López Salas v. Puerto Rico Planning Board

Mr. Justice Saldaña

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Pursuant to § 26 of the Planning Act (23 L.P.R.A. § 28), petitioner attacks a decision of the Planning Board denying permit to construct and operate a tourist hotel in a plot of land located in an R-l district. We believe that (1) the administrative proceeding before the Board did not meet the requirements of the due process of law; and (2) the decision appealed from must be set aside and the case remanded for a new hearing pursuant to the provisions of the Planning Act (23 L.P.R.A. § § 1 et seq.) and the Zoning Regulation in force.

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