- a)Access: Roadway onto which a lot or property fronts.
- b)Lodge (Albergue): A type of establishment with comfortable rustic characteristics that provides accommodation especially to athletes or groups united by a common interest or activity. There are several modalities, among them, mountain refuges, fishing lodges or camps, beach lodges, countryside or youth hostels, whose characteristics and additional services vary according to their specialization, and based on these, the most appropriate name shall be given.
- c)Maximum Height: Established from the ground level to the ridge point of the building.
- d)Furnishings (Amueblado): Set of urban elements, such as benches, trash receptacles, tables, posts, shelters, signs, and placards that support services for user comfort.
- e)Apartment-Hotel (Apartótel) (Apartamentos-hotel): A type of establishment that provides lodging service for a daily or monthly rate, and which has the following characteristics:
1. It may consist of apartment-type units with one or more bedrooms, a private bathroom, dining room, and kitchen.
2. It occupies the entirety of a building or a completely independent part thereof, and its dependencies constitute a homogeneous whole, with entrances for the exclusive use of the establishment.
3. It includes housekeeping service in the rate.
4. It has parking for guests' vehicles.
5. Its design respects standards that guarantee an adequate relationship with the sustaining natural environment.
- f)Green Area (Área verde): Grassed or wooded free areas for public or communal use, intended for recreation and ornamentation.
- g)Boat Hotel (Botel): A hotel establishment that is located on a floating installation or on a passenger vessel that is permanently or temporarily immobilized to fulfill these functions.
- h)Bungalow: An establishment that provides lodging service for a daily or monthly rate, with units that are independent, constituting one or more bedrooms and a private bathroom; they depend on a main entrance, reception, and may provide restaurant, bar, souvenir shop service, etc. I) Cabin (Cabina): See "Tourist Dwelling (Vivienda Turística)".
- j)Campgrounds (Campamentos): A type of establishment that provides rental service for a daily or monthly rate, for properly delimited land equipped to facilitate outdoor life, where one stays overnight under a tent, in a habitable trailer, or similar.
- k)Guesthouse (Casa de huéspedes): A type of establishment similar to a boarding house that does not offer food service.
- l)Use Certificate (Certificación de uso): Document that establishes 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.
- m)Concession: A public contract between the Municipality 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 (restricted zone - 150 meters); it does not include the Public Zone (50 meters facing the coastal sector).
- n)Concessionaire: A legal or natural person who holds a concession right in the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone.
- o)Condominium Hotel (Condohotel): A lodging operation modality in which the property is governed by the Condominium Property Law, No. 3670 of March 22, 1996, or applies the principles contained therein, and in which the hotel operation is guaranteed through an administration contract with a hotel operating company that assumes the functions corresponding to the administrators according to the law and those derived from the hotel nature of the operation. At least seventy percent of the year, the establishment must be dedicated to lodging service and the remaining thirty percent may be used by the condominium owners.
- p)Conservation: In urban planning, the action that, according to the provisions of 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.
- q)Construction (Construcción): Any structure that is fixed or incorporated onto land; includes any building, reconstruction, remodeling, or expansion work that implies permanence.
- r)Net Density: This shall be understood as the ratio of inhabitants divided by the total occupied land area, having previously deducted roadway areas.
- s)Density: Consists of the number of temporary or permanent residents per unit area (in this case, the estimated area unit is the hectare).
- t)Right-of-Way: The measurement of the public use zone, taken between the demarcation lines established by the MOPT, the corresponding Municipality, or a regulatory plan.
- u)Buildings (Edificaciones): All those works intended for habitation, work, recreation, tourism, etc.
- v)Hotel: 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 service, at the client's choice. There must be functional integration between the lodging service and complementary services. It must occupy the entirety of a building or an absolutely independent part thereof, with dependencies that constitute a homogeneous whole, with entrances, hallways, 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, wastewater, etc.
- w)Residential Hotel (Hotel residencia): A hotel that does not offer food service.
- x)Violator (Infractor): Any natural person, legal entity, or government agency that does not comply with these Zoning Regulations. , y) Infrastructure (Infraestructura): Urban services and installations, such as: roadways, drainage systems, aqueducts, sewerage, electricity, telephony, and similar others.
- z)Lot: A parcel of land of any size, whether given in concession or in private property.
aa) Tourist Motel (Motel turístico): A type of hotel establishment that provides lodging service for a daily rate and that has the following characteristics:
1. It offers travelers parking for their vehicles within the establishment itself.
2. It is preferably located outside urban centers and near public highways.
3. It has a minimum of five rooms, all with a private bathroom and independent entrance from the outside.
4. The building does not exceed two stories (número de plantas), and it is indicated on the exterior thereof, by means of illuminated signs that allow easy reading from the highway, both day and night, whether there are vacancies or not.
bb) Number of Stories (Número de plantas): Must be understood as total stories or total or partial coverage of the floor area (a mezzanine counts as one story).
