But officials from all parties said an extension may be granted pending a final solution.

A lawyer for the city, Michael J. Sculnick, said the city would file "early next week" a request "that the stay be granted pending a decision on our petition for appeal."

The stay was granted, with prior ownership rules ordered to be kept in place, pending a resolution of the proceedings.

A stay was granted pending an appeal to the Supreme Court.

The oil company HEYCO had been granted a lease for extracting natural gas for Otero Mesa, pending the outcome of the litigation.

His request for political asylum in the United States was granted pending a routine background check on June 30, 2010.

That request was granted temporarily, pending a court hearing on August 8, 2006.

Soon after the verdict, MacDonald appealed Dupree's bail revocation ruling, asking that bail be granted pending the outcome of his appeal.

The delay, granted pending an appeal of the sentences Thursday, was ordered by two judges in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.

But no new permits will be granted this year, pending the study, Ms. Cranmore said.