For the purposes of interpretation and application of this regulation and Law No. 7933, the following terms have the meaning indicated:
1. Administrator (Administrador): natural or legal person who, jointly or individually, is appointed by the Assembly of Condominium Owners (Asamblea de Condóminos) to carry out the administration tasks of the condominium and exercise its legal representation.
2. Preliminary Project (Anteproyecto): preliminary general plan presented by the developing entity or person, showing, through a spatial, technical and functional proposal, the site design as the condominium is proposed to be developed. In the case of phased condominiums (condominios por etapas), it must contain the description of each stage as a filial unit farm, which may be a parent farm of a new condominium, complying with the regulations and current rules.
3. Common Area (Área común): spaces and assets for general use both for the condominium owners and visitors, regardless of whether they are built or not and as they are intended for the use and enjoyment of all filial unit farms. It is composed, for the purposes of this regulation, of the free common area and the built common area.
4. Built Common Area (Área común construida): type of common area, for general use, which supports some construction or building.
5. Restricted-Use Common Area (Área común de uso restringido): these are spaces within a condominium, which although are common assets, their use is limited to one or several condominium owners or a group of condominium owners.
6. Free Common Area (Área común libre): this is the part of the land that becomes the property of all the condominium owners and is intended for general use and does not support any construction or building.
7. Excess Common Areas (Áreas comunes en demasía): additional common area beyond the minimum required by applicable regulations.
8. Minimum Common Areas (Áreas comunes mínimas): common areas whose minimum parameters are defined in this regulation. They include green areas, playgrounds, leisure and recreation areas.
9. Previously Urbanized Area (Área previamente urbanizada): All those urbanizations and subdivisions (fraccionamientos) whose transfer of public areas has been duly approved.
10. Built Private Area (Área privativa construida): built area of each filial unit farm, which excludes common assets located within its boundaries.
11. Uncovered Built Private Area (Área privativa construida no cubierta): private area whose constructions lack roofing.
12. Unbuilt Private Area (Área privativa no construida): private area lacking constructions, which excludes common assets located within its boundaries.
13. Assembly of Condominium Owners (Asamblea de Condóminos): this is the supreme body of the condominium where, in accordance with its authority, matters of common interest are addressed, discussed and resolved, as applicable, in accordance with Law No. 7933, this regulation and the respective internal Condominium and Administration Regulations.
14. Coverage (Cobertura): percentage of land covered by the horizontal projection of buildings on the first level, with respect to the total area of the condominium.
15. Co-ownership Coefficient (Coeficiente de copropiedad): index establishing the proportional participation, in the common assets of the condominium, of each of the owners of the filial unit farms.
16. Condohotel (Condohotel): condohotel shall be understood as the lodging operation modality in which the property of the real estate is subject to the Law Regulating Condominium Property, Law No. 7933 of October 28, 1999 and its amendments, or applies principles contained therein and in which the hotel operation is organized through an administration contract with a hotel operating company, which assumes the functions corresponding to the administrators according to the current legal system and those derived from the hotel nature of the operation. A minimum of seventy percent of the time per year must the establishment be dedicated to lodging service and the remaining thirty percent may be used by the condominium owners.
17. Condominium (Condominio): real property under the regime of the Law Regulating Condominium Property, susceptible to independent use by different owners and/or concession holders, with common elements of an indivisible nature.
18. Condominium of Condominiums (Condominio de condominios): project where the filial unit farms are formed from the subdivision of a parent filial unit farm, also called a subcondominium. The foregoing must be allowed in the Condominium and Administration Regulations of the initial parent farm. The regulations of the parent filial unit farm and the individualized primary filial unit farm must contain the rules regulating the relationship between the condominiums and how the rights and obligations of the owners or condominium owners will be exercised.
19. Condominium of Buildings and Lots (Condominio de edificaciones y lotes): This is composed of the parent filial unit farm, individualized primary filial unit farms and built filial unit farms.
20. Social Interest Condominium (Condominio de interés social): Condominium declared of social interest by the competent entity of the National Housing Financial System, following the exemption regulations in force for each case.
21. Condominium of Parent Filial Unit Farms (Condominio de fincas filiales matrices): Condominium composed of a set of parent filial unit farms that can be sub-condominiumized.
22. Lot Condominium (Condominio de lotes): these are those where the filial unit farms correspond to horizontal plots, which may be intended for agricultural, industrial, livestock, tourism, commercial, residential, recreational, mixed use, or any other lawful purpose authorized by urban planning regulations. They may be intended for the provision of services or for constructing buildings. In horizontal lot condominiums, each filial unit farm shall be called an individualized primary filial unit farm (FFPI).
23. Horizontal Condominium (Condominio horizontal): modality where each condominium owner is the exclusive owner of their own land and the building built on it, being a co-owner of the common areas.
