P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2761
Anything which is injurious to health, indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or that is a nuisance to the well being of a neighborhood, or to a large number of persons or that illegally obstructs free flow traffic in the usual manner by a lake, river, bay, stream channel or navigable basin or by a park, square, street, public road and other similar [sic] constitute a nuisance and the subject of an action. Such action may be brought by any person, public agency or municipality whose property is injuriously affected or whose personal enjoyment is lessened by the nuisance, and by the judgment the nuisance may be enjoined or abated, as well as damages recovered; nothing herein provided shall apply to activities related to public worship in churches practiced by different religions; Provided, That the provisions herein established shall not be construed as a limitation to the powers of the Environmental Quality Board to promulgate regulations as it is authorized by law. Furthermore, this legislation shall not limit those powers granted by laws that may be adopted by the Municipalities through municipal ordinances in the implementation of the processes and procedures on public nuisances in their corresponding jurisdictions.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 277; Apr. 29, 1974, No. 22, Part 1, p. 133; Sept. 21, 2000, No. 405, § 1.