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Originally Posted by StewartG
So there is no implied "right of way" or easement across private property to reach the beach?
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No, sir! Not as far as I know, at least, or can tell from what I've seen here over our first 3 years.
As far as I can see, the only thing you get as the owner of the property leading up to the
zona federal is first shot at the concession. But if you don't pay it, somebody else can, and then they can open their business between the official end of your property and the waterline! This is also why you see some places -- the Albatros, until it recently shut down for constructin, is one example -- where there's nothing in place in a given part of the beach. As I understand it for a while there they had let expire the concession or something like that, and thus could not pull out their beach chairs, set up drink service or whatever there.
Even when you have paid the concession, you are explicitly forbidden to impede free access to, or use of, the
zona federal. But again this means just the beach. Those that have paid the concession and whatever related fees that may be required depending on their business (permits to build palapas, for example, or to sell alcohol) have the right to deny use of what is their property (beach chairs or umbrellas, for example), but not the use of the beach itself.
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Also, Steve, if you don't mind my asking... Once you pay the concession to be able to put out the chairs, palapas, etc., on the beach - do you also have to give the govt a percentage of sales above and beyond normal taxes? Or is that concession just a one time fee? I'm just curious...
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You don't pay a percentage, no (well, other than regular taxes from the business, which of course are based on percentages). I mean it just operates as a regular business would. But the concession is an annual fee, I believe. Not so cheap, either, though I don't know what the exact amounts are.
Steve