Decreto 6411-2019 (Reglamento de Fraccionamientos y Urbanizaciones) and the related ecosystem-unity, minimum-lot-size, and cumulative-impact doctrines that constrain subdivision in forested areas.
Decreto 6411-2019 (Reglamento de Fraccionamientos y Urbanizaciones) y las doctrinas relacionadas de unidad de ecosistema, tamaño mínimo de lote e impacto acumulativo que restringen el fraccionamiento en áreas boscosas.
82 documents in this topic.
Res. 07441-2026 Sala Constitucional2026 · Sala Constitucional
Rechazo de amparo contra reforma al Reglamento de Fraccionamientos del INVU
The Constitutional Chamber summarily dismissed an amparo action challenging the amendment to Article 30 of the INVU Subdivision and Urbanization Regulation, published in Official Gazette No. 25 on February 6, 2026. The claimant, invoking broad environmental standing, argued that eliminating the requirement to apply the official land-use capacity…
Res. 27448-2025 Sala Constitucional2025 · Sala Constitucional
Denegatoria de visado municipal por disponibilidad de agua mediante pozo artesanal
The Constitutional Chamber dismisses an amparo action against the Municipality of San Carlos, which denied approval of subdivision plans for failing to prove the required water availability. The petitioner argued that the area lacks a municipal aqueduct or ASADA infrastructure, and proposed meeting the requirement with a water concession or artesian well…
Res. 29220-2025 Sala Constitucional2025 · Sala Constitucional
Archivo del recurso sobre protección del Refugio Gandoca-Manzanillo
The Constitutional Chamber orders the archiving of the amparo filed by a citizen against MINAE and SINAC, alleging non-compliance with judgments 12745-2019 and 3959-2024, issuance of Directive 09-2023, and failure to act on environmental damage in the Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge (Ramsar site 783). The Chamber finds that the alleged facts…
Res. 13227-2024 Sala Constitucional2024 · Sala Constitucional
Acción de inconstitucionalidad contra el Reglamento de Fraccionamiento y Urbanizaciones
The Constitutional Chamber dismissed a constitutional challenge brought by the Mayor of Río Cuarto against the “Subdivision and Urbanization Regulation” issued by the INVU in 2019. The claimant argued that the regulation violates municipal autonomy and the right to a healthy environment by regulating matters proper to a land-use plan without the prior…
Res. 13180-2013 Sala Constitucional2013 · Sala Constitucional
Obligación de viabilidad ambiental de SETENA para fraccionamientos con obras y aplicación del principio precautorio sobre humedales en proyecto inmobiliario
The Constitutional Chamber examined an amparo action against the Municipality of Paraíso de Cartago for allowing the ‘Torres del Paraíso’ housing project without an environmental viability license from SETENA. The Municipality claimed it was a simple subdivision not requiring such a permit. However, the Chamber found that the project involved earthworks,…
Res. 04205-1996 Sala Constitucional1996 · Sala Constitucional
Obligación de ceder áreas verdes en fraccionamientos y autonomía municipal
The Constitutional Chamber resolves a challenge against INVU Subdivision and Urbanization Regulations requiring developers to cede 10% of subdivided land for green areas and urban infrastructure, and allowing cash payment as a substitute. The Chamber holds that the obligation to cede land to municipalities is constitutionally grounded in the social…
C-007-20242024
Necesidad de visado del INVU en fraccionamientos con acceso excepcional pese a reglamento municipal
The Attorney General’s Office analyzes whether the Municipality of Tilarán, which has a regulatory plan and issued a Regulation for the Control of Subdivisions in 2020, may exempt its citizens from prior INVU approval for residential exceptional-access subdivisions. It concludes that it may not. First, because the municipal regulation was not validly…
C-017-20242024
Accesos excepcionales y visados en planos de información posesoria y fraccionamientos
The Attorney General's Office analyzes whether possessory information plans require municipal and INVU endorsements, and how local governments should handle applications for land-use certificates and construction permits on unregistered properties that fail to meet urban planning restrictions. It concludes that such endorsements are not required for…
C-269-20202020
Aplicabilidad del artículo 96 del Reglamento de Fraccionamientos a lotes de área verde
The Attorney General's Office clarifies that Article 96 of the Subdivision and Urbanization Regulation (INVU Agreement 6411), which sets minimum areas and frontages for lots, applies exclusively to residential lots with built housing within residential complexes, not to lots designated as green areas. Furthermore, it indicates that the Regulation is not…
