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Ordinance No. Page 26 occupancy is issued for the structure which was the subject of the use permit application, or the site is occupied if no building permit or certificate of occupancy is required, or the applicant or his or her successor has filed a request for extension with the zoning administrator pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.12.030. B. A minor conditional use permit shall lapse and become void if the use is abandoned or discontinued for a continuous period of one year or more. Abandonment or discontinuance shall include cessation of a use regardless of intent to resume the use. Indicia of abandonment or discontinuance may include, but not be limited to,lack of business license, no utility service, etc. 1. A property owner or tenant (the`applicant") seeking to operate pursuant to a minor conditional use permit that has lapsed for twenty-four months or less may make a written application to the zoning administrator for relief of this lapse provision by: paying the minor conditional use permit application fee; and demonstrating that: a. the use will be operated in a substantially similar manner as provided in the minor conditional use permit and historic operations; b. there has been no change in circumstances under which the use would operate that would create new or increased impacts to nearby uses and persons; c. the property owner or tenant have been taking reasonable efforts to reestablish the use but have been unable to do so clue to circumstances beyond their control or other good cause; and d. the operation of the use would qualify as a Class 1 Categorical Exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 1.4 CCR 15301 Existing Facilities, as amended. 2. The zoning administrator may require that the applicant provide supplemental information. 3. After receipt of a complete application, the zoning administrator will issue a written decision within thirty (30) days. A summary of the decision will be mailed to the owners and tenants of property within three hundred (300) feet of the site. 4. The decision of the zoning administrator shall not be effective for fifteen (15) days following the date of the decision, and during which time the decision is subject to appeal as provided in Chapter 18.1-14.