No order of the County Board granting a variation shall be valid for a period longer than one year from the date of the order unless a building permit or site development permit is obtained within the period and the erection or alteration of a building, any excavation or grading, is started or the use is commenced within the period. The Board may grant an extension of this period, valid for no more than 180 additional days, upon written application and good cause shown, without notice or hearing. The Board may grant one additional extension of this period, valid for no more than 180 additional days, upon written application within the initial extension and upon good cause shown without notice or hearing. If any of the benefits conferred by any variation, whether heretofore or hereafter granted, are abandoned, or are not utilized for any continuous period of one year, the variation shall, to the extent of the abandonment or non-utilization, become invalid after a public hearing as provided for herein.
(Ord. 10-164, passed 6-17-2010)