C-053-20192019
Visado de planos de fraccionamiento frente a servidumbre por la Dirección de Urbanismo
Opinion C-053-2019 of the Attorney General's Office addresses a query from the Federated College of Engineers and Architects regarding whether the INVU's Urbanism Directorate must endorse survey plans for subdivisions facing an easement when they lack urban development purposes. The PGR concludes that the Urbanism Directorate is competent to endorse plans…
C-014-20172017
Ancho de vías de acceso a la zona marítimo terrestre
The Attorney General's Office analyzes whether access points to the public zone of the maritime-terrestrial zone established in a coastal regulatory plan must comply with the 14-meter width required by the General Public Roads Law for local roads, or if they may be governed by the plan itself. It concludes that the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone Law does not…
C-194-20172017
Reclamación municipal de áreas de uso público en lotificaciones antiguas
The inquiry asks whether a municipality can claim, years later, land that a subdivider failed to cede for public use under the Urban Planning Law. The PGR explains that the obligation to cede areas for roads, parks, and community facilities only applies to urbanizations (complex subdivisions), not simple segregations in already urbanized areas. It points…
C-206-20172017
Visado del INVU en fraccionamientos mediante servidumbres de paso
The Attorney General's Office clarifies that the Urban Planning Law (4240) requires the INVU's Urbanism Directorate to examine and approve plans for any subdivision for urban purposes, including those done through easements, before the municipality grants its approval. The Municipal Council cannot issue the municipal approval without that prior INVU…
C-045-20162016
Distinción entre fraccionamiento simple y complejo y exención de cesión del 10%
The PGR analyzes the inquiry by the Municipal Council of Aserrí regarding the definitions of urbanization, subdivision for urban purposes (complex subdivision), and simple subdivision, and when the obligation to transfer 10% of the subdivided area for parks and community facilities applies. Based on the Urban Planning Law, its Regulations, and…
C-029-20152015
Segregación de lotes en urbanización no modifica el Mapa Oficial y requiere visado municipal e INVU
This opinion addresses two questions from the Municipality of San Isidro de Heredia. First, whether segregating a lot within a development project modifies the Official Map. It concludes it does not, since the Official Map defines public domain areas, uses, and community services, while private lot segregation only affects lot distribution and area,…
C-190-20152015
Inscripción unilateral de áreas públicas de urbanizaciones cuando el desarrollador ha desaparecido
The Attorney General's Office analyzes whether municipalities may register public-use areas in subdivisions when the developer has ceased to exist. It concludes that land ceded under Article 40 of the Urban Planning Law constitutes municipal public domain, affected by operation of law and the administrative act accepting the subdivision. Their…
C-221-20142014
Competencia del Concejo Municipal para aprobar urbanizaciones, condominios y licencias de construcción
The Attorney General's Office reviews the continuing validity of Opinion C-235-1999 and determines municipal authority for approving urban development projects. It concludes that the Municipal Council is the competent body to authorize or deny the construction of subdivisions, condominiums, and any other building works when the law does not expressly…
C-333-20142014
Unicidad del visado municipal en fraccionamientos
The Attorney General's Office answers an inquiry from the Mayor of Heredia regarding whether there are two types of municipal approvals: one for cadastral purposes (under articles 79 and 81 of the Regulation to the National Cadastre Law) and another for registration purposes (under articles 33 and 34 of the Urban Planning Law). The opinion concludes that…
C-324-20112011
Límite de longitud de servidumbre en fraccionamientos según reglamento del INVU
The opinion analyzes whether article II.2.1.1 of the National Subdivision and Urbanization Control Regulation allows exceptions to the 60-meter maximum length for access easements to interior lots in single-family home subdivisions. The PGR concludes that the regulation does not provide for exceptions, so the limit must be applied. However, it notes that…
C-085-20102010
Nulidad de visados de fraccionamiento en zona agrícola de Coronado
