Questão jurídica principal
Whether the storage-yard use remained protected by vested-rights/ownership protection
Decisão extraída
No. The earlier temporary exception permit expired in 1997 and no protected vested right remained for the continued storage use.
Fundamentação extraída
A time-limited permit lapses automatically; ownership protection does not include a right to prolong an expired, lawful temporary authorization. The prior use was also covered by the earlier permit's temporal limitation.