P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4953
The municipalities shall observe the standards indicated below for applying and implementing the provisions of this chapter:
(a) Any license for operating an itinerant business shall be granted only when the municipality determines that granting the aforesaid is convenient and necessary or proper for the public convenience, advantage and interest, and in any case with the prior endorsement or written approval of the corresponding public agencies.
(b) The municipality shall deny the license for an itinerant business when its owner or operator has been convicted of any crime related to the distribution, traffic, sale or possession of controlled substances or narcotics.
(c) Every license shall be issued for the term of one year. The license may be renewed not later than thirty (30) days prior to its expiration date, as long as the business complies with the corresponding legal and regulatory requirements.
(d) In the case of the death of the itinerant business license owner, his/her heirs or successors, according to the statement of determination of the heirs, shall substitute the decedent as holders of said license during the period remaining for its expiration. Said heirs shall have the benefit of renewing the itinerant business license if the documents previously filed for granting the original license are applicable to them and if in compliance with the requirements of the corresponding ordinance.
(e) When the itinerant business is to be operated within the property occupied by a public road or facility, the itinerant business owner must have a contract, permit or authorization signed by the chief executive official of the public agency which owns, leases or controls and administers the public road or facility in question.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, added as § 20.004 on Oct. 29, 1992, No. 84, § 103.