Land-use permits (permiso de uso) shall be granted directly to applicants, who must personally process and express their interest to the Municipality in obtaining said permit, for which they must submit the request, in clear handwriting, on the land-use permit request form provided by the Terrestrial Maritime Zone Department of the Municipality, where they will indicate the purposes they have for the plot they are requesting.
The completed form and respective documentation must be submitted to the terrestrial maritime zone department. The administered party, upon submitting their request, shall identify themselves by presenting their identity card if doing so in person. In the event they cannot appear in person or when it is a legal entity, the signature of the applicant or legal representative appearing on the request must be authenticated by a lawyer.
For processing the land-use permit request (solicitud de permiso de uso), as well as during the validity of the permit if approved, the administered party is obliged to maintain an updated address for receiving notifications within the perimeter of Ciudad Puerto Cortés, a designated fax number, or an email address; for other locations, the provisions of the Law on Notifications and other Judicial Citations shall apply supplementarily.
The applicant must provide the following documents:
- a)Original and photocopy of the physical identity card or legal entity identification (Personería jurídica) b) Original and photocopy of a cadastral plan (plano catastrado) of the requested area or a sketch prepared by a professional in the field, of the area over which the land-use permit is requested, c) Certification of the legal entity status (personería jurídica) and of the Share Capital in the case of entities d) Inspection request (Solicitud de inspección) e) Sworn statement (Declaración jurada) based on article 4 of the approved Procedure "Article 4-Prohibitions. The Municipality, in the area under its jurisdiction, may not grant any land-use permit (permiso de uso) in favor of its proprietary or alternate council members (regidores), or the Municipal Mayor (Alcalde Municipal), or their relatives in the first or second degree by consanguinity or affinity, both regarding them and those who intervene in the granting or authorization of concessions; and in general, the provisions established in article 107 of the Law of Financial Administration of the Republic No. 5901 of April 20, 1976, shall govern. Permits granted before the respective official is elected or appointed are excepted." f) Request for verification of State Natural Heritage (Solicitud de verificación de Patrimonio Natural del Estado).
Once the documentation is complete, the Terrestrial Maritime Zone Department shall form the respective file (expediente), duly foliated and numbered, with its respective recommendation, to the Municipal Mayor's Office (Alcaldía Municipal) so that the administrative resolution may be prepared.
Once the administrative resolution is signed, the Municipal Council of Osa shall be notified so that it may proceed to submit it to a vote and subsequently to its publication in the Official Gazette La Gaceta; once approved by the Municipal Council, the Secretary of the Municipal Council must notify the administered party of the resolution, at the designated fax number or indicated location. The proof of notification shall be attached to the formed file, which shall be kept in the terrestrial maritime zone department, which is responsible for its custody along with the concession request file (expediente de solicitud de concesión).
Any breach or non-observance of the provisions of this procedure or the Law, when the gravity of the matter warrants it, shall be coordinated by the terrestrial maritime zone department to carry out the necessary inspections to verify said breach or non-observance of the provisions of this procedure or the Law.