A parcel or final map shall be recorded within 24 months from the date the tentative map was approved or conditionally approved or, such tentative map shall expire.
The person filing the tentative map may request an extension of the tentative map approval or conditional approval by written application to the Planning Commission accompanied by a fee in the amount stated in the City Council's resolution establishing fees for subdivisions, such application to be filed at least 30 days before the approval is due to expire. The application shall state the reasons for requesting the extension.
If a timely application is filed by the subdivider, the time at which the map expires may be extended by the Planning Commission for a period or periods not exceeding a total of three years. If the Planning Commission denies a subdivider's application for extension, the subdivider may appeal to the City Council within 15 days after the Planning Commission has denied the extension.
The periods of time specified in this chapter shall not include any period of time which a development moratorium, imposed after approval of the tentative map, is in existence; provided, however, that the length of such moratorium does not exceed five years. Once such a moratorium is terminated, the map shall be valid for the same period of time as was left to run on the map at the time that the moratorium was imposed; provided, however, that if such remaining time is less than 120 days, the map shall be valid for 120 days following the termination of the moratorium.
For purposes of this section, a development moratorium shall include a water or sewer moratorium or a water and sewer moratorium, as well as other actions of public agencies which regulate land use, development, or the provision of services to the land, other than the City of Mill Valley, which thereafter prevents, prohibits, or delays the approval of a final or parcel map.
The periods of time in this chapter shall not include any period of time during which a lawsuit has been filed and is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction involving the approval of a tentative map if a stay of the time period is approved by the Director of Planning and Building pursuant to this section. Within 10 days of the service of the initial petition or complaint upon the City, the subdivider may apply to the Director of Planning and Building for a stay of time period specified in this chapter. Within 40 days after receiving the application, the Planning Commission shall approve or deny the application. Any stay granted pursuant to this section shall not exceed five years.
The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map or parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map.
(Ord. 1032 § 2, April 15, 1985)