P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4956
The municipality may intervene with any person who operates an itinerant business without the license required in §§ 4001 et seq. of this title, with a prior written notice in which the person is granted a reasonable amount of time to cease operations of the itinerant business in question. When the operation of an itinerant business is creating irreparable or continuous harm which affects the public welfare and order, the municipality may issue a written cease and desist order requiring the immediate discontinuation of the business operations. Said order shall caution the owner as to the penalties to which he/she may be subject should he/she persist in the operation of the business and of his/her right to request that said order be reconsidered.
Likewise, the municipalities may intervene with any itinerant business that does not comply with the provisions of this chapter and with the ordinances and regulations adopted pursuant to the latter, and impose the penalties or administrative fines that may be established through ordinance for such noncompliance or infractions. In the case of violation or infractions of the laws and regulations under the jurisdiction of other public agencies, a notice must be immediately sent to the latter requesting that the corresponding action be taken.
It shall be the responsibility of the Municipal Guard to maintain due vigilance and intervene in the violations of the provisions of this chapter and its ordinances and regulations within the framework of §§ 1061 et seq. of this title, known as the “Municipal Guard Act”.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, added as § 20.007 on Oct. 29, 1992, No. 84, § 103.