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the National
Building
Systems
Building Code?
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ENGR. MARIA EMILIA SEVILLA
CIV 321.1

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Terminologies and
When was it issued? Acronyms
PD1096

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awning

• is a movable shelter supported entirely from

an exterior wall of a building and of a type
which can be retracted, folded, or collapsed
against the face of a supporting building.

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abutment FIREWALL
A reinforced masonry or reinforced concrete separator with the appropriate fire-resistive
rating and which shall be positioned between dwelling units or between
buildings/structures to maintain the fire integrity of each building/structure.
A form of a semi-permanent or
permanent structure constructed along a
property line, Firewalls, particularly those erected above or along property lines, shall have absolutely
no openings, except for permitted vent wells and shall extend above the roof from 400
usually of masonry or reinforced
millimeters to 1000 millimeters.
concrete or other fire-rated material
where absolutely no form of permitted
opening, whether temporary/permanent
or operable/inoperable, is allowed on it.

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ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM

BUILDING FOOTPRINT BUILDING FOOTPRINT
(AMBF) (AMBF)

The maximum portion of the lot that may be occupied by the building/structure at grade level The area of the AMBF is measured
after satisfying setback, yard and court requirements. from the outermost face of the
exterior walls of the proposed
building/structure.
The AMBF is the true buildable area on
which a fully enclosed building/structure
can be erected. The AMBF shall exclude
provisions for courts at grade level.

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TOTAL GROSS
FLOOR AREA (TGFA)
• The total floor space within the main and auxiliary
buildings primarily consisting of the GFA and all
NET
FLOOR
other enclosed support areas together with all other
usable horizontal areas/surfaces above and below
established grade level that are all physically
attached to the building/s which shall consists of the
following: Covered areas used for parking and
driveways, services and utilities.
AREA

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ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM VOLUME OF
BUILDING (AMVB) Above-Grade
The limit of the total volume of space that
can be occupied by a proposed
building/structure above grade level. The
AMVB is an imaginary prism within which
the fully enclosed areas and courts of a
proposed building/structure shall fit.
The AMVB is expressed in cubic meters.
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ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
(RROW) or ACCESS
STREET or STREET
• A kind of public open space for the
continuous flow of pedestrian and
vehicular traffic that must be free of all
forms of prohibited physical
obstructions. The RROW is the area
lying between two (2) or more parallel
properties and its width is horizontally
measured from opposite property
lines.
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ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
(RROW) or ACCESS STREET
or STREET
• A kind of public open space for the
continuous flow of pedestrian and
vehicular traffic that must be free of
all forms of prohibited physical
obstructions. The RROW is the area
lying between two (2) or more
parallel properties and its width is
horizontally measured from opposite
property lines.
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SETBACK
The horizontal distance measured 90º
from the outermost face of the
building/structure to
the property lines.
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Office of the Building Original Certificate of Title

Official (OBO) (OCT)
• the first title issued on the land

• The Office authorized to enforce the provisions of the Code and its IRR in the field as well
as the enforcement of orders and decisions made pursuant thereto.

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Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT)

• When a property is sold, the purchaser
receives the transfer certificate of title.

• A transfer of ownership has been

reassigned from the owner to the buyer

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