Procedures and Services

It is an obligatory technical-administrative document prior to any urban, architectural and constructive action, aimed at complying with urban regulations and other technical standards. The Construction License is issued for:  Resolución No. 54/14 of the Physical Planning Institute. Construction actions that occupy land definitively, construction of new dwellings, extension of existing dwellings and any other actions that involve structural modifications in individual dwellings and multi-family buildings. It accompanies the application of the natural person document of the surface perpetual right, property of the wasteland plot or the cession of roof use, in the case of new constructions, and title of property of the housing in its case. To obtain the Construction License must have the executive project, issued by the authorized entity (currently Community Architect) or technical certification of the project if it has been prepared by other authorized personnel. The executive project is elaborated from the Certificate of Urban and Territorial Regulations issued by the DMPF. Once the project has been drawn up, it is handed over to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV) for reviewing and, once approved, the Construction Licence is issued. Deadline for project review: 30 working days after delivering Term to issue the Construction License: 30 working days after delivering the approved project. For the construction of housing by own effort in rustic farms, owned by a small farmer, in addition to the above written, it is accompanied by the authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture and approval of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP). Work Authorization. It is a mandatory technical-administrative document prior to any urban , architectural and construction development, for minor works, aimed at compliance with urban regulations and other technical standards. Any modification of the project is consulted to the DMPF before executing the work. Work Authorization is issued for: Resolución No. 54/14 of tPhysical Planning Institute . External minor works to dwelling, painting and repair on exteriors in the case of multi-family buildings or dwellings located in areas declared a national monument, and main roads defined in the General Plan for Territorial and Urban Planning, those that occupy land temporarily, construction actions inside the dwelling that imply modifications to the hydrosanitary networks, demolitions and total or partial shoring, previous opinion of the authorised entity and modifications of facades. The application for Construction License by natural people is accompanied: Ownership of the building, sketch or project of the construction or assembly actions to be carried out, duly delimited, drawn up by the authorized entity (currently the Community Architect), and the corresponding stamp.Term: 15 working days.No Construction License or Work Authorization is required for conservation works carried out in a building to protect it from wear and prolong its useful life, as well as other works and interior construction actions in houses that do not modify the facade or affect or transform the constructive structure of the building.No Construction License or Work Authorization is granted for: Resolución No. 54/14 of the Institute of Physical Planning.a) To carry out extensions or any constructive action that… Read More

Description, appraisal, measures and boundaries:Disposición Jurídica Resolución No. 54/14 del Instituto de Planificación Física. The technical opinion of description, appraisal, measures and boundaries is issued by the DMPF, and natural people present it to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV): ground ownership and ground plan survey, property description and appraisal calculation (technical document) prepared by the authorized entity (currently Community Architect). Read More

Litigation and claims concerning wasteland plots, perpetual surface rights, measures and boundaries: Legal Provision Resolución No. 54/14 of the Physical Planning Institute. When there is a conflict around wasteland plots, perpetual surface right or measures and boundaries, the affected person will promote the process in writing, without any formality, in which it is stated briefly and clearly what is claimed and the facts and legal bases of what is requested, attaching the documents that are in the possession of the claimant in this respect, and expressing any evidence that he intends to use or by means of an appearance before the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV), who shall issue a document containing the claim and its grounds, and shall attach the documents in the possession of the claimant in this regard, providing any evidence that he intends to use. Any person who is not in compliance with this procedure shall establish an appeal before the Provincial People's Court within 30 working days following the date of notification. Term: 60 working days. In the event that errors or omissions are detected that do not go to the substance of the matter, susceptible of correction in the resolutions already issued, they shall be resolved by the Municipal Physical Planning Officer by means of a resolution. The resolutions issued by the Provincial and Municipal Physical Planning Offices, in compliance with the provisions of this Resolution, may be challenged before the Civil and Administrative Chamber of the corresponding Provincial People's Court, within a term of thirty (30) working days following the notification.   Read More

Rates for natural people. Construction License for housing, value of technical service in pesos and value of the stamp.   Technical services Technical Service Stamp value in pesos   Construction License for housing a) New construction up to 60 m² total $55.00 $10.00 b) New construction from 60 to 80 m² total $75.00 $15.00 c) New construction over 80 m² total $95.00 $15.00 d) Expansion and remodeling of up to 60 m² total $35.00 $10.00 e) Expansion and remodeling from 60 to 80 m² total $55.00 $15.00 f) Expansion and remodeling of more than 80 m² total $75.00 $15.00 g) Certificate of Habitable $25.00 $5.00 h) Work Authorization $20.00 $5.00 i) Certificate of Urban Regulations $5.00 Read More

