Minor Infractions shall be sanctioned with up to five times the corresponding rate, in accordance with the category assigned by the Municipality.
Fines shall be calculated according to the assigned category and the following formula:
FORMULA PUBLIC AND RELIGIOUS RESIDENTIAL SECTOR:
MLVR=TAR*MLP*F . MLVR= Fine amount for a minor infraction in the public and religious residential sector.
. TAR= R*4 or TAR: Annualized public and religious residential rate per linear meter of property frontage in effect at the moment of the infraction, or R: amount charged in the quarterly period, or 4: quarters of the year . MLP: Linear meters of property frontage . F=X: Factor to apply for a minor infraction: X (Progressive value, according to recidivism. First infraction 0.5, second infraction 2.5, and third infraction 5) FORMULA COMMERCIAL PERIPHERY SECTOR: MLVR=TAP*MLP*F . MLVP= Fine amount for a minor infraction in the commercial periphery sector TAP= P*4 or TAP: Annualized commercial periphery rate per linear meter of property frontage in effect at the moment of the infraction, or P: amount charged in the quarterly period, or 4:
quarters of the year . MLP: Linear meters of property frontage . F=X: Factor to apply for a minor infraction: X (Progressive value, according to recidivism. first infraction 0.5, second infraction 2.5, and third infraction 5) FORMULA CENTRAL CORE COMMERCIAL SECTOR: MLVC=TACC*MLP*F . MLVC= Fine amount for a minor infraction in the central core commercial sector . TACC= CC*4 or TACC: Annualized central core commercial rate per linear meter of property frontage at the moment of the infraction, or CC: amount charged in the quarterly period, or 4: quarters of the year . MLP: Meters of property frontage . F=X: Factor to apply for a minor infraction: X (Progressive value, according to recidivism. First infraction 0.5, second infraction 2.5, and third infraction 5) The foregoing shall apply without prejudice to the obligation of the infractor to compensate and repair the environmental damage, as well as the payment of the costs incurred by the municipality in correctly collecting and disposing of the waste.
SECOND: In accordance with the provisions of numeral 43 of the current Municipal Code, this amendment to numeral 130 of the regulation was submitted to a non-binding public consultation for a period of ten business days. During the consultation period, published in Gazette No. 217 of 18 November 2025, no observations were received.
THIRD: The proposed reform to Article 130 of the RGIRS of the Municipality of the Central Canton of San José is approved, and in accordance with the preceding normative provision of the Municipal Code, its referral to a second publication is ordered so that this reform may enter into application.
San José, 15 December 2025.