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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 46 - Regulations—Effective date; advertisement

The regulations, or amendments thereto, shall take effect fifteen (15) days after their approval by the Puerto Rico Planning Board. In the event the Planning Board takes no action within the thirty (30) days following the date said regulations or amendments are received, the same shall be deemed as approved by the Planning Board for all purposes of the law. Notwithstanding the fact that the publication of said regulations or of the amendments thereto in any newspaper is not required, the effective date of the regulations and of every amendment shall be officially announced by the Permit Management Office in one or more newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico; Provided, That in said announcements, notice shall be given, in general terms, of the matters covered by the regulations or by the amendments thereto as well as the dates on which they shall become effective, the places where these regulations shall be available to the public and the place and manner in which copies may be obtained. The regulations, or amendments and supplements, as adopted and approved, shall be filed in the Department of State as soon as possible. Copies of said documents shall be available to the general public for information or consultation in the Department of State or in the Library of the Planning Board and in the Permit Management Office.
History —May 4, 1949, No. 168, p. 530, § 4; July 18, 1975, No. 10, p. 591, § 5; renumbered as § 5 and amended on July 26, 1979, No. 192, p. 540, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 47 - Regulations—Compliance with regulations; approval by Permit Management Office

On and after the date of effectiveness of the regulations, or amendments thereto, which under the provisions of §§ 43—50 of this title may be adopted by the Permit Management Office, no building shall be constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, modified, repaired, remodeled, transferred or demolished in Puerto Rico, unless such construction, enlargement, modification, reconstruction or demolition is carried out in accordance with the regulations authorized hereby, and which has been expressly authorized and approved by the Permit Management Office.
The Executive Director of the Permit Management Office is hereby authorized to determine the number of copies of the plans and other documents to be submitted for his approval, as well as any other measures regarding the manner of presenting and handling matters.
History —May 4, 1949, No. 168, p. 530, § 5; July 18, 1975, No. 10, p. 591, § 6; renumbered as § 6 and amended on July 26, 1979, No. 192, p. 540, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 48 - Regulations—Repeal of conflicting laws and regulations; amendment

All laws or parts of laws and regulations of the Commonwealth Board of Health, of the Secretary of Health, or of any municipality, commonwealth or municipal official or body (including the Government of the Capital of Puerto Rico), related to the construction per se of buildings in Puerto Rico, as may be in conflict with said regulations adopted under §§ 43—50 of this title, are repealed and left without effect on the effective date of the regulations. The Secretary of Health is empowered to amend, and he shall amend, his regulations in order to adjust them to the provisions of the regulations issued by the Permit Management Office as finally adopted by the latter and approved by the Planning Board.
History —May 4, 1949, No. 168, p. 530, § 6, renumbered as § 7 and amended on July 26, 1979, No. 192, p. 540, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 49 - Regulations—Penalties

Any natural or artificial person violating §§ 43—50 of this title or any provision of the regulations adopted after the same are in force shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than twenty-five (25) days, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court. Each and every day said violation subsists shall be considered a separate offense. In addition to the complaints which may be filed for violations of the regulations adopted, and of §§ 43—50 of this title, the Secretary of Justice on his own initiative, or when the Permit Management Office requests it by injunction, mandamus or other proper action or proceedings brought before any court of competent jurisdiction in the name and in representation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall impede any violation of said regulations and of §§ 43—50 of this title.
History —May 4, 1949, No. 168, p. 530, § 7; July 18, 1975, No. 10, p. 591, § 7; renumbered as § 8 and amended on July 26, 1979, No. 192, p. 540, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 50 - Regulations—Appeals

The decisions and actions of the Permit Management Office when applying and enforcing the regulations adopted may be reviewed only as provided in §§ 71 et seq. of this title.
History —May 4, 1949, No. 168, p. 530, § 8; July 18, 1975, No. 10, p. 591, § 8; renumbered as § 9 and amended on July 26, 1979, No. 192, p. 540, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 51 - Procedure on building appeals—Summons; penalty for failure to appear