The Attorney General's Office reviews the request by the Mayor of Vásquez de Coronado for a favorable opinion to declare the absolute, evident, and manifest nullity of subdivision endorsements granted in the Agricultural Parcel Zone allegedly in violation of the local Regulatory Plan. It concludes the request is premature and inadmissible because the…
C-200-20092009
Permisos de construcción en zonas boscosas o con presencia de ecosistemas frágiles
The PGR examines whether a municipality may grant construction permits on forested land and under what conditions. It concludes that, under Article 19 of the Forestry Law, construction of the listed structures (houses, offices, ecotourism facilities, etc.) is permissible provided the State Forestry Administration (SINAC) authorizes the activity and an…
C-319-20092009
Exigencia de estudios adicionales por SETENA para prevenir urbanizaciones disfrazadas de fraccionamientos agrícolas
The Attorney General’s Office, at the request of the National Environmental Technical Secretariat (SETENA), analyzes whether SETENA may require additional studies and documents from those requesting environmental viability for projects presented as agricultural subdivisions, but which are actually intended for urban development, and what sanctions apply…
C-279-20072007
Urbanizaciones no recibidas y sus consecuencias jurídicas
The Attorney General's Office issues a binding opinion at the request of the Municipality of Cartago regarding the legal treatment of officially unreceived urbanizations. It analyzes the urbanization process and the municipal administrative acts involved: preliminary plan approval, constructive plans endorsement, acceptance of public areas and works,…
C-304-20062006
Aplicación experimental de la norma VI.7.1 del Reglamento de Fraccionamientos para renovación urbana en asentamientos consolidados
The Attorney General's Office analyzes whether applying regulation VI.7.1 of the National Subdivision and Urbanization Control Regulation to develop urban renewal programs in precarious urban settlements violates the principle of singular non-derogability of regulations. It concludes that the provision does not contravene this principle because the…
C-220-20042004
Silencio positivo en visado municipal de fraccionamientos y áreas públicas
The Attorney General's Office analyzes whether administrative positive silence (tacit approval) applies when a municipality fails to respond to requests for subdivision permits under Article 33 of the Urban Planning Law, and for the transfer of public areas. It concludes that a subdivision permit for private lots can indeed be obtained through positive…
C-297-20042004
Inconstitucionalidades del Decreto 31750-MINAE-TUR sobre ecoturismo en bosques de la zona marítimo terrestre y administración de dichas áreas
The Attorney General's Office addresses two queries from MINAE. On the first, it concludes that Decree 31750-MINAE-TUR has multiple unconstitutional flaws: it improperly delegates to municipalities the administration and granting of concessions over State Natural Heritage in the maritime-terrestrial zone, violating Forestry Law and Law 6043; it allows tree…
C-069-20032003
Planos catastrados defectuosos y visado municipal en fraccionamientos
The Attorney General clarifies municipal duties regarding cadastral plans that violate urban development regulations, particularly easements longer than sixty meters and lots under one thousand square meters. Municipalities must deny approval when a subdivision fails to meet access and lot-size rules. If an improper approval was granted, they must annul it…
Res. 00668-2026 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2026 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Anulación de certificados de uso de suelo incompatibles con el plan regulador
The Administrative Court granted a lesividad claim brought by the Municipality of Belén against Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. The claim challenged three land-use certificates issued in 2019 for two properties in a Low-Density Residential Zone, authorizing uses as 'office building' and 'educational center', which were incompatible…
Res. 01235-2025 Sala Primera de la Corte2025 · Sala Primera de la Corte
Anulación de licencia municipal para cantera en zona de protección forestal
The First Chamber of the Supreme Court hears cassation appeals against the judgment of the Contentious-Administrative Court, which annulled the municipal license granted to Hacienda San Rafael H.R.S. S.A. for “quarry” activity on a property located in a forest protection zone according to the La Unión Canton Regulatory Plan. The Chamber upholds the…
