For the purposes of interpretation and application of this Regulatory Plan, the following terms have the meaning indicated:
1. Alignment (Alineamiento): Line set by the Municipality or the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) or the public entity or body in exercise of its powers, as a limit or maximum proximity of construction with respect to the public road, over rivers and streams, power lines, water conduits, oil pipelines, and others.
2. Front yard (Antejardín): It is the front setback determined by the Regulatory Plan and consists of the distance generated between the property line and the building line, which implies a restriction to build, without thereby losing the condition of private property.
3. Sidewalk (Acera): Part of the public road, normally located at its edges, reserved for pedestrian traffic.
4. Storm drainage (Alcantarillado pluvial): Set of installations arranged for the collection, conduction, and evacuation of rainwater.
5. Sanitary sewer system (Alcantarillado sanitario): Set of installations arranged for the collection, conduction, and evacuation of wastewater or sewage.
6. Enlargement (Ampliación): Increase of the area or dimensions of an existing property.
7. Preliminary project (Anteproyecto): Preliminary consultation procedure in which the design proposal plan is evaluated, preceding the presentation of the project's construction plans. The proposal plan is subject to modifications or adjustments; it describes the general characteristics of the work to be carried out and its feasibility, therefore it does not authorize the developer to execute works or proceed with the sale of lots.
8. Apartments (Apartamentos): Set of several rooms that, for a specific purpose, occupy all or part of a floor or building, or part of several floors (duplex or triplex solutions).
9. Public street (Calle pública): A public domain and common use road, which by administrative provision shall be designated for free transit in accordance with the respective laws and regulations in force.
10. Roadway (Calzada): It is the space arranged for vehicle traffic, comprised between curbs, ditches, or drainage trenches.
11. Historic center (Centro histórico): Settlements of an unrepeatable nature, on which the distinct moments of the life of a town leave their mark, forming the basis upon which the signs of identity and its social memory rest. It includes both settlements that remain intact, such as cities, villages, or towns, and the areas that today, due to growth, constitute part of a larger structure.
12. Condominium (Condominio): Property constructed horizontally, vertically, or in a mixed manner, susceptible to independent use by different owners, with common elements of an indivisible nature.
13. Ensemble (Conjunto): Group of isolated or clustered buildings, whose architecture, unity, and integration into the landscape are of exceptional value, from the historical, artistic, or scientific point of view.
14. Construction (Construcción): It is every structure that is fixed or incorporated into a piece of land; it includes any work of building, reconstruction, alteration, or enlargement that implies permanence.
15. Right-of-way (Derecho de vía): It is the total width of the highway, street, path, or easement (servidumbre), its distance measured between property lines, and which includes, where applicable, roadway, green strips, and sidewalks.
16. Stormwater discharge (Descarga de aguas pluviales): Authorization for the drainage of rainwater from any building, urbanization, or condominium towards a river, stream, ditch, or existing urban system.
17. Environmental impact study (Estudio de impacto ambiental): A graphical and written document technically prepared by responsible and competent professionals in which the diagnosis, prognosis, and proposal for the causes and effects generated or would be generated by every urban development project, condominium, or building in its natural environment: topography, relief, geology, geomorphology, aquifers, environmental contamination, and other effects.
18. Executor (Ejecutor): For the purposes of this Regulation, the engineer, architect, technician, or construction foreman authorized by the Municipality, who is in charge of the execution—not the planning—of a work.
19. Parking (Estacionamientos): Those built places or lots, public or private, intended for keeping vehicles, including bus terminals and taxi garages.
20. Façade (Fachada): It is the elevation or orthographic projection of a building. It can be front (exterior), side, or rear; or interior, when it corresponds to interior courtyards.
21. Lot frontage (Frente de lote): It is the length on its front demarcation line.
22. Habitable (Habitable): Space that meets the minimum requirements of safety, hygiene, and comfort.
23. Room (Habitación): Space constituted by a single chamber.
24. Building index (Índice de construcción): It is the quotient resulting from dividing the total square meters of construction by the lot surface area. Basements and rooftops are excluded from this calculation.
25. Interested party (Interesado): Natural or legal person responsible for the application or process before the administration for the construction permit.
26. Building line (Línea de construcción): A line generally parallel to the front property line, indicating a distance from it equal to the required front setback or front yard (antejardín).
