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artesian wells, and miscellaneous activities, had occurred on the subject property to the cost of $196,500. This was submitted to former.Director Bruce Ding, and he wrote a letter to Mr. Wilson stating that in his opinion Mr. Wilson had met the requirement of start of construction under the site plan. once construction is started, our zoning code doesn't say anything about when the site plan approval expires. There is another provision in the Code, however, which states that the.zoning permit expires if the work is suspended or abandoned for one year, and the critical issue is whether work has been pursued in a meaningful way to reach completion or whether the project has been abandoned. Commissioner Scurlock felt the Board has been very consistent in saying we will only grant one site plan extension so people can go forward in good faith. We are trying to amend the Ordinance to cover any loopholes, and in his personal opinion,,he did not feel anything but bad faith has been shown on the property in question. Attorney Brandenburg then addressed the issue of the transfer of the site plan. He agreed that per the wording of the ordinance, it does become void if transferred, but pointed out that we did have an instance recently which authorized a transfer of site plan approval upon approval of the Board, and he was authorized to change the ordinance to that effect. If what Mr. O'Haire says is true, the site plan has been transferred without Board approval, and it could be.voidable. Any transfer would represent a change in ownership. The Chairman asked if staff had anything to add before he asked for comments from the public. Environmental Planner Challacombe reported that they did check to see if the Building Department considered the building permit active, and as of last week, they did consider it active. He continued that Building Director �-- 109 SEP 21 1983 cc' 54 FACE717 -