It is an administrative document through which is certified that the investment of a house, covered by a construction license has been completed; it has all the facilities required in the technical documentation and therefore fulfil all the requirements for registration in the corresponding bookmark. Certificate of Habitable: Legal Disposition Resolution No. 54/14 of the Physical Planning Institute. When the work is finished, the natural person requests the Certificate of Habitable to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV), previous verification that this has been made in agreement with the aspects of the executive project analyzed, and the regulations and conditional expressly indicated in the granted Construction License. The application is by the corresponding stamp. When applying for the Certificate of Habitable without concluding the terms of the Construction License is an indispensable requirement for its granting that the built complies with what is established to be considered as a minimum adequate housing, so it must have independent access, at least three premises: room, bathroom and kitchen, minimum useful surface of twenty-five (25) square meters and other requirements of habitability that are established. In these cases, the dwelling is finished and the Construction License remains valid. The rest of the work to be built is continued as an extension and once it is finished a new Certificate of Habitable is issued which accredits its completion , which will be formalized by means of a Public Writng before a notary. Term: 30 working days from the presentation of the application.   Read More

Certificate of Urban Regulations: Disposición Jurídica Resolución No. 54/14 del Instituto de Planificación Física. Read More

Cession of roof use: Resolution No. 54/14 of the Physical Planning Institute Owners may concede the use of the roof of their property, with or without payment, in favor of people who need it to build their home, provided that the new building is technically possible and that there are no urban or territorial regulations that prevent it, prior approval of the DPPF. Those interested in ceding the use of the roof for the construction of housing submit a written request to the Physical Planning officer (OGTV), which should reflect general parts, definition of the act by which it intends to transmit the use of the roof, address where the house is located and specify whether all or part is conceding. If it is in part, define the area to be conceded. In addition, they present a Technical Report that states that the property resists the new construction, issued by the authorized entity (currently the Community Architect), a sketch that reflects the area to be assigned, a title to the property of the dwelling and a corresponding stamp. In the case of multi-family buildings, it must have the written consent of all the owners residing therein and, in addition, comply with the regulations established in Resolution No. 4/1991 of the National Housing Institute President (INV). In this process it is necessary to define the accesses, as well as the supply of water and the evacuation of residuals. Term: 60 working days, 30 for the DMPF and 30 for the DPPF. Stamp of $5.00.     Read More

Legal Provisions Resolutions 54 and 55/14 of the Physical Planning Institute Persons interested in building housing by their own efforts on state land must submit their application and substantiation, also listing the applicant's first and last names, identity card, home address, place of location, composition of the family nucleus, as well as a sworn statement that they do not own another home, nor is it the surface of a plot of land or barren plot to build a home by their own efforts. The assignment of state plots and barren plots for the construction of houses by own effort will be made to natural persons, who are previously authorized by the Council of Municipal Administration (CAM) concerned, taking into account the grounds and priorities for such granting and is legalized before the Municipal Physical Planning Office (DMPF). Once the Agreement of the CAM is received, the payment for land is made in the bank branch of the place where it is located. Term: 60 days for the payment of the plot in the bank branch. Term: 30 working days from the presentation of the bank slick that credits the payment of the plot to obtain the Resolution that recognizes the Perpetual Right of Surface. The following are established as causes and priorities for the granting of plots and state waste plots:To have been affected by disasters. Needed to eradicate precarious conditions. Social and sheltered cases.                                                                                           Located in risk zones, which include seismic hazards, natural disasters and others. For economic-social interest: it is applied in compliance with the country's economic and social policies, in order to establish a workforce and guarantee the economic development of the territory in accordance with approved territorial and urban planning. Also to solve housing deficits, problems of overcrowding and coexistence, and others related to the technical-constructive state of housing.The juridical regime of the plots and state wastelands that are assigned is in concept of Perpetual Right of Surface, and it will be able to be granted to several natural persons to construct their houses in the same building and to a natural person to construct a single-family house. The plots to be delivered will have a dimension between 80 and 150 m². Natural persons submit their application to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV). The file will contain the application and its grounds, the applicant's name and surname, identity card, home address, place of location, composition of the family nucleus and a sworn statement that he or she does not own another dwelling nor is it the surface of a plot of land or a barren plot of land to build a dwelling on his or her own initiative. Read More

