17.02.050 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF LAND USE AUTHORITY APPROVAL

A. Administrative land use decisions of approval are effective for a period of one year from the date of Land Use Authority approval; and B. The Director must issue a notice of expiration to the agent of a project no less than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the end of the effective period of approval; and C. All final documents required to record a permit or subdivision must be submitted to the Development Services Office no less than four (4) weeks before the approval deadline; and D. Any approval that has lapsed beyond its effective period is void and any new application must conform to the ordinance currently in effect; and E. No refunds are issued for void applications or permits; and F. At the discretion of the Land Use Authority, the effective period of approval may be extended for up to six (6) months beyond the one year period of the original approval. Within that extension no development or active use of the site is allowed until the permit or subdivision plat has been recorded and all conditions have been met. 1. To request an extension an applicant must submit an application to the Development Services Office a minimum of six (6) weeks prior to the expiration of the original one year period of approval. 2. Extension requests must be reviewed by the Land Use Authority. The Land Use Authority may approve an extension request only if: a. The reason for the extension is not economic. b. The applicant has shown a clear pattern of working to record the plat or permit throughout the entirety of the approval period. 3. The applicant bears the burden of proving that the conditions justifying an extension have been met. G. Where an appeal of an approval has been made, the effective period for the approval does not begin until a final decision has been issued by the Appeal Authority or Judge of the First District Court.