The 60-meter (maritime zone) law (Spanish and English)
The issue of private property and the 60-meter strip of beach land is important. I don't believe the relevant OFFICIAL text has been posted and translated.
Here it is as I understand.
Spanish:
Ley 305 de 30 de abril del 1978.
Art. 1. Se modifica el articulo 49 de la Ley No 1474 - sobre V?as de Comunicaci?n, de fecha 22 de febrero de 1938, modificado ?ltimamente, por la Ley 4733, de fecha 1ro. de agosto de 1957, para que rija del modo siguiente:
"Art. 49. Est? sujeta a la navegaci?n mar?tima, as? como a cualquier otro uso p?blico que fijen los reglamentos del Poder Ejecutivo, la faja de terreno denominada zona mar?tima, o sea la que se halla paralela al mar de sesenta metros de ancho, medidos desde la l?nea a que asciende la pleamar ordinaria hacia la tierra y que abarca, salvo los derechos de propiedad que al presente existan, todas las costas y playas del territorio dominicano. Dicha zona comprende los rios y corrientes, lagunas y lagos navegables y flotables bajo la acci?n de las mareas. La zona maritima forma parte del dominio p?blico, asi como tambi?n la zona de las mareas o sea la faja de tierra que existe entre-la linea de la pleamar y la bajamar”.
Art. 2. --Como consecuencia de la disposici?n anterior se proh?be todo tipo de construcciones, a?n cuando sean de car?cter provisional, en la zona mar?tima, salvo aquellas que excepcionalmente autorice el Poder Ejecutivo para fines tur?sticos y otros de utilidad p?blica.
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English
Art. 1. Article 49 of Law No. 1474 on Means of Communication, dated February 22, 1938, as amended most recently by Law 4733, dated August 1st 1957 is modified to read as follows:
"Art. 49. It is subject to maritime navigation, as well as any other public use determined by the regulations of the Executive Branch, the strip of land called maritime zone, that is, the one that is parallel to the sea and sixty meters wide, measured from the line of high tide toward earth and covering – with the exception of property rights which at present exist – all the coasts and beaches of the Dominican territory. Said zone includes the rivers and streams, lagoons and navigable and flotable lakes under the action of the tides. The maritime zone is in the public domain, as well as the tidal area, that is, the strip of land between the high and low tide."
Art. 2. As a result of the above rule, all types of buildings are prohibited in the maritime zone, even if they are provisional, except those exceptionally authorized by the Executive Branch for tourism and other purposes in the public interest.