Res. 02512-2025 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2025 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Improcedencia del silencio positivo en autorizaciones urbanísticas y ambientales
The Contentious-Administrative Tribunal, acting as Improper Hierarch in municipal matters, hears the appeal filed by Fela S.A. against the denial of a land-use permit for a commercial establishment in a residential area of Los Parques Urbanization, in San Ramón. The appellant argued that positive administrative silence had occurred and that the…
Res. 06161-2025 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2025 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Rechazo de nulidad de permisos en zona de amortiguamiento de Loma Salitral por falta de delimitación cartográfica
The Administrative Court denies the claims of the Salvemos las Lomas Association against the State, the Municipality of Desamparados, INVU, and Urbanizadora La Laguna. The plaintiff sought to annul the permits for the La Arboleda housing project, alleging it fell within the buffer zone of Loma Salitral, protected by the GAM Regional Urban Development Plan…
Res. 06452-2025 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2025 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Tenencia de caballos en zona de crecimiento urbano en Mora
The Administrative Court, acting as an improper municipal hierarchical authority, heard the appeal filed by Ingread Fournier Cruz against the Municipality of Mora's decision denying land use for horse ownership on her property. The appellant argued that the Regulatory Plan permitted such activity as part of traditional agricultural use, but the…
Res. 07450-2025 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2025 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Certificado de uso de suelo no reemplaza licencia constructiva
The Administrative Litigation Tribunal, acting as a non-hierarchical comptroller of legality in municipal matters, upholds the denial of a construction permit for an eco-lodging project in Mora. The plaintiff argued that it had a compliant land-use certificate and environmental viability from SETENA, rendering the municipal denial illegal. The Tribunal…
Res. 09041-2025 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2025 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Supresión parcial de aceras en condominio no es opcional para el desarrollador
The ruling examines the legality of two Municipal Council agreements of San Pablo de Heredia that denied a construction permit modification to eliminate sidewalks in the Condominio Residencial Vistas de San Pablo. The plaintiff argued that the condominium's internal roads are private and that sidewalk construction depends on the condominium owners‘…
Res. 09115-2025 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2025 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Improcedencia de anular rechazo de permiso constructivo por falta de viabilidad ambiental
The Administrative Court dismisses the lawsuit filed by Continental Towers Costa Rica SRL against the Municipality of Desamparados. The company sought annulment of several administrative acts denying a construction permit for a telecommunications tower due to lack of environmental viability from SETENA, a requirement under Article 17(i) of the Municipal…
Res. 01624-2024 Sala Primera de la Corte2024 · Sala Primera de la Corte
Anulación de licencia de construcción en zona agropecuaria de Cartago
The First Chamber of the Supreme Court upholds the lower court ruling that declared absolute nullity of construction permit 24700-A issued by the Municipality of Cartago in the San Nicolás district. The dwelling, not linked to agricultural activity, exceeded the Regulatory Plan’s parameters for the agricultural zone: 10.4 m height (max 7 m), 490 m²…
Res. 00606-2024 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2024 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Regímenes superpuestos y desafectación en la Zona Portuaria de Caldera
The Administrative Litigation and Civil Treasury Court decided a declaratory action brought by development and neighborhood associations against the Municipality of Esparza, with a third-party claim by the State. The dispute concerned the legal regime applicable to lands originally designated as Reserved Port Zone (ZPR) by Laws 5582 and 6309, and later…
Res. 06528-2024 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2024 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Recurso de revisión contra certificado de uso de suelo condicional para gasolinera en Escazú