The marshals of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico shall serve the summonses issued by the Chairman of the Planning Board.
Any person who fails to appear before the Board after being summoned under the provisions of §§ 51 and 52 of this title, or who fails to comply with any order or directive entered by the Planning Board in the exercise of its functions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) or by imprisonment in jail for not more than five (5) days, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court hearing the case.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 408, p. 790, § 3, eff. July 1, 1950.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 52 - Procedure on building appeals—Penalty for false statements

Any person who in giving or presenting information to the Planning Board, misrepresents the facts, or who in filing documents or plans with the Board states facts or dimensions which are not certain and true, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) or by imprisonment in jail for not more than five (5) days, or by both penalties in the discretion of the court hearing the case.
If the person guilty of such offense is a member of a college, or a member of an institution organized under the provisions of law, his conduct shall be reported by the trial court to the college or organization in question for the proper purposes.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 408, p. 790, § 4, eff. July 1, 1950.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 53 - Free plans for persons of limited income—Authorization

The Department of Housing is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish, free of charge, to low or moderate income persons or families who do not have dwellings of their own, model plans for residential buildings up to an estimated cost that shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). Said sum shall increase five percent (5%) every six (6) years. Provided, however, That the same sum shall never exceed the maximum cost determined by the Department of Housing for an affordable housing unit.
History —May 12, 1948, No. 173, p. 428, § 1; July 18, 1975, No. 11, p. 595, § 3; Aug. 23, 1996, No. 162, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 54 - Free plans for persons of limited income—Application for plans

Any person or family of low or moderate income who wishes to construct a dwelling, up to an estimated cost not exceeding eight thousand dollars ($8,000), may apply to the Department of Housing for, and the latter shall furnish free of charge, a model plan duly approved by the Permit Management Office; Provided, That the applicant shall accompany his application with a copy of the title to the lot whereon the said construction shall be erected, and if the lot does not belong to him, he shall accompany his application with the documents attesting his right to use said lot for building thereon; Provided, further, That if the lot should be the property of a municipality, the application shall be accompanied with a certification of the municipal secretary, which shall contain a description of the lot, the date of the grant thereof to the applicant, and the proper approval by the corresponding government agency.
The Department of Housing shall adopt the necessary norms, requisites and measures so that persons and families of low or moderate income may be covered by §§ 53 and 54 of this title, including the furnishing of all printed matter and other documents required for the filing and handling of their applications. Together with the function hereby transferred to the Department of Housing, there shall be transferred thereto the human resources and funds employed until now in this program, as well as the equipment used in the same. Likewise, the mayors or the persons whom they delegate shall establish liaison with the proper agencies so as to make available gratuitously to said persons the documents required for the handling of plans, permits, and other requisites provided by law.
History —May 12, 1948, No. 173, p. 428, § 2; July 18, 1975, No. 11, p. 595, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1 — 61a) › § 61 - Publications

(a) The Puerto Rico Planning Board is hereby empowered, whenever it deems convenient, to order, print and sell to the public in general, any survey, statistical data, maps or reports containing information of public interest. The selling price of said publications for the public shall be fixed by the Puerto Rico Planning Board and shall include the cost of the printing plus a reasonable margin to cover the expenses of distribution and sale thereof.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of the publications mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury of Puerto Rico.
(c) The funds necessary to defray the costs, expenses and reimbursements necessary for the production, distribution and sale of said publications shall be annually consigned in the Joint Resolution of the General Budget.
History —Feb. 27, 1971, No. 3, p. 10, §§ 1—3, eff. July 1, 1971.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62 - Short title

This subchapter shall be known as “Puerto Rico Planning Board Organic Act”.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 1, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62a - Creation

The Puerto Rico Planning Board is hereby created, attached to the Governor’s Office.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 2, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62c - General purposes

