8.32.105 Time extensions.
The aforementioned time limits may be extended in the following manner:
A. Any owner or lessee of an unoccupied service station may apply to the planning director, as established in Title 15 of this code, for an extension of the one-year time limitation specified in this chapter. Such application should be made not less than forty-five days prior to the end of the one-year period.
B. The planning director may authorize an extension of the time limitation specified herein for a period of not more than one hundred twenty days in those specific cases wherein the director finds that one of the following facts or conditions exist:
1. That the literal enforcement of the provisions or requirements of this chapter would cause undue and unnecessary hardship, including but not limited to economic hardship;
2. That there is a real probability that the service station will reopen or be converted to another use within one hundred twenty days.
C. In making his/her determination, the planning director shall take into consideration the following factors:
1. That the character and design of the service station is compatible with the other structures and buildings in the neighborhood and the general maintenance and housekeeping of the structure and property is of such a nature that it is compatible with adjacent properties;
2. That the authorization of such time extension will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property in its vicinity in which the property is located. (Ord. 2975-07 § 18, 2007; Ord. 325-74 § 1, 1974.)