendum election has been held and its results certified to the proper officers of the City.
(1978 Code Sec. 1266.06)