Quito regularizes Balcón de Bellavista and enables the titling of 18 lots

The Metropolitan Council of Quito approved Ordinance 251-2026-AHHC, which declares of social interest and comprehensively regularizes the de facto and consolidated human settlement Comité Pro Mejoras del Barrio Balcón de Bellavista, located in the Calderón parish of the Metropolitan District of Quito. The regulation, published in the Official Registry Special Edition No. 1655 on Friday, September 18, 2026, recognizes and approves the subdivision of property 767745 and enables the titling of 18 lots in favor of its co-owners. The text was sanctioned by Mayor Pabel Muñoz López on September 2, 2026.

The file was processed under Article 486 of the Organic Code of Territorial Organization, Autonomy and Decentralization (Cootad) and Articles 2531.1 and 2531.2 of the Municipal Code for the Metropolitan District of Quito. The process began with the Socio-Organizational Legal and Technical Report 002-UERB-AZCA-SOLT-2022, dated August 31, 2022, approved by the Institutional Board, and with Resolution C128-2021, which incorporated the neighborhood into the 2022 General Regularization Plan. The ordinance was discussed and approved in two debates: the continuation of ordinary session No. 209 on July 7, 2026, and ordinary session No. 220 on September 1, 2026, according to the discussion certificate signed by the general secretary of the Council, Libia Rivas Ordóñez.

The subdivision: 18 lots over 8,259.65 square meters

Article 1 of the ordinance declares the settlement of social interest and approves the subdivision of property 767745, with cadastral key 1411901023, in favor of its co-owners. The approved technical specifications are:

• Useful lot area: 5,276.69 m² (63.88%).
• Municipal filled ravine area: 1,708.86 m² (20.69%).
• Road area: 1,274.10 m² (15.43%).
• Total area: 8,259.65 m² (100%).
• Total number of lots: 18, numbered 1 to 18.

Since it is a de facto and consolidated settlement of social interest, lots 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are approved by exception, with areas below the minimums. The urban development remains under buildability code D12 (D302-70), minimum lot of 300 m², two floors, occupation on the building line, soil occupation coefficient of 70% on the ground floor and 140% total, with low-density urban residential use type 2 (RUB-2). The co-owners are exempt from the 15% green area contribution. The regularized roads are Calle N3, with widths from 8.07 m to 8.32 m, and Calle E7L, from 8.16 m to 8.75 m.

Mitigable risk and rules for owners

Article 8 establishes the risk rating based on Technical Report I-0014-EAH-AT-DMGR-2022, dated July 26, 2022, ratified by Official Letter GADDMQ-SGSCGR-DMGR-2024-0102-OF, dated November 8, 2024: the settlement presents a Low Mitigable Risk regarding landslides for all lots. The approval is based on the fact that the risk is mitigable and does not endanger the life or safety of persons. The conditions imposed on the owners are:

• Do not perform excavations or earthworks until the regularization process is completed.
• Execute sewerage, curb, and paving works as mitigation for surface erosion.
• Do not build more houses or increase floors until the specific buildability is determined in the Metropolitan Regulation Reports, with a license from the Secretariat of Habitat and Territorial Planning (SHOT).
• The Special Unit “Regula tu Barrio” must socialize the risk report with the community.

Deadlines, works, and obligations of public companies

The planned works reach 100% in roadways, sidewalks, and curbs, and 60% in drinking water, sewerage, and electric power. The infrastructure must be executed within a period of three years starting from the notification of the ordinance’s registration, while civil works have five years from the notification of the infrastructure’s completion. Failure to complete the works under the responsibility of the holders implies a fine of 1% of the amount of the missing works, collected via coercive action. The Metropolitan Public Company of Drinking Water and Sanitation (EPMAPS) and the Quito Electric Company (EEQ) must execute and deliver the works within their jurisdiction. Co-owners must notarize the ordinance before a notary and register it in the Property Registry of the Metropolitan District of Quito; Article 16 empowers the Mayor to carry out the administrative partition, and the Sole Transitory Provision orders the start of the direct alienation of 23 filled ravine areas to the owners of the adjacent lots.

The regularization closes a process of more than four years and turns Balcón de Bellavista, with 16 years of existence and 88.89% housing consolidation, into a legally recognized neighborhood. Its residents will be able to obtain individual property titles, access formal basic services, and execute works with clear regulations, while the Municipality receives the road and filled ravine areas free of charge.

Source: Official Registry of Ecuador, Special Edition No. 1655, Friday, September 18, 2026, Decentralized Autonomous Governments, p. 2 (official reference: Ordinance No. 251-2026-AHHC).