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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I - TITLE OF ORDINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2


Section 1 - Title of Ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II - AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 2 - Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 3 - Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 4 - General Zoning Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTICLE III - DEFINITION OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 5 - Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 6 - Construction and Interpretation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTICLE IV - ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 7 - Division into Zones or Subzones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 8 - Zoning Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 9 - Zone Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 10 - Interpretation of the Zone Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE V - ZONE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 11 - General Provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 12 - Use Regulations in Primary Urban Core Zone
(PUCZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 13 - Use Regulations in Secondary Urban Core Zone
(SUCZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 14 - Use Regulations in General Development Zone 1 and 3
(GDZ-1 and GDZ-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 15 - Use Regulations in General Development Zone 2
(GDZ-2) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 16 - Use Regulations in Socialized Housing Zone
(SHZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 17 - Use Regulations in Light Industrial Zone
(LIZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 18 - Use Regulations in Heavy Industrial Zone
(HIZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 19 - Use Regulations in Port Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 20 - Use Regulations in Agricultural Development Zone
(ADZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 21 - Use Regulations in Agro-Industrial Zones
(AIZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 22 - Use Regulations in Swamps/Marshes Zones
(SMZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 23 - Use Regulations in Forest/ Watershed Management Zones
(FWMZ ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 24 - Use Regulations in Agro-Forestry Zones
(AFZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 25 - Use Regulations in Eco-Tourism Development Zone
(ETDZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 26 - Use Regulations in Special Land Use Zone
(SLUZ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Section 27 - Use Regulations in the Calumpang River, other Rivers
and their Tributaries Zone (CRRZ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ARTICLE VI - SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 28 - Application of Zone Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 29 - Traffic Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 30 - Erection of More Than One Principal Structure . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 31 - Accessory Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 32 - Dwelling on Rear Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 33 - Structure to Have Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 34 - Yard Requirements along A Zone Boundary Line . . . . . . . 78
Section 35 - Easement, Streets, and Other Public Lands Not
Included in Any Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 36 - Dwelling Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 37 - Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
ARTICLE VII - GENERAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 83
Section 38 - Development Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 39 - Height Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 40 - Area Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Section 41 - Setback/Yard Regulations . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Section 42 - Arcade Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Section 43 - Easement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Section 44 - Cultivation/Utilization of River Beds
And Sand Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Section 45 - Buffer Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Section 46 - Parking and Loading Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Section 47 - Off-Site Parking Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Section 48 - Chaplan on All Street Corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Section 49 - Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
ARTICLE VIII - INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES AND
SPECIAL USE PERMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Section 50 - Innovative Techniques or Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Section 51 - Special Use Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Section 52 - Project of Environmental Significance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Section 53 - Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) . . . . . . . . . . 93
Section 54 - Subdivision Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Section 55 - Poultry and Piggery Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Section 56 - Day and Night Club and Other Adult
Entertainment Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Section 57 - Land Transportation Terminals and Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Section 58 - Gasoline Station and Filling Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Section 59 - Warehouse and Hazardous/Flammable
Toxic Projects Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Section 60 - Billiard Hall and Similar Establishments Regulations. . . . . 97
Section 61 - Video Bar/Karaoke Bar Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Section 62 - Sign Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Section 63 - Video Machines, Computer Games and Similar
Establishments Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Section 64 - Restaurants, Event Centers, and Multi-purpose
Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Section 65 - Preservation, Guidelines and Standards for
Historical Places, Buildings and Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
ARTICLE X - MITIGATING DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Section 66 - Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Section 67 - Procedures for Granting Exceptions
and Variances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ARTICLE XI - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Section 68 - Zoning/Locational Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Section 69 - Development Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Section 70 - Business Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Section 71 - Building Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 72 - Barangay Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 73 - Non-User of Zoning Clearance or Locational
Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 74 - Zoning/Locational Clearance Fee, Development
Permit Fee and other Related Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 75 - Imposition of Administrative Fines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 76 - Certificate of Non-Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 77 - Existing Non-Conforming Uses and Buildings . . . . . . . . . . 105
Section 78 - Certificate of Occupancy of New, Altered and
Renovated Building/Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Section 79 - Construction and Use as Provided in
Applications, Plans, Permits and Certificate of
Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Section 80 - Responsibility for Administration
and Enforcement . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Section 81 - Powers and Functions of the City Planning &
Development Coordinator/ Zoning Administrator . . . . . . . . 106
Section 82 - Actions on Complaints and Oppositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Section 83 - Functions and Responsibilities of the City Zoning
Board of Adjustments and Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Section 84 - Composition of the City Zoning Board of
Adjustments and Appeals (CZBAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Section 85 - Review of the Zoning Ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Section 86 - Composition of the Local Zoning
Review Committee (LZRC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Section 87 - Power of the City Mayor to Issue a
Cease and Desist Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Section 88 - Functions of the City Zoning Review Committee . . . . . . . 109
Section 89 - Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Section 90 - Violation and Penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Section 91 - Implementing Rules and Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Section 92 - Suppletory Effect of Other Laws and Decrees. . . . . . . . . . 110
Section 93 - Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Section 94 - Repealing Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Section 95 - Effectivity Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

ANNEX A - Zone Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112


ANNEX B - Zone/District Area Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
ANNEX C - Urban Zoning Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
ANNEX D - General Zoning Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
ANNEX E - Schedule of Administrative Fines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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