27. Property line (Línea de propiedad): The boundary lines of a particular property.
28. Lot or Parcel (Lote or Predio): It is the land demarcated from neighboring properties with access to one or more paths or roads. It can be for private, public, or communal use.
29. Monument (Monumento): Monumental architectural, engineering, sculpture, or painting work; elements or structures of archaeological character; caves with significant value from the historical, artistic, or scientific point of view; it includes great works and modest creations that have acquired significant cultural importance.
30. Temporary work (Obra provisional): Construction for temporary service and utility, prior to the construction of a definitive work.
31. Infrastructure works (Obras de infraestructura): Set of installations that allow the operation of public service networks and the enabling of urban spaces.
32. Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural): "It is the set of goods and cultural expressions that we have received from our ancestors and that attest to the relationships of human beings. It encompasses the country's territory and the history that developed in it, accumulated in the form of legends, technologies, knowledge, beliefs, art, architecture, and production and social organization systems." 33. Historical-Architectural Heritage (Patrimonio Histórico-Arquitectónico): Totality of buildings, monuments, sites, ensembles, and historic centers (centros históricos) thus declared in accordance with the Law and this Regulation.
34. Construction permit (Permiso de construcción): It is the license granted by the Municipality to build on one's property, provided that the construction complies with the provisions of the Regulatory Plan and the urban planning legislation and regulations.
35. Habitable rooms (Piezas habitables): The spaces designated as living rooms, offices, studies, dining rooms, and bedrooms.
36. Non-habitable rooms (Piezas no habitables): Those designated as kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, storage rooms, garages, and hallways.
37. Cadastral plan (Plano catastrado): Official plan of a plot of land, duly registered with the National Cadastre Directorate, which establishes the shape, area, boundaries, and orientation.
38. Construction plan (Plano constructivo): Official document that describes the execution of a spatial architectural project through technical, graphic, and/or written means.
39. Preservation (Preservación): Consists of the conservation of cultural assets in the same conditions in which they were found, protecting them from humidity, chemical agents, all types of pests, and microorganisms, with the purpose of avoiding, or at least delaying, their deterioration.
40. Prevention (Prevención): Set of protective actions applied to a heritage asset.
41. Protection (Protección): Action or set of actions aimed at preventing natural and/or social agents from damaging or deteriorating the historical-architectural heritage.
42. Enhancement (Puesta en valor): Enabling a property for a use different from the original without distorting its historic fabric (tejido histórico).
43. Reconstruction (Reconstrucción): Restoration of a historic fabric (tejido histórico) or part of it to a known previous condition, using both new and old materials for this purpose. It must be distinguished from conjectural reconstruction since in this case the previous condition of the asset is not fully known.
44. Restoration (Restauración): Intervention that, respecting the principles of conservation, is aimed at restoring the historic fabric (tejido histórico) of the architectural object based on prior research.
45. Historic fabric (Tejido histórico): Original material components of a building, monument, historic center (centro histórico), or heritage sites.
46. Responsible professional (Profesional responsable): Active member of the Federated College of Engineers and Architects authorized to oversee the supervision and compliance with the norms, regulations, and technical specifications of any construction.
47. Repair (Reparación): Renewal and/or reconstruction of any part of a work, to leave it in conditions equal to or better than the original ones.
48. Site (Sitio): Place where works of man and nature exist, including archaeological places of significant value for the evolution or progress of a people, from a historical, aesthetic, ethnological, anthropological, or environmental point of view.
49. Sector (Sector): It is defined as an area where, for its entire surface, the parameters to be applied are established, such as use, density, minimum lot area, maximum building height and number of levels, minimum frontage, maximum coverage (cobertura), and setbacks (front, rear, and side). The sectors are depicted in the Urban Planning Data Sheets (Fichas Urbanísticas) included as Annex 1 (Anexo 1) of the Zoning of Land Uses Regulation of this Regulatory Plan, and the parameters to be applied in each sector are incorporated in a table in the mentioned Annex.
50. Land use (Uso del suelo): Destination or purpose given to a specific piece of land, according to the zoning established by the Regulatory Plan.
51. Urban approval (Visado Urbano): Authorization granted by the Municipality for the urban use of a property, lot, or parcel.