24. Parent Condominium (Condominio madre): Condominium that supports parent filial unit farms or individualized primary filial unit farms (FFPI) which, in turn, may be constituted as subcondominiums, in accordance with the Administration and Condominium Regulations.
25. Mixed Condominium (Condominio mixto): parent farm where vertical and horizontal condominiums may occur.
26. Vertical Condominium (Condominio vertical): modality where the building has several levels on common land with privately owned filial unit farms and co-ownership rights in common areas.
27. Condominium Owner (Condómino): owner or concessionaire of one or several filial unit farms, with rights and obligations linked to the condominium.
28. Concession (Concesión): unilateral act of the Public Administration that grants, for a determined period, to a private party, the private use of a public domain asset.
29. Filial Concession (Concesión filial): filial unit resulting from the division of the original concession, when it is subject to the provisions of the Law Regulating Condominium Property.
30. Complex (Conjunto): real estate development composed of several buildings erected on one or several lots, which share areas and services of general use and utility, such as internal roads, parking lots, green zones, enclosure walls and other areas. It may also be composed of several structurally independent buildings for housing, commerce or industry.
31. Residential Complex (Conjunto Residencial): This is the development of urbanizations that includes, in addition to the enabling of plots through the opening of roads and provision of services, the construction of housing units.
32. Urban Quadrant (Cuadrante urbano): This is the urban area or territorial scope of development of a population center, where the majority of goods and services, the road structure and its immediate area of influence are found. Urban quadrants are located within urban districts. They must have the delimitation in the current regulatory plan or, failing that, with the publication of the delimitation carried out by the INVU in the Official Gazette La Gaceta. For purposes of the application of Article 40 of the Urban Planning Law, Law No. 4240 of November 15, 1968, urban quadrant is considered equivalent to city quadrant.
33. Right-of-way (Derecho de vía): strip of land, owned by the State, of a public domain nature, intended for the construction of road works for vehicle circulation and other works related to safety, ornamentation and pedestrian use, generally comprised between the boundaries separating it from the public or private lands adjacent to the road.
34. Building (Edificación): construction intended for any activity, whether residence, work, storage or protection of belongings, among others. Once subjected to the condominium property regime, it is composed of private or privately owned assets and by common assets.
35. Filial Unit Farm (Finca filial): private unit of property within a condominium, which constitutes an autonomous portion conditioned for independent use and enjoyment, directly communicated with the public road or with a certain common space leading to it.
36. Built Filial Unit Farm (Finca filial construida): is any filial unit farm that includes a building at the time of processing the project or the condominium stage.
37. Parent Filial Unit Farm (Finca filial matriz): is any filial unit farm that, due to its own characteristics regarding the availability of accesses and services and in accordance with the respective Condominium Regulations, allows the constitution of a new condominium, be it a footprint (huella) or FFPI.
38. Individualized Primary Filial Unit Farm (Finca filial primaria individualizada): is any filial unit farm on which a building is not contemplated at the time of processing the project or the condominium stage, remaining available to build on it at a later time. The construction that is erected on it must respect the plans and distribution table of the condominium, as well as the applicable regulations.
39. Parent Farm (Finca matriz): real property originating the condominium, constituted by two or more filial unit farms and their corresponding common areas.
40. Footprint (Huella): horizontal projection of a structure or the area of land covered by such structure, which may occupy an area larger than the projection of the FFPI of the first level.
41. Law No. 7933: Law Regulating Condominium Property, of October 28, 1999.
42. Condominium Property Regime (Régimen de propiedad en condominio): special property regime constituted by lots and/or buildings, susceptible to independent use, which grants the owner of each of them, in addition to a singular and exclusive right over them, a joint and inseparable co-ownership right over the remaining elements, belongings and common services of the property.
43. Condominium and Administration Regulations (Reglamento de Condominio y Administración): this is the legal instrument that complements and specifies the provisions of the Law Regulating Condominium Property and this regulation, in accordance with the characteristics of each condominium, in addition to regulating the specific rights and obligations of the co-owners of the condominium subject to this regime.
44. Projected Official Public Roadway (Vialidad pública oficial proyectada): That duly issued, formalized and published by the respective municipality through a local regulatory plan, a regional plan, the national urban development plan or any other instrument of national roadway and transportation planning.
45. Internal Roads (Vías internas): common areas intended for the circulation of persons and vehicles within the condominium. In addition to the roadway and sidewalks, depending on the project design, it may include green zones and adjacent zones used for all installations, as well as complementary works.
46. Housing Unit (Unidad habitacional): any building intended for a dwelling.
47. Mixed Use (Uso mixto): that where different uses such as agricultural, industrial, livestock, tourism, commercial, residential, recreational or any other lawful purpose authorized by urban planning regulations may occur on the same parent farm.
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