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21/06/2019

Demarcation of public zone of coastal sectors in Sierpe District, Osa, PuntarenasDelimitación de zona pública de sectores costeros del Distrito Sierpe, Osa, Puntarenas

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The demarcation of the public zone of the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone in nine sectors of Sierpe district, Osa, Puntarenas, is made official through georeferenced coordinates in the CRTM05 system.Se oficializa la delimitación de la zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre en nueve sectores del distrito Sierpe, Osa, Puntarenas, mediante coordenadas georreferenciadas en el sistema CRTM05.

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The National Geographic Institute (IGN) communicates the official demarcation of the public zone of the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone in nine sectors of Sierpe district, Osa canton, Puntarenas province. Using the Georeferenced Digital Delimitation methodology in accordance with Executive Decree No. 36642-MP-MOPT-MINAET, coordinates were set in the official CRTM05 system. This demarcation, carried out between April and June 2019, has legal effects for the preparation of regulatory plans, survey plan approval, and granting of concessions in the restricted zone. It clarifies that sectors previously demarcated with boundary markers and published in La Gaceta maintain their official status. The communication is based on the IGN's powers under Law No. 59 and Law No. 6043 on the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone.El Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) comunica la delimitación oficial de la zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre en nueve sectores del distrito Sierpe, cantón Osa, provincia Puntarenas. Utilizando la metodología de Delimitación Digital Georreferenciada conforme al Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 36642-MP-MOPT-MINAET, se fijaron las coordenadas en el sistema oficial CRTM05. Esta delimitación, realizada entre abril y junio de 2019, tiene efectos legales para la elaboración de planes reguladores, visado de planos y otorgamiento de concesiones en la zona restringida. Se aclara que los sectores previamente delimitados con mojones y publicados en La Gaceta mantienen su condición oficial. La comunicación se basa en las competencias del IGN según la Ley Nº 59 y la Ley Nº 6043 sobre la Zona Marítimo Terrestre.

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1º-That in the months of April to June 2019, the National Geographic Institute used the "Georeferenced Digital Delimitation" to the national coordinate system, to demarcate nine sectors of the public zone of the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone of district 03 Sierpe, canton 05 Osa; province 06 Puntarenas. 2º-The works for the determination of the public zone of the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone were carried out between the months of April and June 2019; this demarcation corresponds to nine coastal sectors where, as of the date of signing of this Notice, there is no demarcation of the public zone of the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone, and whose extreme point coordinates are indicated below, in the official cartographic projection system of Costa Rica CRTM05, namely:1º-Que en los meses de abril a junio de 2019 el Instituto Geográfico Nacional utilizó la "Delimitación Digital Georreferenciada" al sistema nacional de coordenadas, para delimitar nueve sectores de la zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre del distrito 03 Sierpe, cantón 05 Osa; provincia 06 Puntarenas. 2º-Los trabajos para la determinación de la zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre fueron realizados entre los meses abril a junio de 2019; esta delimitación corresponde a nueve sectores de costa donde no existe a la fecha de firma del presente Aviso delimitación zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre, y cuyas coordenadas de puntos extremos se indican a continuación, en el sistema de proyección cartográfico oficial de Costa Rica CRTM05, a saber:

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  • "el Instituto Geográfico Nacional será la dependencia científica y técnica rectora de la cartografía nacional"

    "the National Geographic Institute shall be the scientific and technical governing body of national cartography"

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  • "el Instituto Geográfico Nacional será la dependencia científica y técnica rectora de la cartografía nacional"

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  • "El Instituto Geográfico Nacional deberá publicar aviso en el Diario Oficial, de cada porción de la zona marítimo-terrestre en que haya demarcado la zona pública."

    "The National Geographic Institute shall publish a notice in the Official Gazette for each portion of the maritime-terrestrial zone in which it has demarcated the public zone."

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  • "El Instituto Geográfico Nacional deberá publicar aviso en el Diario Oficial, de cada porción de la zona marítimo-terrestre en que haya demarcado la zona pública."

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…in the entirety of the text - Complete Text of Norm 008 Delimitation of the public zone of coastal sectors of Sierpe District, Osa Canton, Province of Puntarenas Complete Text of record: 12F347 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE NOTICE No. 2019-008 MARITIME TERRESTRIAL ZONE Delimitation of the Public Zone of Coastal Sectors of Sierpe District, Osa Canton, Province of Puntarenas Based on the powers conferred by Article 140 and Article 240, subsection 1 of Law No. 6227 General Law of Public Administration, and on the provisions of Law No. 59 creating the National Geographic Institute, Law No. 8905 transferring the National Geographic Institute to the National Registry, Law No. 6043 on the Maritime Terrestrial Zone, of March 2, 1977, and its respective regulation.

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8905, the National Geographic Institute is established as a dependency of the National Registry and that the Administrative Board of the National Registry shall administer the Institute's budget, execute the contracts and agreements necessary for the exercise of its functions. Likewise, it is established that the National Geographic Institute shall be the scientific and technical authority governing national cartography, intended for the execution of the official Basic Map and the basic geographic Description of the Republic of Costa Rica and for studies, research or work and the development of national policies of a cartographic, geographic, geodetic, geophysical, and similar nature related to said works, in order to support planning processes.

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59, constitutes it permanently and in representation of the State, as the official authority in geodetic matters and in the spatial representation of the geography of the Republic, its authority extending to activities of any order originating from the work entrusted to it.

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59, in Article 62 of the Regulation to Law No. 6043, the competence of the National Geographic Institute for the delimitation of the public zone of the Maritime Terrestrial Zone is recognized, and its officialization through publication in the Official Gazette La Gaceta, while Article 63 of the same Regulation states that "The National Geographic Institute must publish a notice in the Official Gazette, for each portion of the maritime-terrestrial zone in which it has demarcated the public zone."