The powers granted in this subchapter shall be exercised for the general purpose of guiding the integral development of Puerto Rico in a coordinate, adequate, economic manner which, according to the present and future social needs and human environmental, physical and economic resources, will best promote the health, safety, order, coexistence, prosperity, defense, culture, economic stability and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants and such efficiency, economy and social welfare in the process of development, in the distribution of population, in the use of the land and other natural resources, and in the public improvements as may tend to create conditions favorable for the society to develop integrally.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 4, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62d - Composition

The Board shall be composed of seven (7) associate members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
The Governor of Puerto Rico may appoint up to three (3) alternate members so they can be part of a chamber when the President so determines; to substitute the associates in case of vacancies, sickness, regular and unpaid leave, vacations, temporary absences or disability, of any of them; to carry out the functions or assignments deemed necessary by the President in order to achieve the purposes of this subchapter; or to carry out any other functions assigned by him/her or by any other law.
Said alternate members shall be entitled for [sic] per diems, to an allowance equal to the minimum per diem established for the members of the Legislature for each day that they perform their functions as active members of the Board; Provided, That when the appointment is of an official or employee of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, he/she shall not receive any per diems whatsoever.
All alternate or associate members of the Board shall be knowledgeable, capable persons, and experienced in areas related to the purposes of this subchapter. Furthermore, at least one (1) of the associate members shall have training and experience in the area of planning and hold a professional planners license.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 5; Apr. 30, 2001, No. 26, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62e - Duties of the members

The associate members of the Board shall perform work on a full-time basis; Provided, however, That when the technical services or collaboration of any of them is required by any department, board, commission, instrumentality or any other state or federal body, the Governor may authorize that such technical service or collaboration be rendered, granting, when needed, a license with or without pay, to the associate member who shall render said technical services or collaboration, but, license with pay to an associate member shall not exceed six (6) months and only one extension of three (3) additional months shall be granted in any calendar year. Each member shall hold office for the duration of the quadrennium in which they were appointed, or until a successor takes office. During the term of his/her appointment he/she can only be dismissed for just cause.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 6; Apr. 30, 2001, No. 26, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62f - Chairman and Vice-Chairman

The Governor shall designate as Chairman a member of the Board, who shall hold office at his will. The Chairman in turn may designate one of the associate members of the Board as Vice-Chairman thereof, who, in case of temporary absence of the Chairman, vacancy of the chairmanship, or when the Chairman so determines, shall act as Acting Chairman until such time as the Chairman returns to his office or the vacancy is filled.
In case vacancies or temporary absences occur simultaneously in both offices, the other associate member of the Board shall act as Acting Chairman.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 7, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62g - Meetings and bylaws

The Chairman shall have discretion to assign working areas in the administrative phase of the agency to one or more members.
The Board shall sit in full or, at the discretion of the Chairman, divided into Parts, for which the Chairman may designate the alternate member to serve in one of them. Said Parts may function and adjudicate matters independently of each other. The Chairman may, also, when he deems it may result in the most efficient utilization of the resources of the Board, assign separate functions to each one of the Parts; Provided, however, That the Chairman may not assign to said Parts the functions enumerated in § 62j of this title, subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (11), (12), (13), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (21), (23), (24), (26), (27) and (28).
This assignment of working areas may be altered or set aside by the Chairman when, in his opinion, any factor or factors of public interest or of operational efficiency so warrant.
The Chairman at his discretion, or upon request of any of the members composing a Part, may transfer any matter from a Part to the Board in full. The Chairman may, at his discretion, sit in one of the Parts in the consideration of any matter.
The Board shall adopt bylaws for its operation. Said bylaws shall also provide whatever may be necessary to insure the participation of the Executive Director of the Permit Management Office, with voice but not vote, in such meetings of the Board as the latter may determine.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 8, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62h - Quorum

The majority of members of [the] Board or assembly shall constitute quorum for a session of the Board or assembly. Should there be an impasse in an assembly, the President may be a part thereof or designate an associate or alternate member to be a part thereof, to solve the impasse.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 9; Apr. 30, 2001, No. 26, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62i - Resolutions and minutes

