(a)
The Community Development Director or Building Official shall review and act upon all requests for Temporary Use Permits (TUP) or extensions thereof, subject to the findings and conditions specified for each use by the section of this Code that provides for said use.
(b)
Temporary Use Permits shall be first issued for a period of time not to exceed twenty-four (24) months. Extensions to such permits may be granted for additional periods of time, each of which shall not exceed twenty-four (24) months. A Temporary Use Permit that is extended shall comply with the procedures, findings, and conditions specified by this Code.
(1)
A Temporary Use Permit shall not be extended by any reviewing authority for any period of time to exceed ten (10) years after the date the Temporary Use Permit was first issued.
(2)
The Community Development Director or Building Official may approve such permits or extensions of such permits for shorter periods of time and/or subject to conditions where required by this chapter or where it is determined reasonable and necessary to do so.
(3)
Prior to issuing a Temporary Use Permit, extension or renewal for the last allowed period of time (normally between the eighth and tenth such years), the permittee shall submit and obtain approval from the Community Development Director or Building Official of a plan of action to either remove or replace the subject temporary use with a legally established permanent use.
(4)
A temporary use or structure which does not have a valid and current permit is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, subject to the enforcement provisions of this Code and other applicable laws.
(5)
A change of ownership or operator of a use or structure subject to a Temporary Use Permit or a change of structure or modification of the structure or use allowed on a parcel subject to a Temporary Use Permit shall not affect the time periods established by this chapter to allow such temporary uses or structures.
(6)
When the last period of time allowed by this chapter has lapsed, the Temporary Use Permit and any extension thereof shall be considered void. A temporary use or structure that was allowed on a subject parcel previously by a Temporary Use Permit may not be reinstated by a new Temporary Use Permit for any time period beyond the final period of time that would have been allowed by the original Temporary Use Permit.
(c)
Procedure: Staff Review without Notice.
(d)
Reviewing authority: Community Development Director or Building Official.
(e)
Cancellation of a Temporary Use Permit. Noncompliance with the conditions set forth in approving the permit shall be grounds for the reviewing authority to cancel and void any Temporary Use Permit. The reviewing authority shall give notice of such an action to the permittee. The permittee may appeal such a decision by filing an appeal as allowed and specified in this chapter.
(Ord. 186 §§ 8—9, 1998; Ord. 210 § 11, 2001)