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36642-MP-MOPTMINAET "Regulation of Specifications for the Delimitation of the public zone of the Maritime Terrestrial Zone," it is established according to Article 18 that for the delimitation of the public zone of the Maritime Terrestrial Zone, the IGN may use two execution methodologies, as indicated in Articles 19 and 20, corresponding to the delimitation of the public zone of the Maritime Terrestrial Zone through the placement of boundary markers (mojones) and/or through georeferenced digital delimitation, this in order to expedite delimitations and provide greater technical security to interested parties.

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33797-MJ-MOPT, which among other aspects determines the National Geodetic Network of Horizontal Reference CR05, and its associated cartographic projection CRTM05, as the official system to which the coordinates of all geodetic, cartographic, and cadastral works executed in our country must be referenced, specifically stating in Article 11 that: "The National Geodetic Network of Horizontal Reference CR05 and the cartographic projection system CRTM05 shall constitute the sole official coordinate system for the Republic of Costa Rica, from which all cartographic and geodetic surveys and activities developed in the National Territory by any public agency, person, or private national or foreign entity must be referenced."; while Article 7 indicates that "As cartographic data are produced in the new CRTM05 cartographic projection system, the National Geographic Institute shall publish by appropriate means that information which has been officialized."

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7841-P "Regulation to Law No. 6043 on the Maritime Terrestrial Zone," b) Executive Decree No. 33797-MJ-MOPT "Declares as the official horizontal datum for Costa Rica, the CR05, and its associated cartographic projection, CRTM05," and c) Executive Decree No. 36642-MP-MOPT-MINAET "Regulation of Specifications for the Delimitation of the public zone of the Maritime Terrestrial Zone."

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7575 of February 13, 1996, establishes that the Ministry of Environment and Energy shall delineate on the ground the boundaries of the areas that form the Natural Heritage of the State (Patrimonio Natural del Estado).

10th-The National Geographic Institute used the "Georeferenced Digital Delimitation" methodology to delimit the public zone of the Maritime Terrestrial Zone in nine coastal sectors in district 03 Sierpe, canton 05 Osa; province 06 Puntarenas.

11th-That the delimitation carried out has internal technical approval according to official communication No. DIG-TOT-0210-2019 of May 28, 2019, issued by the Official Boundaries Sub-process of the Topographic and Territory Observation Department of the National Geographic Institute.

12th-That Article 140 of Law No. 6227 General Law of Public Administration states that "the administrative act shall produce its effect after being communicated to the administered party, except if it grants only rights, in which case it shall produce them from the moment it is adopted," a provision that must necessarily be related to numeral 204) of the same normative body, which defines the suitable instrument for communicating acts of a generic nature by stating that: "General acts shall be communicated by publication and specific acts by notification." COMMUNICATES:

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en la totalidad del texto - Texto Completo Norma 008 Delimitación de zona pública de sectores costeros del Distrito Sierpe, cantón Osa, Provincia de Puntarenas Texto Completo acta: 12F347 INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL AVISO Nº 2019-008 ZONA MARITIMA TERRESTRE Delimitación de Zona Pública de Sectores Costeros del Distrito Sierpe, Cantón Osa, Provincia Puntarenas Con fundamento en las facultades que confiere el artículo 140 y artículo 240 inciso 1 de la Ley Nº 6227 General de la Administración Pública, y en lo dispuesto en la Ley Nº 59 de creación del Instituto Geográfico Nacional, la Ley Nº 8905 de traslado del Instituto Geográfico Nacional al Registro Nacional, la Ley Nº 6043 sobre la Zona Marítimo Terrestre, del 2 de marzo de 1977, y su respetivo reglamento.

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Asimismo, se establece que el Instituto Geográfico Nacional será la dependencia científica y técnica rectora de la cartografía nacional, destinada a la ejecución del Mapa básico oficial y la Descripción básica geográfica de la República de Costa Rica y a los estudios, las investigaciones o labores y el desarrollo de políticas nacionales de carácter cartográfico, geográfico, geodésico, geofísico y de índole similar que tenga relación con dichas obras, con el fin de apoyar los procesos de planificación.

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  • b)el Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 33797-MJ-MOPT "Declara como datum horizontal oficial para Costa Rica, el CR05, y su proyección cartográfica asociada, CRTM05", y c) el Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 36642-MP-MOPT-MINAET "Reglamento de Especificaciones para la Delimitación de la zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre".
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10.-El Instituto Geográfico Nacional, utilizó la metodología de "Delimitación Digital Georreferenciada" para delimitar la zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre en nueve sectores de costa en el distrito 03 Sierpe, cantón 05 Osa; provincia 06 Puntarenas.

11.-Que la delimitación realizada cuenta con aval técnico interno conforme al oficio N° DIG-TOT-0210-2019 del 28 de mayo de 2019, emitido por el Subproceso de Limites Oficiales del Departamento Topográfico y Observación del Territorio del Instituto Geográfico Nacional.

12.-Que el artículo 140 de la Ley Nº 6227 General de la Administración Pública señala que "el acto administrativo producirá su efecto después de comunicado al administrado, excepto si le concede únicamente derechos, en cuyo caso lo producirá desde que se adopte", disposición que necesariamente debe relacionarse con el numeral 204) del mismo cuerpo normativo, mismo que define el instrumento idóneo para comunicar actos de naturaleza genérica al señalar que: "Se comunicaran por publicación los actos generales y por notificación, los concretos".

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