Building Restriction

SECTION 1.01.02: Declaration of Policy It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, consistent with the principles of environmental management and control; and to this end, make it the purpose of this Code to provide for all buildings and structured, a framework of minimum standards and requirements by guiding, regulating, and controlling their location, sitting, design, quality of materials, construction, use, occupancy, and maintenance, including their environment, utilities, fixtures, equipment, and mechanical electrical, and other systems and installations. SECTION 1.01.04: Application This Code shall apply to all buildings and structures constructed and any change or repair made thereon after the approval of said Code. Buildings or structures constructed before the approval of this Code shall not be affected thereby; Except, where their continued use or occupancy is dangerous to life or limb; or where alterations, additions, conversions, or repairs are to be made thereon, this Code shall apply only to such portions of the buildings or structure which have to be altered in order to effect such damages or repairs. SECTION 1.01.06: Maintenance All buildings or structures, both existing and new, and all parts thereof shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. All devices or safeguards, which are required by this Code in a building or structure when constructed, altered, or repaired, shall be maintained on good working order. SECTION 1.01.10: Municipal and Provincial Ordinances and Regulations Local ordinances should conform to the Code and suppletory requirements hereto shall in no case diminish minimum requirements embodied in this Code. The Secretary of Public Works and Communications or, in the proper case, the Secretary of Justice shall take any and all appropriate steps in cases where local ordinances conflict with the Code. SECTION 1.02.03: Building permits Corporation, including any department, office, bureau, agency of instrumentality of the government intending to construct, alter, repair, move, convert or demolish any building or structure, or cause the same to be done, shall obtain a building permit from the Building Official for whichever of such work is proposed to be undertaken for the building or structure, before any such work is started..

SECTION 1.02.04: Fees Regulations on building permit, inspection and other fees, and for compliance with the same shall be covered by city and municipal ordinances: Provided, That Traditional indigenous family dwellings under Section 1.01.04 (d) shall be exempt from payment of building permit fees. SECTION 1.02.05: Inspection ad Certificates of Occupancy Inspection. The duly licensed architect or engineer engaged by the owner to undertake inspection and detailed supervision of the construction shall periodically certify that the construction conforms to the plans and specifications submitted in the application for a building permit. Upon submission of such periodic certifications during the progress of construction, the Building Official shall periodically issue the required authority to continue with the subsequent phases of construction, without prejudice to his right to conduct on his own initiative any inspection of the said construction. Upon completion of the construction, the said duly licensed architect or engineer shall submit to the Building Official the final certification that the building conforms to the provisions of the Code and with the detailed plans and specifications submitted. SECTION 3.01.01: Occupancy Classified Building proposed, for construction shall be identified according to its use or the character of its occupancy and shall be classified. SECTION 6.01.01: Building Projection Over Public Streets No part of any building structure or any of its appendages shall project beyond the property line of the building site, except as provided in this Code. SECTION 6.01.07: Doors Doors either sully opened or when opening, shall not projects beyond the property line. SECTION 7.01.01: Scope The design and construction of all buildings and structures shall be in compliance with the provisions of the National Structural Code for Buildings, latest edition, adopted and promulgated by the Board of examiners of civil engineers pursuant to Republic Act Numbered 544, as amended, otherwise known as the "Civil Engineering Law". SECTION 9.02.01: Electrical Code All electrical systems and installations mentioned in this Code shall conform to the provisions of the Philippine Electrical Code, latest edition, adopted and promulgated by the Board of Electrical Engineering Examiners pursuant to Republic Act No. 184, otherwise known as the Electrical Engineering Law.