P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 890e
No agency shall approve any private work or project related to the island of Culebra that is in conflict with the plans and policies drafted and adopted by the Authority, as provided in subsection (b) of § 890c of this title. To such effects, the petitioner shall obtain a favorable endorsement from the Authority.
No development whatsoever shall be approved that may interfere with the free access of the public to the sea and beaches in any way, nor any such developments that may involve or imply the private or exclusive use, or both, of the sea and beaches in detriment or prejudice of the people’s legitimate right to the use and enjoyment thereof. As an exception, and taking into account the destruction caused by Hurricane Hugo, the reconstruction or repair of homesteads located in the maritime-land zone of the urban area of the township of Dewey affected by the path of Hurricane Hugo on September 18, 1989, for the use and residence of the petitioner, that the petitioner can show that he has occupied the same for such purposes in an uninterrupted manner from, or before June 22, 1975, up to September 18, 1989, is hereby authorized, without this provision enhancing or limiting the rights enjoyed by any person prior to the onslaught of Hurricane Hugo.
Any violation of the conditions for which the reconstruction or repair of those homesteads located in the maritime-land zone of the urban area of the township of Dewey is authorized, including the use for other purposes than a homestead, or the total or partial alienation of the same, shall entail the cancellation of the authorization granted pursuant to the provisions of §§ 890–890 l of this title. Nothing that is provided herein shall limit future actions by the Commonwealth for the implementation of a public policy for the use of the maritime-land zone areas.
The regulations and standards regulating the construction of buildings in Culebra shall prohibit the erection of structures that exceed the height of twelve (12) meters or four (4) stories in the urban zone, and nine (9) meters or three (3) stories in the rural area.
History —June 22, 1975, No. 66, p. 153, § 6; Apr. 23, 1990, No. 6, p. 56, § 2.