Tanks shall also be required if the peak drawn should

reduce the pressure on the highest usable floor to less

0.06 MPa than the minimum pressure required for satisfactory
operation of fixtures, particularly with flush valves

Minimum width of pathwalks

1.2 m
for condominium project

Minimum slope of crown of

1.5%
the road right-of-way

2m Minimum width of alley

Allocation for parks/playground

3.5%
with a density of 20 and below

3m Interior lot minimum frontage

Subdivision abutting a main public road with minimum

setbacks of __ in depth and __ in length at both sides
3 m and 5 m of the subdivision entrance for loading/unloading
passengers

An increment for park/playground for every

3 sq m additional family dwelling type in excess of
10 units of condominium projects

Subdivision development permit validity

3 years from the date of issue if no physical
development is introduced

Allocation for parks/playground

4%
with a density of 21-25
 Row house minimum lot
4m
frontage

Allocation for parks/playground

5%
with a density of 26-35

No development shall be allowed within

5m the mandatory easement on fault traces
as may be identified by PHIVOLCS

Allocation for parks/playground

6%
with a density of 36-50

Curb radius at road

6m
intersections

6m Irregular lot minimum frontage

Minimum width of service road, both ends

6 m and 60 m connecting to a minor road, shall be allowed for
blocks not exceeding for how many meters

Allocation for parks/playground

7%
with a density of 51-65

Minimum slope of curbs and

7% to 9%
gutters

Minimum right-of-way for

8m
minor roads
 Duplex/single attached
8m
minimum lot frontage

Minimum roads or right-of-way for condominiums,

8 m, 6 m, 2 m with a carriageway of, and the remaining meters shall
be developed as sidewalk/planting strip

Allocation for parks/playground

9%
with a density of above 65

10 m Regular lot minimum frontage

Major road right-of-way for

10 m
medium cost above 2.5-5 hectares

Collector road right-of-way for

10 m
open market above 2.5-5 hectares

Collector road right-of-way for

10 m
medium cost above 5-10 hectares

Minor road right-of-way for open

10 m
market above 15-30 hectares

Minor road right-of-way for

10 m
medium cost above 30 hectares

Minimum width of major road when

10 m used as main access road and/or as
future connection
 Parks/playground (exclusive of
10 or more condominium units easements, access roads, driveways,
parking space) shall be required for

Major road right-of-way for

12 m
medium cost above 5-10 hectares

Corner lot minimum frontage

12 m
under PD 957

Collector road right-of-way for

12 m
open market above 15-30 hectares

Collector road right-of-way for

12 m
medium cost above 30 hectares

Major road right-of-way for open

12 m
market above 2.5-5 hectares

A net floor area of square meters may be allowed

provided that these are intended for
12 sq m students/employees/workers and that the
condominium project is within highly urbanized areas

Major road right-of-way for open

15 m
market above 15-30 hectares

Major road right-of-way for

15 m
medium cost above 30 hectares

Minimum compressive strength

17.2 MPa
of sidewalk
 Minimum floor area for single
18 sq m
occupancy units

Water tank capacity for average

20%
daily demand plus fire reserve

Maximum units per block or

20 units
cluster for row houses

The minimum floor area of family

22 sq m condominium units for medium cost

30% Minimum non-saleable area

Minimum drainage pipes diameter for

30 cm underground drainage system in cm

Minimum floor area for

30 sq m
medium cost housing

The minimum floor area of family

36 sq m condominium units for open market

Price of saleable lots intended for single-detached

40% units shall not exceed of percentage of the maximum
selling price of house and lot packages

Minimum floor area for open

42 sq m
market housing
 Minimum area for a single
50 sq m park/playground for condominium
projects

Minimum lot area of row house

50 sq m
for medium cost

Maximum length of motor

60 m
courts inclusive of terminal

Minimum lot area of row house

60 sq m
for open market

70% Maximum saleable area

Minimum lot area of

80 sq m duplex/single attached for
medium cost
Minimum lot area of
96 sq m duplex/single attached for open
market

Maximum block or cluster

100 m
length of row house

Minimum lot area of single

100 sq m
detached for medium cost

Minimum area allocated for

100 sq m
parks and playgrounds
 Minimum lot area of single
120 sq m
detached for open market