The Administrative Court, acting as non-hierarchical legality controller, confirmed the dismissal of the review appeal filed by Manuel Ramírez Castro against the Municipality of Escazú. The appellant challenged the land-use certificate that classified the requested use to build a gas station on a property in a linear commercial zone as conditional. He…
Res. 08901-2024 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2024 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Fraccionamiento sin visado municipal no es urbanización
The Specific Development Association Pro-Obras de Puente Salas de Barva de Heredia filed a lawsuit seeking the nullity of the municipal approval (“visto bueno únicamente para efectos catastrales”) granted to 276 subdivision plans by the company Ganadera ARIAMO del Monte S.A., as well as the nullity of the resulting property registrations. The Association…
Res. 05743-2023 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo2023 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo
Movimientos de tierra en fraccionamientos agrícolas no requieren viabilidad ambiental individual
The Contentious-Administrative Tribunal resolved an appeal against municipal earthwork permits granted to individual landowners within an agricultural subdivision in the Municipality of Osa. The appellant argued that the earthworks should be evaluated jointly and cumulatively, not per individual lot, due to the risk of cumulative environmental harm. The…
Res. 01080-2023 Tribunal Agrario2023 · Tribunal Agrario
Venta de lote en Radiant Sun Valley — pretensiones por vicios ocultos prescritas
The Agrarian Court upholds the lower court's ruling that declared the contractual resolution and damages claim brought by The Blue Ocean S.A. against Radiant Sun Valley S.A. time-barred. The plaintiff alleged breach of contract based on hidden defects (lack of infrastructure, water availability, and concealment of an environmental proceeding before the…
Res. 00283-2022 Sala Primera de la Corte2022 · Sala Primera de la Corte
Obras públicas en cuarta etapa del Residencial El Molino — obligación municipal
The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice denies the cassation appeal filed by owners of lots in the Fourth Stage of Residencial El Molino, who sued the Municipality of Cartago to compel it to complete pending public works at its own expense. Plaintiffs argued that the Municipality allowed the segregation and sale of 139 lots without completing…
Res. 00193-2022 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III2022 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III
Rechazo de urbanización ilegal por falta de permisos
The Administrative Appeals Court upholds the municipal rejection of the "La Pavilla" residential project and denies construction permits to Titlis S.A. for failing to meet essential requirements: the project lacked environmental feasibility approval from SETENA, INVU approval, certified water availability, and was located in an agricultural zone under the…
Res. 00377-2021 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III2021 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III
Distinción entre fraccionamiento simple y fraccionamiento con fines urbanísticos requiere acceso y servicios completos
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal upholds the denial of a municipal approval for the subdivision of two adjacent properties into eight lots with access via an easement. The appellant argued it was a simple subdivision, but the Tribunal finds that the proposal, named “Condominio Horizontal Vertical Residencial Comercial Vila de San Francisco I and II…
Res. 00112-2012 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III2012 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III
Anulación de cambio de uso de suelo agrícola a residencial de alta densidad en Vásquez de Coronado
The Administrative Contentious Court, Section III, annulled the municipal agreement that applied the Fourth Transitional Provision of the Vásquez de Coronado Regulatory Plan to authorize a high-density housing project in an Agricultural Parcel Zone. The ruling found that the agreement lacked a legitimate motive, as there were no technical, environmental,…
Res. 00100-2012 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III2012 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III
Apelación negada para fraccionamiento en zona de protección especial
The Administrative Contentious Court Section III upholds the denial of a subdivision plan approval for the 'Highland Ranch Ecological Estates' project. The court rules that despite being presented as a simple subdivision, the project constitutes a residential development given the required civil works — roads, sidewalks, potable water, wastewater…