Legal Provisions Resolution No. 55/14 of the Physical Planning Institute. It is any portion of land where there is no building or, existing, is of little significance, traced as such in a human settlement. The land annexed to another building that integrates a physical real estate unit and as such is registered in the Land Registry is not considered barren land. Transfer between private individuals The owners of derelict plots that wish to cede these to individuals can do so, by donation or purchase-sale, in favor of people who need them to build their homes, provided that there are no urban and territorial regulations that prevent it and prior approval by the Provincial Directorate of Physical Planning (DPPF), once the case has been processed by the DMPF, who submits it to the DMPF for resolution. Requests are submitted in writing to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV) and must reflect the generals of the parties, the address where they are located and the act they intend to perform. In the case of donation, the legal price is the one that appears in the title of the property. If it does not appear in this, it will be determined ex officio by the Municipal Physical Planning Office. In addition, it must be attached to the written application for the title of the property and the corresponding stamp. Term: 35 working days, 15 for the DMPF and 20 for the DPPF. Stamp of $5.00. Read More

Urban regulations of municipal seatsThe documents that contain the urban regulations establish norms for the constructive actions of perimeter fences, multi-family buildings, gates, exterior paintings, garages, relief houses and many others.The urban regulations were recently updated after various exchanges with specialists related to land use planning.The documents that contain them establish norms for the constructive actions of perimeter fences, multi-family buildings, gates, exterior paintings, garages, relief houses and many others.Knowing and respecting the regulations in force is of utmost importance to carry out economic investments, protect real estate assets and the urban environment, as well as preserve cultural identity.  TERRITORIAL REGULATIONS JAGÜEY GRANDEThe structuring model of the Urban Land Regime is structured according to its classification in:  Read More

URBANIZED SOIL: made up of all those areas occupied by existing human settlements, large isolated facilities and traces of infrastructure networks of all kinds.Article 1: Only the Municipal Directorate of Physical Planning in accordance with the General Plan of Territorial Planning prepared to direct the transformation and development of the municipality, may determine the destination and use of the plots or land for the execution of state investments or constructive actions individuals of any kind.Article 2: Inspectors or Physical Planning officials have the right to examine the works in progress of any construction, in case of detecting violations of the regulations, conditional or of the project, they are empowered to fine and paralyze the work immediately.Article 3: Natural or legal persons, acts or actions that without being specified in this document, affect or attempt against the control, care and conservation of green areas, public roads, technical networks, buildings and are strictly prohibited. its exteriors, as well as land use. Article 4: Any natural or legal person to be able to carry out any constructive or urbanistic action (including green areas, technical infrastructure networks, placement of fences and signs, access ramps, application of paint, carpentry, garages and parking lots), either newly executed, remodeling, modification, reconstruction, expansion, conservation, rehabilitation, restoration, repair, demolition, change of use, division and unification; You will have to request and process: The Certificate of Microlocation or approval of land use, issued exclusively by the Municipal Department of Physical Planning. The Construction License, granted by the Municipal Directorate of Physical Planning in the case of state investment agencies and entities, and by the Housing Directorate in the particular case of housing, both state and private. Authorized for minor interventions and temporary installations. Article 5: The authorizations and construction licenses will be requested according to their type and complexity, both at the provincial or municipal level, always meeting the following requirements as appropriate: Letter of application from the body or entity specifying the details of the investment, the investor and the facultative director. Approval of the micro-location, change of use or update of land use as the case may be. Certification that certifies possession or legal real estate processing. Two copies of the executive project, descriptive memory and general plans of the specialties. Approval of the project issued by the provincial technical review group of projects of the Physical Planning Directorate and by the various entities and consultation committees such as the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Provincial or Municipal Directorate of Health, the Fire Protection Agency , the Municipal OBE, the Environmental License issued by the CITMA, the Municipal Veterinary Directorate, the Municipal Aqueduct and Sewer Directorate and the respective compatibility with the defense, in addition to the municipal Heritage Office where appropriate.Article 6: The aspects related to the contraventions, amounts of fines, entities empowered to impose them, among other considerations and procedures appear in Decree 272 of Contraventions in the matter of Territorial Planning and Urbanism, applicable for this purpose.Article 7: The natural or legal persons who… Read More

CONSTRUCTIVE ACTIONSArticle 10: Once the construction actions of a work have been completed (within a term of thirty days), the owner or investor will have to demolish the temporary facilities used during the construction stage of the investment. Article 12: The construction or placement of permanent decoration elements, such as busts, tarjas, monuments, fountains, obelisks, triumphal arches or others, is prohibited without the prior authorization of the Physical Planning Directorate. Article 13: The construction of houses in industrial areas, protection belts of cemeteries, power lines, landfills, protected areas, park areas, sports, educational and health areas is prohibited.Article 14: No natural or legal person may dispose of land or waste land to store raw materials or finished products, park vehicles, equipment and / or give it any use, either temporarily or permanently, without the due authorization of the DMPF. Read More

