a. Access: Road which a lot or property faces.
b. Maximum height: Established from the ground to the ridge point of the building.
c. Urban furniture (Amueblado): Set of urban elements, such as benches, trash cans, tables, posts, shelters, signs, and placards that support services for user comfort.
d. Green Area (Área Verde): Open areas with grass or trees, for public or communal use, intended for recreation and ornamentation.
e. Camps (Campamentos): Establishment that provides rental services for a daily or monthly fee, for duly delimited and prepared lands to facilitate outdoor living, where one spends the night under a tent.
f. Use Certification (Certificación de uso): Document establishing the possibility of allocating a portion of land for the construction of the works covered in these Regulations. Said certificate shall be issued by the Municipality at the request of the interested party.
g. Concession (Concesión): Public contract between the Municipality of Osa and the concessionaire, granting the latter the right to use the land on a lot within the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone, specifically in the restricted zone (150 m), not including the Public Zone (50 m facing the coastal sector).
h. Concessionaire (Concesionario): Legal entity, individual, or corporation holding a concession right in the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone.
i. Conservation (Conservación): In urban planning, the action that, according to the provisions of the Urban Development Plans, is oriented towards maintaining the ecological balance, the good state of material works (buildings, monuments, plazas, and parks), and, in general, everything that constitutes the historical, cultural, and social heritage of population centers.
j. Construction (Construcción): Any structure fixed or incorporated to land; includes any building, reconstruction, remodeling, or expansion work implying permanence.
k. Net Density (Densidad neta): The ratio of inhabitants divided by the total surface area of occupied land, having previously deducted road surfaces.
l. Density (Densidad): Consists of the number of temporary or permanent residents per unit area (in this case, the estimated unit area is the hectare).
m. Right-of-way (Derecho de vía): The measurement of the public use zone, taken between the demarcation lines established by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes, MOPT), the corresponding Municipality, or a Regulatory Plan.
n. Ecotourism (Ecoturismo): Tourism associated with the enjoyment of nature through low-impact activities, allowing for rational use of natural resources and their conservation.
o. Buildings (Edificaciones): All those works intended for habitation, work, recreation, or tourism.
p. Hotel (Hotel): A type of establishment with a minimum of twenty rooms, or more according to the corresponding category, providing lodging services for a daily fee, as well as food, at the client's choice. It must occupy the entirety of a building or a completely independent part thereof, with dependencies constituting a homogeneous whole, with entrances, hallways, stairs, and elevators for the exclusive use of the establishment. Its sustainable nature indicates an adequate relationship with its surroundings and conservation-minded solutions for the disposal of waste and wastewater.
q. Offender (Infractor): Any individual, legal entity, or government agency that fails to comply with these Zoning Regulations.
r. Infrastructure (Infraestructura): Urban services and installations, such as roads, drainage, aqueducts, sewers, electricity, telephony, and similar others.
s. Lot (Lote): A parcel of land of any size, whether granted in concession or privately owned.
t. Number of floors (Número de plantas): Must be understood as total floors or total or partial floor area coverage (mezzanine counts as one floor or story).
u. Occupancy (Ocupación): Consists of the percentage of land that can be covered by habitable or non-habitable constructed areas, such as accessways, parking lots, swimming pools, parking areas, and other non-natural covers; internal green areas are considered residual areas not included in the occupancy percentage, and must be allocated to gardens, lakes, fruit trees, or ornamentals.
v. Owner (Propietario): The person(s), company(ies), or agency(ies) holding title to lands adjacent to the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone.
w. Protection (Protección): An area in which urban works are subject to restrictions.
x. Tourist Residence (Residencia Turística): Construction for vacationing or permanent residence, integrated with the surrounding environment where necessary measures are taken to minimize the impact on the land as much as possible.
y. Setbacks (Retiros): Open, unbuilt spaces between a structure and the boundaries of the respective property.
z. Sustainable tourism (Turístico sustentable): Land use characterized by maintaining an adequate human-environment- sustainability relationship, both in natural history, adventure, or similar activities, and in the relationship between buildings and the supporting environment.
aa. Conditional use (Uso condicional): One which, although not the most recommended for the conditions of the land, does not generate conflict with the permitted uses. This use can be assigned to land, upon special authorization from the Municipality of Osa and the ICT, by means of a certificate.
bb. Conflicting use (Uso conflictivo): One that does not conform to the zoning indicated in the Regulatory Plan. Conflicting uses are not permitted under any condition.
cc. Permitted use (Uso permitido): The use of the property or lot for which the concessionaire has the possibility to allocate their land with no further restrictions than those indicated herein, and upon prior processing of the construction permits required by the Municipality.
dd. Use (Uso): Private enjoyment of areas or properties.
ee. Public road (Vía pública): Spaces intended for the circulation of vehicles or pedestrians.
ff. Single-family dwelling (Vivienda unifamiliar): A building provided with habitable areas intended for the shelter of a single family.
gg. Zoning (Zonificación): The division of a territory into use zones, for purposes of its rational development.