Res. 00175-2009 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III2009 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección III
Distinción entre fraccionamiento simple y urbanización y vías de anulación municipal
The Administrative Litigation Tribunal upholds a decision of the Municipal Council of Oreamuno that revoked a precautionary measure suspending the issuance of subdivision approvals and construction permits for a development project. The ruling develops three central issues: (a) urban planning as a component of environmental law with constitutional status,…
Res. 00402-2009 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección II2009 · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección II
Improcedencia de permiso de uso en zona marítimo terrestre sin plan regulador
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Section II, upholds the municipality’s denial of a land-use permit for a plot in the maritime-terrestrial zone of Playa Tortuga, Osa, because no regulatory plan exists. The appellant argued that a use permit does not require such a plan and that there was confusion over which decision was being challenged. The Tribunal…
Reglamento municipal 130-A2025
Reglamento de Fraccionamiento del Cantón de Oreamuno
This Regulation establishes local provisions for the subdivision and development of land in the canton of Oreamuno, within the framework of the Urban Regulatory Plan. It defines types of subdivisions—simple, for urban purposes, by exceptional residential access, and by agricultural/livestock/forestry easement—and the requirements for each. It regulates…
Reglamento municipal 130-E2025
Reglamento de Zonificación de los Usos del Suelo del Cantón de Oreamuno
This regulation, part of the amendment to the Urban Regulatory Plan of the Canton of Oreamuno, establishes the classification of land uses in the canton, defining zones such as residential, mixed-use, agricultural, rural, protection, scenic interest, and touristic. For each zone, urbanistic parameters such as density, minimum lot segregation, height,…
Reglamento municipal 802025
Reglamento para usos de suelo de la Municipalidad de Corredores
This municipal regulation establishes the rules and procedures for granting land use permits in the canton of Corredores, within the framework of urban planning and environmental laws. It classifies land uses according to the Urban Planning Law and defines permitted, conditional, prohibited, and non-contemplated uses, incorporating the precautionary…
Reglamento municipal 832025
Reglamento de permisos de construcción de obra menor de Talamanca
This municipal regulation establishes guidelines for obtaining minor works construction licenses in the canton of Talamanca, in accordance with Article 83 bis of Construction Law No. 833. It defines minor works (repairs, remodeling, expansions whose value does not exceed ten base salaries), requirements for permit applications, a one-month resolution…
Reglamento municipal 83-A2025
Manual de procedimientos para usos de suelo, licencias constructivas y régimen sancionatorio de Talamanca
The Procedures Manual of the Municipality of Talamanca, approved by the Municipal Council in session #83 on November 27, 2025, regulates applications for land use and building permits for minor and major works, as well as the sanctioning process for urban planning violations. It establishes requirements such as property registration, up-to-date municipal…
Reglamento municipal 3172024
Plan Regulador Urbano del Cantón Central de Cartago
This document is the Comprehensive Reform of the Urban Regulatory Plan of the Central Canton of Cartago, integrating regulations on Construction, Subdivisions and Urbanizations, Land Use Zoning, Road Infrastructure, Urban Renewal, Protection of Historical-Architectural Heritage, Outdoor Advertising, and Official Map. It establishes territorial planning…
Reglamento municipal 0-A2023
Reglamento de Fraccionamientos y Urbanizaciones de Limón
This regulation, part of the Limón Central Canton Regulatory Plan, sets the local legal framework for all subdivisions and urbanizations in the canton, excluding the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone, protected areas, and indigenous territories. It categorizes subdivisions into four types: simple, for urban purposes, exceptional access for residential use, and…
Reglamento municipal 0-C2023
Reglamento de Mapa Oficial de Limón
This regulation is part of the Regulatory Plan of the Central District of Limón and establishes the Official Map, a special registry of public property and affected public domain lands or spaces designated for public uses, such as roads, parks, plazas, buildings, and other communal uses, in accordance with the Urban Planning Law. Its objectives are to…
