1. Administrator (Administrador): is the natural or legal person appointed by the assembly of unit owners (asamblea de condóminos) to carry out the administration tasks of the condominium.
2. Preliminary Project (Anteproyecto): is the preliminary general plan showing, through a site design, how the condominium is proposed to be developed, and may contain the description of each stage as a subsidiary property (finca filial), which may be the master property (finca matriz) of a new condominium.
3. Common Area (Área común): things and goods for general or restricted use, regardless of whether they are built or not and depending on whether they are intended for the use and enjoyment of all subsidiary properties or only some of them. For the purposes of this regulation, it consists of the free common area and the built common area.
4. Free Common Area (Área común libre): is the part of the land that becomes the property of all unit owners, is intended for general use, and does not support any construction.
5. Built Common Area (Área común construida): corresponds to the constructions that are held in co- ownership; they are indivisible areas for general and common use.
6. Built Private Area (Área privativa construida): built area of each subsidiary property, excluding the common goods located within its boundaries.
7. Unbuilt Private Area (Área privativa no construida): uncovered private surface, excluding the common goods located within its boundaries.
8. Assembly of Unit Owners (Asamblea de condóminos): is the supreme body of the condominium where, according to its competence, matters of common interest are addressed, discussed, and resolved, as applicable.
9. Coverage (Cobertura): horizontal projection of a structure or the land area covered by such a structure.
10. Co-ownership Coefficient (Coeficiente de copropiedad): index that establishes the percentage share in the common goods of the condominium for each of the owners of subsidiary properties.
11. Condominium (Condominio): property susceptible to independent use by different owners, with common elements of an indivisible nature.
12. Vertical Condominium (Condominio vertical): modality whereby each unit owner is the exclusive owner of part of a building comprised of several floors and jointly owns all the land and buildings or installations for general use.
13. Horizontal Condominium (Condominio horizontal): the modality where each unit owner is the exclusive owner of their own land and the building constructed on it, and co-owner of the common areas.
14. Mixed Condominium (Condominio mixto): those where vertical and horizontal condominiums may be present within the same master property.
15. Combined Condominium (Condominio combinado): is a project where different uses and types of buildings are combined; they must be compatible with each other and must conform to the regulations governing the zone where they are located.
16. Condominium of Condominiums (Condominio de condominios): a project where the subsidiary properties are formed from the subdivision of a master subsidiary property called a sub-condominium.
(As amended by Article 1 of Executive Decree No. 42831 of January 18, 2021) The foregoing must be permitted in the Condominium and Administration Regulations, both of the initial master property and of the master subsidiary property; both regulations must contain the rules governing the relationship between the condominiums and how the rights and obligations of the owners and/or unit owners will be exercised.
17. Lot Condominiums (Condominios de lotes): are those where the subsidiary properties correspond to horizontal plots, which may be destined for agricultural, industrial, livestock, tourism, commercial, housing, recreational use, and/or any other lawful purpose. They may be intended for the provision of services or for constructing buildings. In horizontal lot condominiums, each subsidiary property will be called an individualized primary subsidiary property (finca filial primaria individualizada, FFPI).
18. Complex (Conjunto): real estate development comprised of several buildings erected on one or several lots, which share areas and services for general use and utility, such as internal roads, parking areas, green zones, enclosure walls, and other areas. It may also be comprised of several structurally independent residential, commercial, or industrial buildings.
19. Condohotel (Condohotel): lodging operation modality where the property is under the Law Regulating Condominium Property, or applies principles contained therein, and where hotel operation is guaranteed through an administration contract with a hotel operating company that assumes the functions corresponding to administrators according to the Law and those derived from the hotelier nature of the operation.
A minimum of 70% of the time per year must be dedicated by the establishment to lodging service, and 30% may be used by the unit owners.
20. Concession (Concesión): a unilateral act by the Public Administration granting a private individual the exclusive use of a public domain asset for a determined period.