All resolutions of the Board shall be adopted pursuant to the provisions of §§ 62g and 62h of this title, by a majority vote and the vote of each member shall be entered on the minutes of the Board, which shall be public records available for inspection at reasonable hours by any interested citizen.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 10, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62k-1 - Integration of administrative functions

The Planning Board and its operational components are hereby exempt from the provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “General Services Administration Act”, subject to the development and implementation of the appropriate regulations and procedures.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, added as § 12A on Dec. 1, 2010, No. 181, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62l-1 - Location verifications

All persons who request a location verification to build or develop works located within a radius of two hundred (200) meters from the territorial limits of any municipality shall notify each municipality located within said territorial limits, so that they may state their comments regarding the requested verification. Every municipality that is located within said radius shall have to state its comments with respect to the location verification within thirty (30) days, and shall remit a copy thereof to the proponent party and the other parties recognized in the procedures.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, added as § 13A on Sept. 27, 2006, No. 203, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62p - Special cases

In the case of any sector within whose limits authorization has been sought for a project that presents such special characteristics as to render impracticable the application of the regulations fixed for such zone and the approval of the project undesirable because of such factors as health, safety, order, public improvements, more adequate use of the lands, or conditions of aesthetics, or of environment or of exceptional beauty, the Board may, for the protection of the general welfare and taking into consideration said factors as well as the recommendations of the government bodies involved, deny authorization for such project. In the exercise of this power the Board, or the body which it delegates, shall take the necessary measures to prevent that it be used for the purpose or with the result of obviating the existing regulations in cases where really special circumstances are not present. In these cases the Planning Board shall hold a public hearing following the procedure provided in § 62z of this title before deciding on the project submitted. The Board shall deny said application while there exists unfavorable conditions to the project even though the project in question is comprised within those permitted for the area by the Planning Regulations in force.
The Board or the body which it delegates shall state in writing the grounds on which it denies authorization to a project. In said writing the Board or body which it has delegated shall state in detail the specific reasons that warrant the determination that the project does not comply with one or several of the factors established herein for the denial of projects.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 17, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62q - Plans for special projects

For the purpose of effectuating the Integral Development Plan, the Four-Year Investment Program and the Land-Use Plans of Puerto Rico, or any part thereof, the Board may adopt, in such detail as may be appropriate, projects for neighborhood units; land and utility projects, redevelopment of blighted, decaying or unused areas; the development of industrial towns; sanitary districts; drainage districts; reclaimed-land districts; soil conservation districts; water supply districts; water power districts; irrigation districts; or other types or classes of districts for special purposes.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 18, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62r - Counsel to Governor and Legislature

The Planning Board shall periodically advise the Governor and the Legislature on the Integral Development of Puerto Rico. In this process the Board shall present a picture of the most important social, economic and physical developments that have taken place in the immediate past, as well as the emergent developments and opportunities, the most critical and urgent problems and the results and consequences of the existing public policies and of their most strategic programs and projects. It shall further present the programs and projects that are not meeting the goals established by the policies and strategies of integral development of the Government and the main recommendations of the Board on necessary changes in the existing government policies and programs, as well as the initiation of the new programs and projects in order to achieve the goals set.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 19, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62s - Economic report

The Board shall prepare within the first months of each fiscal year an Economic Report to the Governor and the Legislature which document shall contain an economic analysis of the developments registered during the last fiscal year in the public or private sector of the economy and the manner in which those developments affect and are in turn affected by the government programs.
The Board shall periodically compile, analyze and publish the statistics on balance of payments, net income, gross product and general economic indexes of Puerto Rico. Copies of the economic reports and statistical surveys referred to herein shall be sent simultaneously to the Governor and to the Legislature.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 20, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62u - Preparation of official plots or maps of roads and streets

