MALACANANG Manila EXE CUTIVE ORDER NU. 72 PROVIDING FOR THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPRENUNSIVE LAND USE PLANS OF 1 OCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 AND OTHER PERTINENT Laws. WHEREAS, RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Governsent Code of 1991 (LGC), provides that local government units (LGUs) shall, in conformity with existing laws, continue to prepare their respective comprehensive land use plans enacted through zoning ordinances which shall be the srimary and dominant bases for the future of land resour WHEREAS, the LGC further provides that the requirements fer fond production, human settlements, and industrial on shall be taken inte consideration in the expans, prepar. ion of comprehensive land use plans; WHEREAS, PD 932 and EO 648, S. of 1981, as amended by —C 90. 5S. of 1986, empower the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLAMN) to review, evaluate, and apsrove or disapp-ove land use plans of cities and municipal WHEREAS, the aforesaid laws-Livewise authorize the HLRB to prescribe the standards and’ guidelines governing the Preparstion of land use plans, to monitor the implementation of such plans, and to adjudicate and settie the disputes Us over their land use plans and zoning programs; among) WHEREAS, RA 7279, otherwise known as the Urban and Housin:: Development fict of 1992, in effect , reaffirms the above zswers and functions of the HIRE: WHEREAS, there is a need to delineate the Gowers and ibilities of the LGUs and the HLURB in the preparation and in:tementation of comprehensive land use plars under a decent: alized framework of local governance: NJW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Priliciines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by upon “the recommendation of the Oversight Committme created under Euc. S33 of the LGC, do hereby order and divectrSECTION 1. Plan formulation or updating. - (a) Cities and municipalities shal! continue to formulate or update their respective comprehensive land use plans, in conformity with the land use planning and zoning standards and guidelines prescribed by the HLURB pursuant +0 national policies. Ms a policy recommending bouy of the LGU, the city o: municipal development council (CDC/MDC) shall initiate the formulation or updating of its land use plan, in consultation with the concerned sectors in the community. For this purpose, (he CDC/MDC may seek the assis:ance of an loca! official or field officer of NGAs operating in the su. The city or municipal planning and development coordinator (CPDC/MPDC) and/or the city or municipal agriculturist, if there is any, shall provide the technical Support services and such other assistance as may be by the COC/MDC to effectively carry out this The comprehensive land use plan prepared be the CbC/MDC shal: be submitted to the sangguniang pariungsod or Sangjuniang bayan, as the case may be, for enactrent into a zoning ordinance. Such ordinance shall be snacted and approved in accorwance with Articles 107 and +08 of the Impiementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the _Gc. (b) The comprehensive land use plans component cities and municipalities shall be formulated, adopted, or modified in accordance with ‘he approved provincial comp-ehensive land use plans. (c) Cities aml municipalities of Metrope!itan Manila shall continue to formulate or update their respective comp-ehensive land use plans, in accordance w the lane use planning and zoning standards and guideline: prescribes by the HLRS pursuant to €0 392, S. of 1990, and other pertinent national policies. (6) Provinces shall formulate and update theic respective comprehensive land use plans in accordance with the national standards and guidelines. As a policy recommending body of the province, provincial development council (PDC) shall itiate formulation or updating of its land use plan,consultation with the concerned sectors in its component units. For this purpose, it may snek the assistance of any provincial official or field officer of NGAs operating in the province. the provincial planning and development coordinator (PPDC} and/or the provincial .agriculturist (PA) shall provise the technical support services and such other assistance as may be required by ‘the PDC to effectively carry out this funct:en. ihe comprehensive land use plan prepared ty the PDC be submitted to the sanyyuniang pantslawigan for ent into an ordinance. Such ordinance shail be enacted and avproved in accordance with Articles 107 and 108 of the IRR uf the LGC. shal SEC. 2. Plan review and approval. - (a) Pursuant to Seclion 468 (a-2-vi1} of the LGC, the powers of the HLRB to revic. and approv; the comprehensive land use plans of comp:-ent cities ant municipalitics are hereby sevalved to the vrovince. Sucl: powers shall be exercised by the sange guide niang panlalawigan, subject to national standards and b) There shel! be established in every province a cial Land Use Committees (PLUC) to assist the sange iniang panlalawigan in reviewing the comprenensive land use dlans of component cities and municipalities. The PLUC shall review such plans to ~ Pro. '1) Ensure that tand use plans of component cities and municipalities are consistent with the provincial comprehensive ‘land use pian and nationa! policies, 2) Recommend solutions to settle disputes among compevent units over alternative uses of land resources; +3) Promote th communi ty-bas deveispment; and J program for sustainable 4) Ensure that such plans objec.ives set 4 Act cf 1992 are supportive of the rin in the Urban and Housing Development rer purposes uf policy coordination and uniformity in opers.ional directrens, the PLUC shall be attached to the PDC.