- cc)Coverage (Ocupación): Consists of the percentage of land that can be covered by built areas, habitable or not, such as access ways, parking areas, swimming pools, and other non-natural coverings; internal green areas are considered residual areas not included in the coverage percentage; they must be allocated to gardens, lakes, fruit orchards, ornamentals, etc.
dd) Boarding House (Pensión): A type of small establishment that is normally family-run, with a minimum capacity of three rooms, and that offers food service on a full-board or half-board basis, for a single global rate.
ee) Construction permits, licenses, and approvals (Permisos de construcción, permisos y visados): The Municipality of Nandayure shall not grant permits for the construction, expansion, or remodeling of buildings or developments that contravene the zoning or any of the provisions of these regulations. All construction must have its respective plans approved by the Centralizing Office of Construction Permits, the ICT, the INVU, and the respective Municipality. Concurrently, the payment of corresponding taxes must exist. Likewise, business licenses (patentes) or use permits shall not be granted for any property where the requested use does not conform to the zoning or the regulations. The granting of business licenses must have prior approval from the ICT, and these must be granted to current concessionaires who have been awarded tourist-recreational-commercial projects and others that warrant said license. The foregoing applies to the case of private properties adjacent to the strip of the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone that are declared of tourist interest.
ff) Owner (Propietario): The person(s), company(ies), or agency(ies) that holds title to land adjacent to the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone.
gg) Protection (Protección): That area in which urban works are subject to restrictions.
hh) Forest Regime (Régimen Forestal): Set of provisions of a legal, economic, and technical nature, established by the Forest Law (Ley Forestal) and its regulations, decrees, and resolutions derived from its application, which regulates the conservation, protection, and rational use of forests and forest lands.
- ii)Tourist Residence (Residencia Turística): See "Tourist Dwelling (Vivienda Turística)".
jj) Setbacks (Retiros): Non-built open spaces comprised between a structure and the boundaries of the respective property.
kk) Timeshare (Tiempo compartido): System or regime by which a person acquires a right of use, enjoyment, or any other right related to the utilization of a vacation dwelling unit, for determined or determinable periods within each year during the term of the respective contract, through the payment of a specific price.
- ll)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 sustaining environment.
mm) Urbanization (Urbanización): Provision of land with the infrastructure works required for the construction of buildings.
nn) Conditional Use (Uso condicional): That which, while not being the most recommendable for the land conditions, does not generate conflict with the permitted uses. This use may be given to land, upon special prior authorization from the Municipality and the Costa Rican Tourism Institute, through a certificate.
oo) Conflicting Use (Uso conflictivo): That which does not conform to the zoning indicated in the Regulatory Plan. Conflicting uses are not permitted under any condition.
pp) Existing conflicting uses or buildings (Usos o edificaciones conflictivas existentes): Any conflicting use or building existing as of the effective date of these regulations may continue with the following limitations:
1 It may not be expanded or remodeled, and only improvements to maintain aesthetics, hygiene, and safety may be made, upon prior authorization from the Municipal Council.
2. It may not be changed to another conflicting use, unless the latter is more compatible with the use proposed in this land-use regulatory plan, in the judgment of the Municipal Council of Nandayure and the ICT.
3. Existing conflicting lands or buildings are momentarily subject to expropriation and payment for improvements in accordance with what Law 6043 and its regulations indicate, provided that these were built or occupied according to the laws in force before the enactment of Law 6043 and with the respective permits.
qq) Permitted Use (Uso permitido): That use of the farm or lot, over which the concessionaire has the possibility of allocating their land without further restrictions than those indicated herein, and after processing the construction permits required by the Municipality.
rr) Use (Uso): Exploitation, on a private basis, of areas or properties.
ss) Public Roadway (Vía pública): Spaces intended for the circulation of vehicles or pedestrians.
tt) Tourist Dwelling (Vivienda Turística) (cabin, cottage, summer house, etc.): A type of establishment that provides lodging service for a daily or monthly rate, with independent units, with one or more bedrooms, private bathroom, kitchen, independent entrance from the outside, and with parking for guests' vehicles.
uu) Single-Family Dwelling (Vivienda unifamiliar): A building provided with dwelling areas intended for the housing of a single family.
- vv)Zoning (Zonificación): The division of a territory into use zones, for the purposes of its rational development.