The Board shall request the Department of Transportation and Public Works to prepare a plot or plots indicating the exact position of the traces of future roads and streets. Said plot or plots shall contain the traces for the precise establishment of the lines of new, extended or widened roads and streets of Puerto Rico. Before adopting or amending these plots or maps, the Department of Transportation and Public Works shall hold public hearings, after giving at least five (5) days’ notice to the public of the time, place and nature thereof by publishing such notice in one of the newspapers of largest circulation in the community, as well as in any other manner which it deems appropriate. Once these plots or maps are approved by the Department of Transportation and Public Works, they shall have the force of law. For general convenience or information, the Board may likewise request of the Department of Transportation and Public Works an Official Road and Street Map of the Island. On the Official Road and Street Map there shall be shown:
(a) All roads and streets existing and established by law as public roads or streets at the time of the adoption of said Official Map.
(b) Position of all roads and streets shown on the plots of inscription recorded and approved by the Permit Management Office pursuant to the provisions of its organic act which shall be considered for the purpose of use and dedication as public ways.
(c) The preparation or adoption of any such maps, or the adoption of an Official Road and Street Map shall not of itself determine the construction of any road or street, or the condemnation or acceptance of lands for such road or street purposes.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 22, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62v - Citizen participation and initiative

(a) It is hereby declared that it is a public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to promote the participation of the citizenry in the planning process of Puerto Rico.
(b) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section the Board shall promote the public understanding of said process, by employing such means of information as it deems adequate. Likewise, the Board shall furnish to the citizens all such information necessary to place every citizen in a position of equality for his effective participation in the planning processes.
(c) In addition to the public hearing requirement imposed herein on the Board in certain cases, it shall be its duty to offer the maximum participation possible to the citizenry in the planning process. To this end the Board shall promote and encourage, among other mechanisms, Local and Regional Planning Commissions, appoint a Citizens Advisory Council, which may permit and propitiate a greater participation of the citizenry in said process.
(d) The Board shall have powers to act upon its own initiative or discretion, upon request of any officer, body or interested person. The Board shall, by regulation, indicate in what form and in compliance with what provision for prior notification it will accept proposals for consideration. The Board may exercise all or part of its powers in all or part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as its jurisdiction is determined by the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 23, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62x - Coordination with Environmental Quality Board

In keeping with the purposes of this subchapter, the public policies and plans that may be formulated by the Environmental Quality Board shall be submitted immediately after their preliminary approval to the Planning Board so as to determine their conformance with the integral-development policies and strategies the Planning Board may have adopted.
The results of this examination shall be reported to the Environmental Quality Board within a term of not more than thirty (30) days reckoning from the date of notice. If this term of thirty (30) days has not been extended in consideration of the complex nature of the matter under examination, or if the Planning Board has not made any pronouncement, it shall be deemed that they are in conformity with the integral-development policies and strategies of the Planning Board.
If no mutual agreement is reached between both agencies as to the proposals offered, the policies and plans preliminarily approved by the Environmental Quality Board shall be submitted, with the positions assumed by the latter and by the Planning Board, to the Governor. The Governor shall, if he deems it necessary, appoint a committee of three (3) persons to study the positions of both agencies. The Governor shall take the proper final action.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 25, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62y - Subpoenas

The Board shall have authority to compel the appearance of witnesses and the presentation of documents and of any other oral or documentary evidence; to administer oaths and attest to all official acts, and to issue subpoenas.
In the exercise of the duties and powers conferred on the Board by this subchapter, the latter may, for the purposes of the subpoenas, its investigations and general compliance with this subchapter, avail itself of the services of its officials and employees; of the justices of the peace, of the judges of the Court of First Instance and of the police force. The officials appointed by the Board to conduct investigations in connection with this subchapter are hereby expressly empowered to administer oaths during their investigations and in compliance with this subchapter; Provided, That said oaths shall not require the cancellation of internal revenue stamps.
Any person who refuses to appear upon being summoned in writing by the Board or by one of its members and does not present good cause for his failure to appear to testify on a fact of which he has or may have knowledge shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a competent court by a fine not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 26, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62z - Public hearings and proceedings