Reglamento municipal 0-12023
Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial de San Pablo
The San Pablo Territorial Plan (POT) is the local planning instrument that regulates land use, occupation, and transformation in the canton. Structured around general provisions, an official map, subdivisions and urbanizations, a dynamic zoning system, buildings, urban renewal, and mobility, the plan advances a compact, mixed-use city model to overcome the…
Reglamento municipal 316-E2014
Reglamento de Zonificación de los Usos del Suelo del Cantón de Oreamuno
This 2014 municipal regulation, repealed in 2025, established land use zoning for the canton of Oreamuno, Cartago, as part of its Regulatory Plan. It defined land types (urbanized, developable, non-developable) and classified uses as conforming, non-conforming (tolerated and prohibited), and conditional. It created specific zones: residential (very low to…
Reglamento municipal 572013
Reglamento de Construcción, Fraccionamiento, Condominio y Urbanización de la Municipalidad de Esparza
This municipal regulation of Esparza establishes the regulatory framework for processing licenses and permits for construction, subdivision, condominiums, and urbanization in the canton. It defines procedures, technical requirements, and necessary documentation to obtain urban approvals, land-use certificates, construction permits (minor works, major…
Reglamento municipal 34-B2012
Reglamento de Vialidad del Plan Regulador Costero de Carrillo
This municipal regulation establishes roadway standards for the Maritime Terrestrial Zone of the Carrillo canton, as part of its Coastal Regulatory Plan. It defines types of roads (national and cantonal), their rights-of-way, minimum cross-sections, and prohibitions on public roads. It requires concession holders to adjust their concessions to the proposed…
Reglamento municipal 189-B2012
Reglamento de Zonificación de Paraíso
This Zoning Regulation forms an integral part of the Paraíso Canton Master Plan, approved by the Municipal Council. It divides the territory into 14 land-use zones (residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, protection, tourism, etc.) and defines, for each, permitted land uses as conforming, conditional, or non-conforming, according to a detailed…
Reglamento municipal 189-E2012
Reglamento de Fraccionamientos y Urbanizaciones
This Regulation is an integral part of the Regulatory Plan of the canton of Paraíso and establishes municipal conditions for allowing subdivisions, urbanizations, and residential complexes within that territory. It details requirements for access to public roads, availability of essential public services (potable water and electricity), public area…
Reglamento municipal 189-G2012
Reglamento del Mapa Oficial del Cantón de Paraíso
This municipal regulation of the Canton of Paraíso is part of the Regulatory Plan and sets norms for the identification, acquisition, and management of all cantonal public areas, with a central focus on the road system. It defines municipal jurisdiction over the cantonal road network, establishes a detailed road hierarchy with right-of-way dimensions for…
Reglamento municipal 0 (Municipalidad de Cartago, 13/11/2012)2012
Plan Regulador Urbano del Cantón Central de Cartago
The Urban Regulatory Plan of the Central Canton of Cartago is a local planning instrument that defines the canton's sustainable development policy. The document incorporates regulations for construction, subdivision and urbanization, land-use zoning, roadways, urban renewal, protection of historical-architectural heritage, outdoor advertising, and an…
Reglamento municipal 772011
Reglamento para la aprobación, construcción, control y recepción de urbanizaciones de la Municipalidad de Moravia
This regulation establishes the comprehensive procedure for the authorization and development of subdivisions in the canton of Moravia. It governs every stage from the preliminary project and land use approval through construction, inspection, acceptance of infrastructure works, and transfer of public areas to the municipality. It details the documentary…
Reglamento municipal 492011
Reforma al Reglamento de Zonificación del Plan Regulador de Mora — Publicación del artículo 13 sobre Zona Resto del Distrito
The Municipal Council of Mora agrees to publish in the Official Gazette Article 13 of the Zoning Regulation, originally approved in 1993, to govern the area known as the 'Rest of the District'. This action addresses the regulatory gap created when Articles 4.3 and 10 of the original regulation were declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Chamber Ruling…