P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4753
The municipal governments are hereby authorized to designate residential improvement zones and commercial improvement districts, the limits of which shall be proposed by the citizens’ associations and commercial district associations which are constituted in accordance with this subtitle and the ordinances enacted by the municipality or municipalities within whose territorial limits the residential or commercial area or sector thus designated is located. Such zones or districts shall constitute an area with common characteristics, interests and problems in which, through mechanisms provided in this chapter, schemes for solutions and improvements proposals can be adopted to promote and develop those planned public works and improvements and services deemed necessary.
To that end, the municipalities are hereby authorized to establish by ordinance, general rules compatible with the provisions of this chapter to govern or regulate the operation of the residential improvement zones and the commercial improvement districts in order to fully comply with the public policy of encouraging and attaining greater citizen participation in improving the quality of life in the municipalities.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 16.004; Oct. 29, 1992, No. 84, § 95.