Before adopting or amending, or proposing for adoption or amendment, any regulations, Zoning Maps, Integral Development Plan, Four-Year Investment Program and the Land-Use Plans, or any others, the Board shall hold public hearings, after due public notice at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the date, of the time, place and nature of said hearings, in one of the newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico. In addition, the Board may give notice of the hearings in any other manner it may deem necessary, and shall place at the disposal of the citizenry whatever information is available and pertinent to obtain their effective participation; Provided, That the bylaws need not follow this procedure of public hearings for their approval.
Those cases in which the Board must enter a resolution, order, decision or determination may be heard by the Board, by any of its parts or members, or by any Board delegate who shall be an official or employee of the Board, by following the procedure provided hereinbelow.
If the case is set to be heard by a member, officer or employee of the Board, his recommendation, together with a statement of the evidence and his findings of fact and issues of law, and any considerations pertinent to the issue before him, shall be filed with the Board for its decision. The Board is authorized, in such cases where it deems it convenient and desirable, to delegate the responsibility of holding public hearings to the local and the regional planning commissions, reserving the right to be represented at any such hearings by one of its members or by any other delegate designated by it, who shall have the responsibility of informing the persons present about the nature of said hearings. Once the hearing is concluded, and within the term stipulated to such effect by the Board, which shall never exceed fifteen (15) days, the local or regional planning commission, as the case may be, shall send its recommendations to the Board with a statement of the evidence and its findings of fact and issues of law, as well as any considerations it may deem pertinent to the issue presented at the public hearing for the decision of the Board.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 27; July 13, 1978, No. 49, p. 517, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 62z-1 - Administrative fines

The Board may impose administrative fines on any public or private entity that fails to comply with an information requirement, as provided in subsection (29) of § 62j of this title, under the following terms: up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) to public bodies and private entities whose gross sales or gross income is less or equal to one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually; and fines up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to private entities whose gross sales or gross income is greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually. Once the body or entity has paid the fine, it shall be granted a term of fifteen (15) days to comply with the requirements of the Board, if it fails to do so within said term, a new fine shall be imposed whose amount shall be twice the fine originally imposed. The income proceeding from the imposition of these fines shall be covered into a special account to be created in the Department of the Treasury in the name of the Planning Board and shall be destined to the development of the technologic infrastructure of said entity so that the information may be accessible to the citizenry and other interested sectors. Furthermore, the funds may be used for the publication of the reports of the Board and the distribution thereof.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, added as § 27(A) on Aug. 9, 2008, No. 213, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 63 - Effectiveness of regulations

All regulations and amendments thereto adopted by the Board and approved by the Governor, except emergency regulations or amendments to existing regulations in cases of emergency, authorized by subsection (6) of § 62j of this title, shall take effect fifteen (15) days after their approval. Regulations so approved shall be filed promptly in the office of the Secretary of State and instead of their publication in full, the Board may give notice to the public that the regulations and amendments thereto have been approved by publishing, for the information of the interested persons, in one or more of the newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico a general description of the provisions that may affect or be of most interest to the public; Provided, That the Zoning Maps that the Board may approve and adopt shall form part and parcel of and take effect jointly with the Zoning Regulations already adopted by the Board; Provided, further, That the Zoning Maps adopted by the Board shall take effect, after signed by the Governor, fifteen (15) days following the date on which they were first posted to the public in the city halls of the municipalities affected; Provided, further, That the Board shall make public the adoption of the Zoning Maps, the posting thereof at the proper City Halls and the existence of said maps in the Office of the Secretary of the Board by publishing a notice for three (3) consecutive days in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico.
The amendments to the Zoning Maps which may be subsequently approved by the Board, adopted and signed by the Governor, shall not introduce fundamental changes to the existing map except for the purpose of implementing the recommendations of the Land-Use Plans and of the Integral Development Plan of Puerto Rico to the extent the latter have been approved. These amendments approved by the Board shall also be made known to the public by the procedure provided herein for the Zoning Maps; Provided, however, That in these cases the publication of the notice in the press shall be made only once in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico.
Once an amendment to a Zoning Map is approved by the Board, the Governor’s approval and signature thereof shall not be necessary and it shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico, subject to the provisions of § 63c of this title.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 28, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 63a - Effectiveness of Land-Use Plans, Four-Year Investment Program, plots and maps

