P.R. Laws tit. 17, § 146
An ordinance adopted by a municipality under §§ 143—151 of this title shall provide that the public officer may determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation if he finds that conditions exist in such dwellings which are dangerous or injurious to the health, safety or morals of the persons using such dwellings for human habitation or to the public; such condition may include the following (without limiting the generality of the foregoing): defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accident, or other calamities; lack of adequate ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; dilapidation; disrepair, structural defects; uncleanliness. Such ordinance may provide additional standards to guide the public officer, or his agents, in determining the fitness of a dwelling for human habitation.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 222, p. 429, § 3.