Incredible as it may seem, the remodeling work of a building in front of the Puerto Vallarta municipal presidency does not have a license, and after being visited by inspectors, has been closed.
Neighborhood Council of the Center President Adriana Alejandra Palacios Peña and Citizen Council of the Historic Center President Jesús Palacios Bernal did not endorse this work in the block located between the Plaza de Armas and the Parroquia de Guadalupe.
When the Palacioses realized the disturbance of the historical image of the area, they went to architect Fernando López Márquez, Director of Urban Development.
López said, “They did not have a license, and the work was being closed.” And indeed, on the door of the building on Independencia Street, there is a stamp of “Visited Work” by the Inspection and Surveillance Headquarters, with the record number 323/2020.
And inside the building, on the old walls that are being remodeled, there is the stamp of “Closed, for non-compliance with the provisions of the Current Municipal Construction Regulations,” set by Urban Development and Environment.
The historic center of Puerto Vallarta was declared a Cultural Heritage of the State in a July 2018 decree published in the Official Journal of Jalisco, due to its attributes of historical value that are the essence that gives identity to this port, as one of the main tourist destinations in the state.
The Jalisco Ministry of Culture established that “the historic center of Puerto Vallarta, a polygon known as ‘Fundo Legal’, is classified as a protection zone, which is why legal support is needed for all actions and projects aimed at the custody and conservation of the totality of the urban image. It protects the architectural elements of patrimonial value within that perimeter.”
Therefore, the neighborhood leaders are asking that what was built there be demolished, so that the typical view that has given so much fame to this tourist destination is recovered.
“Well, it is wrong because it affects the view, the neighborhood that we are striving for, because it does not have that type of tall buildings. We want to preserve the typical town, with its red tiles … it has to stay there as it was before,” said Adriana Palacios.