The Land-Use Plans or any part thereof and the Four-Year Investment Program shall go into effect immediately after adopted by the Board and approved by the Governor.
The maps and plots, except zoning maps and their amendments, authorized herein, shall take effect fifteen (15) days after having been approved by the Board.
The provisions of this section and § 63 of this title shall apply equally in the cases where the Board delegates any of the functions to the Permit Management Office mentioned therein.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 29; June 21, 1977, No. 83, p. 186, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 63b - Legislative action

The Governor of Puerto Rico shall transmit, pursuant to the terms established herein, the regulations and amendments thereto adopted by the Board to the Legislature of Puerto Rico, during the regular session in course or the one following their promulgation. Said regulations or amendments thereto may likewise be transmitted to the Legislature of Puerto Rico at the opening of or during special sessions. If the Legislature takes favorable action or does not act on any such regulations or amendments thereto, they shall remain in force, and if modified or disapproved by the Legislature, they shall take effect as they may have been modified or repealed, as the case may be.
Nothing contained in this subchapter shall bar the Legislature of Puerto Rico from requiring or ordering the Board to institute any action authorized by this subchapter; or from making itself additions or changes in the official maps indicating therein the traces of proposed new roads, extensions, widenings, reductions or variances.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 30, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 63c - Notice

The Board shall send to every officer or interested person, certified copies of all resolutions adopted by it concerning said officer or person. Whenever the Board deems it necessary, it may give notice to the officer or interested person by publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 31, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 1A - Planning Board (§§ 62 — 66c) › Subchapter I - Organic Act (§§ 62 — 63j) › § 63d - Review

(a) Any party aggrieved by an action, decision or resolution of the Puerto Rico Planning Board in its adjudicatory function in connection with which a petition for reconsideration has been filed with the Planning Board within the first thirty (30) days of mailing of the notice of such action or decision has been denied by the latter, may file a petition for review before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, or the Part whose jurisdiction comprises the place where the project is located, within the term of thirty (30) calendar days reckoning from the mailing date of the notice of denial of the petition for reconsideration.
The petition for review having been filed, if the writ is granted, it shall be the duty of the Puerto Rico Planning Board to remand the record of the case to the court within the fifteen (15) days following the issuance of the writ.
Review by the Court of First Instance shall be limited exclusively to issues of law.
(b) The actions, decisions or resolutions of the Planning Board in the exercise of its quasi-legislative functions, such as adoption and promulgation of regulations and zoning maps, or amendments thereto, shall be final; Provided, That in the cases in which the Board does not comply with the statutory requirements for the adoption and promulgation of or amendments to said regulations and maps, resort may be had to the Court of First Instance, San Juan Part, to challenge the proceedings had, within a term of thirty (30) calendar days reckoning from the publication of the same.
(c) Any party adversely affected by the actions, decisions or resolutions of the Administrator on consultations of location delegated to him by the Board under subsection (19)(b) of § 62j of this title, shall file with him a petition for reconsideration to present new evidence and/or show that the actions or resolutions of the Administrator do not conform to the legal and regulatory provisions in force, within the first thirty (30) days after the mailing of notice of said action, decision or resolution, and if denied by the latter, said party may file a petition for review in the Court of First Instance, San Juan Part, or in any Part whose jurisdiction comprises the place where the project is located, in the discretion of the petitioner, by following the same procedure established in subsection (a) of this section for the review of actions, decisions and resolutions of the Planning Board in its adjudicatory function. The review before the Court of First Instance shall be limited exclusively to issues of law.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 32, eff. July 1, 1975.