21. Subsidiary Concession (Concesión filial): a subsidiary resulting from the division of the original concession, when subjected to the provisions of the Law Regulating Condominium Property.
22. Right of Way (Derecho de vía): the total width of the street, alley, path, or easement (servidumbre), which corresponds to the distance between property lines, including the roadway, with the possibility of containing green strips and sidewalks.
23. Building (Edificio): construction of one or more floors erected on land, whose structure comprises a plural number of independent units, suitable for use in accordance with the use established for the zone where it is located in conformity with the respective Regulatory Plan or the use classification given by the Urban Planning Directorate of the National Institute of Housing and Urbanism (INVU), in addition to areas and services for general use and utility. Once subjected to the condominium property regime, it is comprised of private or individually-owned goods and common goods.
24. Subsidiary Property (Finca filial): private unit of property within a condominium, which constitutes an autonomous portion conditioned for independent use and enjoyment, communicated directly with the public road or with a specific common space leading to it.
25. Master Subsidiary Property (Finca filial matriz): Any subsidiary property that, due to its own characteristics in terms of size, availability of access, and services, allows for the constitution of a new condominium, be it a footprint or individualized primary subsidiary properties, within the initial condominium.
(As amended by Article 1 of Executive Decree No. 42831 of January 18, 2021) 26. Master Property (Finca matriz): the property that gives rise to the condominium, constituted by two or more subsidiary properties and their corresponding common areas.
27. Simple Majority (Mayoría simple): 50% plus one of the total votes or unit owners, as the case may be.
28. Condominium Property Regime (Régimen de propiedad en condominio): special property regime constituted by lots and/or buildings, susceptible to independent use, which attributes to the owner of each one, in addition to a singular and exclusive right over them, a joint and inseparable co- ownership right over the remaining elements, appurtenances, and common services of the property.
29. Condominium and Administration Regulation (Reglamento de Condominio y Administración): is the legal instrument that complements and specifies the provisions of the Law Regulating Condominium Property and this Regulation according to the characteristics of each condominium.
It is the statute that regulates the specific rights and obligations of the co-owners of a building or complex subjected to the condominium property regime.
30. Internal Roads (Vías internas): collector streets that serve to channel vehicular flow within the condominium.
31. Dwelling Unit (Unidad habitacional): single-family dwelling.
32. Social Interest Condominium (Condominio de Interés Social): Any condominium that will be financed totally or partially with funds from the National Financial System for Housing and that has been expressly declared as such by the competent entity.
(As added by Article 2 of Executive Decree No. 41152 of May 3, 2018) 33. Projected Official Roadway (Vialidad oficial proyectada): A roadway duly issued and formalized by the Municipality through a local regulatory plan, a regional plan, or a local road plan.
(As added by Article 2 of Executive Decree No. 41152 of May 3, 2018) 34. Previously Urbanized Area (Área Previamente Urbanizada): All those developments and subdivisions (fraccionamientos) whose transfer of public areas has been duly approved.
(As added by Article 2 of Executive Decree No. 42831 of January 18, 2021) 35. Condominium of Buildings and Lots (Condominio de Edificaciones y Lotes): Comprised of individualized primary subsidiary properties and built subsidiary properties.
(As added by Article 2 of Executive Decree No. 42831 of January 18, 2021) 36. Condominium of Master Subsidiary Properties (Condominio de Fincas Filiales Matrices): Correspond to the approximate outline of the footprint that will become a sub-condominium; this outline must completely encompass the building and may add areas around it.
(As added by Article 2 of Executive Decree No. 42831 of January 18, 2021) 37. Urban Quadrant (Cuadrante Urbano): 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 located; urban quadrants are located within urban districts. They must have the delimitation in the current Regulatory Plan or, failing that, the publication of the delimitation carried out by the INVU in the Official Gazette La Gaceta. For the purposes of applying Article 40 of the Urban Planning Law, the urban quadrant is considered the city quadrant.
(As added by Article 2 of Executive Decree No. 42831 of January 18, 2021)
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