WORKS LICENSE

Architecture

In order to build, renovate or carry out any action, we must follow a series of rules and conditions described in the regulations and the necessary measures must be taken to avoid damage to the properties of third parties and the works must be compatible with the activity. of the municipality.

The works license must be processed through the corresponding City Council, therefore, before carrying out any work, you must consult your city council, because each council establishes in its ordinances the specific classification of the works, which it always depends on its complexity.

 Licenses can be for works of the following types:

Major works or urban planning license: Construction and construction of a new plant, major rehabilitation, reform or rehabilitation with change of use to residential, earthworks, earthworks, land grading, total or partial demolition of buildings, construction of swimming pools, installation of greenhouses or similar facilities with perimeter walls <1 meter high, felling of tree masses or shrub vegetation, opening, paving and modification of rural roads, installation of prefabricated houses or similar facilities, whether temporary or permanent, etc …

Minor works or prior communication type 2: Reform for change of use (non-residential), placement of totem-type announcements, billboards or billboards when they are planned with structure, interior reform works that modify the distribution and / or partially affect the structure of the building without modifying the number of entities and that do not involve extensions of surface or built volume, rehabilitation or painting of facades, party walls and patios, higher than the first floor, installation of elevators, construction of walls, installation of fences, installation of downspouts , fireplaces and other common facilities, air conditioning and solar panels, installation of pergolas and awnings, cutting down trees, etc …

Prior communication or prior communication type 1: Works inside homes that do not modify distribution, structures or façade, works and actions inside premises that do not modify distribution, structures, façade and do not alter, where appropriate, the conditions of the existing activity, improvement works in the interior of community lobbies and stairs that do not modify distribution or structure, painting actions and rehabilitation of facades and light patios, performances in gardens and lots, etc …

 Depending on the type of building permit you need, you will have to present some documents or others (technical project, take on the work, responsible statements from the technician …) and its classification will also depend on each City Council.

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