30b

The Permit Management Office is hereby authorized to require, prior to the approval of housing developments and multi-story buildings, the following vicinal facilities: the construction of educational, cultural, recreational, commercial and any other facilities that contribute toward the physical, social, moral, religious and cultural development of the community. It may also require the installation of acoustic barriers to reduce noise; however, it shall be compelled to enforce this requirement on all new construction projects of residential urbanizations and buildings in which the land of any housing unit or common area is located fifty (50) meters or less from the any [sic] highway, expressway or primary road thoroughfare easements, whether divided, existing or under construction. No housing development, including multi-story buildings, shall be approved unless it complies with the Vicinal Facilities Regulation; Provided, further, That, in order to enforce the requirement of vicinal facilities, the Permit Management Office shall exercise the powers conferred to it by §§ 30a—30g of this title, following insofar as applicable, the procedures established by the laws and planning

al facilities, the Permit Management Office shall exercise the powers conferred to it by §§ 30a—30g of this title, following insofar as applicable, the procedures established by the laws and planning regulations in force. Jointly with the requirement of vicinal facilities referred to in this section, the Permit Management Office may require, as part thereof, the construction of shelters for the civil population to furnish protection against natural or man-made disasters. History —June 8, 1962, No. 25, p. 48, § 2; July 18, 1975, No. 9, p. 587, § 3; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 92, § 1.