The following terms shall have the following meaning:\n(1) Encumbrance.— Means that the denial of all productive use of a property exclusively due to a proposal to locate a public transportation road through it, pursuant to a transportation or highway plan, adopted by the Planning Board, or because the lands have been destined for public use in a zoning map, or land-use plan, or because the Planning Board has approved the development of a public project on said lands or property.\n(2) Dedication.— Means the transfer of land, free of charge, to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its bodies or instrumentalities for public use, and could be part of the conditions for the approval of a project.\n(3) Reserve.— Signifies the determination or act of a competent government body through which private lands are set aside for public purposes.\nHistory —June 26, 1987, No. 46, p. 166, § 2.
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