P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 37d
Each Plan shall be limited to specific purposes according to the use, characteristics, conditions, and potential of each structure and real property. The Board, in coordination with the concerned agency, shall establish through regulations the minimum requirements for the Plan in accordance with the following purposes:
(1) Zone of Ecological Importance.— The main objective shall be to fix the strategy for the conservation and rational use of natural resources, which shall be done in close coordination with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. The zone shall have ecological attributes of such importance so as to warrant being the object of conservation measures. Among these important attributes are the presence of endangered, rare, or migrant species of native fauna and flora or typical ecosystems that are at risk of disappearing; wetlands; natural biotic communities; and areas with special designations such as state forests and natural reserves, whether or not officially designated as such. This designation shall take into consideration the provisions of §§ 1224 et seq. of Title 12, better known as the “Puerto Rico Natural Patrimony Program Act”.
(2) Heritage Site Rehabilitation.— The property shall comply with the norms and regulations for historic zones and monuments of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
(3) Economic, industrial, and commercial development.— Properties with industrial and commercial potential through the implementation of new businesses that can promote the development of economic activity in a balanced manner with full respect for the ecological environment, and the strengthening of small-, medium-, and large-sized businesses.
(4) Housing development.— Housing projects shall be limited to affordable and middle-class housing.
(5) Tourist development.— Such area whose boundaries can be clearly set and where a group of exploitation attractions and/or basic equipment of certain importance are found, suitable to sustain an identifiable tourist development. For its most effective development, this Plan shall be devised in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.
(6) Rehabilitation in urban center.— Geographic portion found within the surroundings of the downtown area, characterized by its urban structure, mix of compatible uses, historic evolution, population density, and an area and territorial extension with identifiable limits, which is defined as such by the municipality where the real property is located and by the Planning Board in the Urban Center Area Plan under the Land Use Plan.
(7) Conservation of agricultural land.— Zones of high agricultural value to be made available to agricultural entrepreneurs. The properties of the Authority will frequently fall under this framework.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 7.