The average daily demand per capita

150 liters per day for household connection

Off-site parking shall not be located away

200 m from commercial condominium project or
within the commercial subdivision

Suitable trees with a caliper diameter of

200 mm or more, shrubs and desirable ground
cover shall be preserved

Block length exceeding in meters shall

250 m already be provided with a 2 meter alley
at mid-length

Firewall extensions above roof and

300 mm outermost building edges (mm) for row
house

Maximum block length of a

400 m
subdivision

when the condominium is part of a subdivision

project or a park/playground not more than in
800 m meters away and in reaching it, the pedestrian will
not be unduly exposed to hazard

Maximum distance from a publicly accessible

800 m park/playground/other recreational facilities where a
condominium may not be required of such facilities

a walkway which shall be used to break a block and

Alley to serve pedestrians and for emergency purposes;
shall not be used as access to property
 Who shall determine the requirement for elevators
including the number of cars, capacity, safety features
Architect/engineer and standards, elevator type, speed and location in
relation to the over all design of the building

Road pavement having a

Asphalt
minimum thickness of 50 mm

pavement of all roads for

Asphalt or concrete
open market and medium cost

All roads for both residential and

asphalt or concrete commercial projects shall be paved with

a parcel of land bounded on the sides by streets or

Block alleys or pathways or other natural or man-made
features, and occupied by or intended for buildings

shall take into account proper

Building Orientation ventilation, sunlight, and land
characteristics

shall mean any person who acquires a lot or a

portion of the subdivision and who, sells the same,
Bulk buyer under its previous license to sell or in a new license
to sell in his name to the public

a street or road that services

Collector road pedestrian/vehicular traffic from minor
roads leading to major roads

a building, or group of buildings, used for office,

businesses, professional services and other
Commercial condominium commercial enterprise organized, owned and
maintained as a condominium

means the entire project excepting all

Common areas units separately granted, held or
reserved
 facilities or structures intended to serve
Community Facilities common needs and for the benefit of
the community

Minimum level of completion for all types of

Complete house dwelling units based on the submitted
specifications for open market and medium cost

Road pavement having a minimum

Concrete thickness of 150 mm and a minimum
compressive strength of 20.7 MPa

A building in which each individual unit is held in separate

private ownership and all floor space, facilities and outdoor
Condominium areas used in common by all tenants are owned, administered
and maintained by a corporation created pursuant to the
provisions of the appropriate statute

A building or group of buildings, in which units are

owned individually, and the structure, common areas
Condominium and facilities are owned by the owners on a
proportional undivided basis

means part of the condominium project

Condominium unit intended for any type of independent
use or ownership

Convenience/retail center,
Community facilities with 1500-
Elementary,
Tricycle terminal 1999 saleable lots/dwelling units

a lot situated at the intersection

Corner lot
of two or more streets

Shall mean any person directly engaged as principal

Dealer in the business of buying, selling or exchanging real
estate whether full time or part-time basis

shall bear the cost of installation of

Developer street names/signs coincident with the
construction of streets
 He may provide additional areas for community
Developer facilities in excess of the mandatory requirement
which shall be deemed saleable

Access road right-of-way may

Developer or LGU
be constructed either by who

must conform to the natural drainage pattern of the

subdivision site, and shall drain into appropriate
Drainage system water bodies, public drainage system or natural
outfalls

a dwelling unit containing 2 separate

Duplex living units each of which is separated
from another by a firewall

structure designed or used as

Dwelling unit
residence

Subdivision projects shall observe and conform to the provisions

Easements
of water code on water bodies, NPC on transmission lines,
PHIVOLCS on identified fault traces, other public utility
companies, and for projects abutting national roads

an access within the project site which

Existing roads shall be made part of the subdivision
plan, shall be improved

any wall which subdivides a building

Firewall so as to resist the spread of fire

the side of a lot which abuts a

Frontage
street

a mandatory provision where a

future connection proposed project adjoins undeveloped
property
 shall be banked and preserved for
Good quality top soil finishing grades of yards, playgrounds,
parks and garden area

shall conform to the design

Grades and vertical curbs
requirements of the DPWH

Grass, shrubs, plants and other landscaping

Ground cover materials used for cover shall be planted so
as to allow well-tended cover of the area

