Section R105.5 is hereby amended to read as follows:

R105.5 Expiration of Permits. Every permit issued by the building official under the provisions of the technical codes shall expire and become null and void, if the project authorized by such permit has not achieved an approval for one of the required inspections identified in section 110.3 of the 2022 California Building Code within one year of such permit.

The building official may grant a one-time permit extension of 180 (one-hundred eighty) days provided the applicant submits a request in writing prior to the permit expiration and the project has not changed in scope. Additional extension requests of one hundred and eighty (180) days may be granted by the building official if the request is made in writing, the project has not changed in scope, the project has obtained at least one inspection approval AND the applicant pays a fee of $1,000 or the amount of the original building permit fee for each one hundred and eighty (180) day extension.

Before work can commence or recommence under an expired permit, a new permit application must be submitted, and permit obtained along with all applicable fees applied for this new project.

All existing projects are subject to this section and will be subject to the conditions listed above.