Human Settlement System (SAH) Article 18: Rural settlements with more than 200 inhabitants may have growth, always taking advantage of the potential of existing areas. Article 19: Rural settlements with less than 200 inhabitants may have any magnitude of growth taking advantage of their internal potential.Article 20: The prevailing urban structure and subdivision in each block will be respected in all cases and on a mandatory basis.Article 21: New constructions, remodeling and / or expansion projects must respect the alignment of existing facades, height, as well as homogeneity in the urban and architectural typology of the surrounding buildings.Article 23: Each new house that is built must have at least one room with a resistant cover that supports severe weather events.Article 24: The Municipal Directorate of Physical Planning will define the portals for public and semi-public use in urban and rural settlements for their different uses and the possible activities to be carried out in them.Article 25: New housing constructions or other buildings with the use of short-lasting materials (cardboard, unprocessed wood, guano, etc.) which correspond to construction typologies IV, V will not be allowed within the urban limit of the settlement. and I saw. The constructions with elaborated wood will only be admitted where the regulations by zones or sectors allow it.Article 26: All urban projects must be reviewed and approved by the Physical Planning Directorate, prior execution.Article 27: The new urbanizations within the urban perimeter will be projected keeping the original layout of the settlement, in its shape, dimensions and orientation. Modifications will only be allowed provided they have been approved by the Physical Planning Directorate.Article 28: The alignment of the buildings will be given by the predominant line of facades in the blocks. In the case of new development areas not yet urbanized, they will be adapted or conditioned according to the typological characteristics of the new settlement in correspondence with the surrounding sectors.Article 29: The land with visuals from public roads, which are not in use, must be kept as green areas, in charge of the agency that is using it.Article 30: The number of points of sale for the activity on their own to be located in each place will be established in accordance with their specific conditions and these may in no case cause interference in vehicular and pedestrian circulation.Article 32: The construction of new homes to settle the workforce linked to the primary sector will be a priority in rural-based settlements.Article 34: The homes or state facilities that make corners in the UBIT, must allow that on their façade or side, as the case may be, the corresponding label for the streets that identify it be placed. Read More

On Green Areas in Public Spaces and urban agriculture:Article 35: The handover of land in the sanitary protection strips, around polluting facilities, oxidation ponds and railroads, for agricultural activities with food purposes is prohibited. Article 36: Any area that is used for agricultural purposes within the urban perimeter on urbanized or developable land, must be used only for temporary or short-cycle crops, until the location of an investment of any type is requested, the location of which comes from urban planning. according to the approved PGOTU.Article 37: Only permanent agricultural use will be allowed in areas (not urbanizable) whose conditions definitively prevent their use for urbanization and do not present environmental effects due to contamination of any kind.Article 38: Within the urban limit, the modalities of intensive plots and orchards will be allowed in uncontaminated areas, neither affected by protection strips of infrastructures (electric lines and railways), by prior commitment of their affectation when the execution of investments is decided that proceed urbanistically in accordance with the approved PGOTU.Article 39: Only appropriately fenced and designed organoponics will be allowed in areas not committed to proposed short-term investments, with a prior commitment to affect them at the time determined by the investment process.Article 40: Land will not be authorized in the areas of multi-family buildings (garden areas, planned for the completion of services, public spaces such as parks or expansion of the area).Article 41: The planting of those types of plants is prohibited, which near the intersections of the streets or in other places, obstructs the visibility of the drivers of vehicles or obstruct the vision of the control elements that regulate the circulation of traffic.Article 42: It is prohibited Paint, cut, engrave or damage in any way the bark, trunk, branches, leaves and flowers of trees and other plants in public areas. These trees will have to be kept in their natural state. Having or maintaining gardens, wastelands or other areas, both public and private, in conditions of neglect that threatens decoration. Use trees or any other type of green areas to hang posters, posters, fences, decorations, as well as electrical installations in urban trees. Traffic or stay vehicles or people, as well as playing games or sports on grass, using trees or any other green area that has not been used for these purposes.Article 43: It is prohibited Affect the green areas by making ditches or excavations in them without the authorization of the Physical Planning Directorate where the regulations for the replacement of the damaged areas will be established, once the works have been completed after consulting the Municipal Communal Directorate. Sow viands vegetables or any other vegetable intended for consumption in urban public spaces. Use public green areas for animal feed purposes.Article 44: It is prohibited to irrigate areas of organopónicos located within the urban limits with water from the supply system of the settlement, such facilities must have their corresponding wells. The perimeter fences of the organopónicos must constitute an aesthetic element within the urban settlement… Read More