Any person may carry out repairs, remodeling, expansions, and other works of a minor nature, on their own account or for third parties, without the need for the authorization of the professional contemplated in article 83 of this law, provided that said works do not exceed the equivalent of ten base salaries, calculated in accordance with the provisions of article 2 of Law No. 7337, of May 5, 1993, but must have the license issued by the corresponding municipal unit, which shall have the obligation to supervise the works for which it has authorized the license.
The conditions for this type of construction must be regulated by a regulation on the construction of minor works, issued by the respective municipality. This regulation shall consider the protection of property, public health, the human and animal life that will use it, absolute respect for environmental sustainability, and all regulations that the municipality deems appropriate, based on the comprehensive development that guarantees the right to a healthy and balanced environment, both individual and collective. Construction works that, according to the specialized technical opinion of the competent municipal official, include modifications to the structural, electrical, or mechanical system of a building, which endanger the safety of its occupants, shall not be considered minor works.
If, within a period of twelve months, counted from the granting of a minor work permit that provides for carrying out repairs, remodeling, expansions, and other works of a minor nature, new applications for minor works are submitted on the same property, the municipality, after inspection, shall deny the new permit if it determines that a major work is being subdivided to evade the respective controls, without prejudice to the interested party's ability to request the construction permit, in accordance with the provisions of article 83 of this law.
SOLE TRANSITORY PROVISION- Regulation Municipalities shall have a period of six months to issue the regulation that governs these activities, starting from the promulgation of this law.
It shall enter into force upon its publication.
Given at the Presidency of the Republic, San José, on the twenty-sixth day of the month of September of the year two thousand seventeen.
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