A community facility with 2000-

High School
2499 saleable lots/dwelling units

A designated right-of-way to the

Interconnecting road nearest public road for interior
subdivision project

a lot located at the inner portion of a

Interior lot block with a minimum of 3 m wide
access

any lot which is not rectangle

Irregular lot
nor square-shaped

portion of a subdivision or any parcel of

Lot land intended as a unit for transfer or
ownership for building development

Preservation of site assets and proper siting

Lot layout orientation of lots; blending with existing
and proposed development in the vicinity

a street or road linking the site and serves as the

Major road main traffic artery within the project site and
shall traverse the longer axis of the property
 a road which main function is to provide
Minor road direct access to lots and other activity
centers

shall have a right of way not less than 6 m with the

Motor courts provision for sufficient space for vehicular turn
around in the form of a cul-de-sac, loop, branch or T

Conformity with the standards of

MWSS and LWUA
pipes for water supply system

The components of the mechanical equipment are in

in accordance with the National Building Code of the
National Industry Standards Philippines, Accessibility Law, __ and other pertinent
laws

conformity with the code of the minimum building

NBC requirements, lot occupancy, open spaces, parking
and other requirements for condominium projects

Minimum setback of dwelling units both

NBC for open market and medium cost
housing projects shall conform with

Neighborhood Multipurpose A mandatory provision of area for a non-saleable

community facility for open market and medium
Center housing projects with area of 1 hectare and above

May be allowed in addition to the on-site parking

provided that the designated parking area is part of
Off-site parking the project and provided further that the required
distance shall be in accordance with the NBCP

Open market and Medium refers to housing projects where prices of house and
lot packages are within suggested price ranges as
cost determined through HUDCC resolution

shall refer to an area reserved exclusively for parks

and playgrounds, recreational uses, schools, roads,
Open space places of worship, and other similar facilities and
amenities
 shall also be allocated for basic utilities
Open space and community facilities or common
areas

shall include courts, yards, setbacks, light wells,

Open spaces uncovered driveways, access roads, parking
spaces, buffer strips, parks and playgrounds

Shall cause the necessary surveys of the

Owner or developer project and prepare the survey returns with
technical description and computations

Shall be mandatory for projects 1

Parks and Playgrounds hectare or more and shall be deemed
non-buildable area

suitable recreational area shall be

Parks and Playgrounds allocated within the subdivision, shall be
cleared and free from any debris

shall be properly landscaped to

Parks and playgrounds accommodate both active and passive
activities

shall be provided for

Pathwalks
pedestrian circulation

Direct vehicular access to the

Public street or alley
property

A sanitary and efficient system whether

Refuse collection and disposal independently or in conjunction with the
municipality/city garbage collection and disposal
system services

a lot fronting on one street and the

Regular lot remaining sides bounded by lot lines
 Residential condominium projects shall
Residential preferably be located in areas zoned as
or appropriate for

shall conform to sound

Roads
engineering practices

dwelling units containing 3 or more

Rowhouse living units that abut each other and are
separated from each other by a firewall

Lots shall be designed such that they are not

Saleable lots bisected by political boundaries, water
courses, drainage ways and utility lines

where community sewer system is not

Septic Tanks available, sewage shall be disposed and
treated in

are held in common, they shall have suitable

Service Area outdoor locations, fenced or screened and kept
away from living rooms, entrance or front yards

roads which provide for the distribution

Service roads of traffic among individual lots and
activity centers

a dwelling unit with one side

Single Attached
attached to a firewall

a dwelling unit completely

Single Detached
surrounded by yards

Allow rain water to be

Slope
channeled into street drains
 should conform to the contours of the land
Streets as far as practicable and shall be laid out at
right angles to minimize critical intersections

adequate and safe means of vehicular and

Streets pedestrian circulation and easements for utilities
and planting streets, shall be provided

a lot bounded on two

Through lot
opposite sides by roads

A system shall be properly engineered and environmentally

Underground drainage system

sound and shall be provided with adequate reinforced concrete
pipes (RCP), catch basins, manholes, inlets and cross drain for
efficient maintenance

shall be proportionately shouldered by of the

electrical bills for streetlights thereof prior to
Users issuance of Certificate of Completion (COC) and
turn over of open space to LGU

shall be provided to the living units from

Walks streets, parking spaces and from living
units to play areas

Shall be provided if the height of the

Water tank building requires pressure in excess of
that in the main water line

Housing projects should be in conformity with the

laws and regulations of the city/municipality where
Zoning Ordinance there they are located, thus, shall be in suitable sites
for housing