P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 162
For the purposes of §§ 161—166 of this title and in addition to its other obligations and duties, the Permit Management Office shall pass judgment on the propriety of each and every one of the additions (including signs), architectural features, color and other characteristics of any building, structure, appurtenance, or part thereof which, on and after the effectiveness of this act, it may be desired to build, rebuild, enlarge, alter, restore, demolish or develop in any other way within any ancient or historic zone or zone of tourist interest. In both cases, said judgment shall include the use to which the property is intended, and in the cases of tourist interest the Permit Management Office shall count on the endorsement of the Tourist Company, and in the cases of ancient or historic zones on that of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
The Planning Board shall prepare and adopt for its own guidance and for that of the public, such regulations, standards, plans, architectural drawings, maps, sketches or studies as it may deem requisite for the buildings or projects in these zones. Such regulations, standards, plans, architectural drawings, maps, sketches or studies shall be coordinated with and shall require the endorsement of the Puerto Rico Tourist Company in the case of zones of tourist interest and that of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in the case of ancient or historic zones.
The Planning Board may request the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and the Puerto Rico Tourist Company to prepare the studies, drawings, sketches, plans or maps and to conduct the proceedings the Board may deem pertinent to delegate to them, for the establishment of ancient or historic zones and zones of tourist interest, respectively.
The Planning Board may also delegate to said agencies such functions compatible with their activities as may propitiate the most effective enforcement of §§ 161-166 of this title.
The above-mentioned regulations shall be adopted subject to the provisions of §§ 62-63j and 161-166 of this title.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, § 2; Mar. 2, 1951, No. 1, p. 2; June 8, 1972, No. 8, p. 360, § 2; July 15, 1975, No. 4, p. 575, § 3.