a. Access: Roadway onto which a lot or property fronts.
b. Maximum height: Established from the ground to the ridge point of the building.
c. Street furniture (Amueblado): Set of urban elements, such as benches, trash cans, tables, posts, shelters, signs, and labels that support services for user comfort.
d. Green area: Uncovered, grassed, or wooded areas, for public or communal use, intended for recreation and ornamentation.
e. Use certification: Document establishing the possibility of designating a portion of land for the construction of works covered in these Regulations. Said certificate shall be issued by the Municipality at the request of the interested party.
f. Concession (Concesión): Public contract between the Municipality of Puntarenas and the concessionaire (concesionario), 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 fronting the coastal sector).
g. Concessionaire (Concesionario): Legal entity, natural or juridical person, who holds a concession right in the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone.
h. Conservation (Conservación): In urban planning, it is the action that, in accordance with the provisions of Urban Development Plans, is aimed at maintaining the ecological balance, the good condition of material works (buildings, monuments, squares, and parks), and in general, everything that constitutes the historical, cultural, and social heritage of population centers.
i. Construction (Construcción): Any structure that is fixed or incorporated into the land; it includes any building, reconstruction, remodeling, or expansion work that implies permanence.
j. Net density: This shall be understood as the ratio of inhabitants divided by the total surface area of occupied land, having previously deducted roadway surfaces.
k. Density: It consists of the number of temporary or permanent residents per unit area (in this case, the estimated unit area is the hectare).
l. Right-of-way: Is the measurement of the public use zone, taken between the demarcation lines established by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), the corresponding Municipality, or a Regulatory Plan.
m. Ecotourism (Ecoturismo): Tourism associated with the enjoyment of nature through low-impact activities, so as to allow a rational use of natural resources and their conservation.
n. Buildings (Edificaciones): All those works intended for habitation, work, recreation, tourism.
o. Hotel: It is a type of establishment with a minimum of twenty rooms, or more according to its corresponding category, which provides lodging service for a daily rate, as well as food, at the client's choice. It must occupy the entirety of a building or a completely independent part thereof, with facilities that constitute a homogeneous whole, with entrances, corridors, stairs, and elevators for the exclusive use of the establishment. Its sustainable character indicates an adequate relationship with its environment and conservationist solutions for the disposal of waste and sewage.
p. Offender (Infractor): Natural person, juridical person, or any government agency that fails to comply with these Zoning Regulations.
q. Infrastructure (Infraestructura): Urban services and facilities, such as: roads, drainage, aqueducts, sewer systems, electricity, telephony, and other similar items.
r. Lot (Lote): A parcel of land of any size, whether granted in concession or under private property.
s. Number of floors: Must be understood as total floors or total or partial coverage of the floor area (mezzanine counts as a floor or story).
t. Occupancy (Ocupación): It consists of the percentage of land that can be covered by constructed areas, habitable or not, such as access ways, parking, swimming pools, parking lots, and other non-natural covers; internal green areas are considered residual areas not included in the occupancy percentage, and must be designated for gardens, lakes, fruit trees, ornamentals.
u. Owner (Propietario): Is the person(s), company(ies), or agency(ies) that holds title to lands adjacent to the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone.
v. Protection: Is that area in which urban works are subject to restrictions.
w. Tourist residence: Construction for vacationing or permanent residence, which is integrated with the surrounding environment and where the necessary precautions are taken to minimize the impact on the land.
x. Setbacks (Retiros): Open, unbuilt spaces comprised between a structure and the boundaries of the respective property.
y. Sustainable tourism (Turístico sustentable): Land use characterized by maintaining an appropriate human-environment-sustainability relationship, both in natural history activities, adventures, or similar, as well as in the relationship between buildings and the sustaining environment.
z. Conditional use: Is that which, although not being the most recommendable for the land's conditions, does not generate conflict with the permitted uses. This use may be granted on land, with prior special authorization from the Municipality of Puntarenas and the ICT, by means of a certificate.
aa. Conflicting use: Is that which does not comply with the zoning indicated in the Regulatory Plan. Conflicting uses are not permitted under any condition.
bb. Permitted use: Is that use of the farm or lot for which the concessionaire (concesionario) has the possibility of designating their land without further restrictions than those indicated herein, and prior processing of the construction permits required by the Municipality.
cc. Use: Utilization, on a particular title, of areas or properties.
dd. Public road: Spaces designated for vehicular or pedestrian circulation.
ee. Single-family dwelling (Vivienda unifamiliar): Is the building provided with habitable areas intended for the shelter of a single family.
ff. Zoning (Zonificación): Is the division of a territory into use zones, for its rational development.