REVISED IMPLEMENTING

REVISED IMPLEMENTING
RULESAND
RULES AND REGULATIONS
REGUIITTIONS
FOR BP
FOR BP 220
22O

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Republic
Offic eof
Office
Housing
of the
Hous ing and
HOUSINGAND
HOUSING
Ptili rirE
the Phit«pines
ofrhc
Pres ldenr
thePresident
and Urban
AND LAND
Urba n Development
LAND USE
USEREGULATORY
REGULATORYBO
BOARD
Coor dinat ing Council
Deve lopm ent Coordinating
ARI)
Coun cil
m
BOARDRESOLUTION
BOARD RESOLUTIONNO. NO. R. 7OO
R. _"
Series of 2001
Series 2001

AMENDINGTHE
AMENDING THE RULES
RULESAND
AND STANDARDS
STANDARDSFOR
FOR
ECONOiIICANO
ECONOMIC SOCILIZEOHOUSING
ANOSOCILIZED NOUSIUCPROJECTS
PROJECTSTO
TO IMPLEMENT BP 220
IMPLEMENTBP 22O

W H E R E A Sthe
WHEREAS, , t h eHousing d L a nUse
g a nLand
H o u s i nand s e R e g u | aBoard
d U Regulatory (HLURB) is
toryBoard(HLURB),|s
vested with rule-making
vested with rule_makingand anJ standard functionsunder
settingfunctions
si"anoarosetting under Executive
ExecutiveOrder
order
No.6
No. 48, s.
648, 1984as
s. of 1984 as amended
amendedby by Executive
ExecutiveOrder No' 90,
OrderNo. s' of 1986;
90' s. 1986;

W H E R E A S Section
WHEREAS, , S e c t i o3nof f B P220
3 oBP a u t h o r i z eHLURB
2 2 0authorizes to establish and
sHLURBtoestab|ishand
elqrnulqatedifferent
promulgate tevers of
diflerent levels of standards
stindards and and technical requirernentsfor
technical requirements for the
the
development
["u" roirn"nt of economicand socializedhousing
economic and socialized proi
housingprojects; ects;

WHEREAS, the powers

WHEREAS, the HL
Powersof HLURB to approve subdivision plans has
been devolved
been devolvedto to cities
cities and municiPali pursuant to RA 7160, yet EO 71,
and municipalities
series of
series of 199
19933 stipulates
stip ulates that
that the exercise
the exerc of such devolved powers shall be in
accordance with
accordance the implementing
with the rule and standards of PD 957 and other
implementing rules
Lbt"d laws
related as promulgated
l"*t as Promulgated bY
by HLU
HLURB;
RB;

WH EREAS, the
WHEREAS, signed Memorandum
the signed Memorandumof AgreementMPA
9f Agreement (MOA) by and
pi"otessionaRegulation
t ulationCommission
commission(PRC) ) 1L,119
(PRC)recognizes
reco
o"t*"*n HLURB
between the Professional
ilijnelndand the Reg gntzes
need to
the need
the monitor the
to monitor pr"a c-ti-of
tne practice prof essi onalsin
ri".i""J professionals
J-oilicensed and
subdivisionand
in subdivision
condominium
condominiumprojects;
Projects;
WH ERE AS, the
WHEREAS, theH Housing
ous inga andndU rbaDevelopment
Urban
nDe velo pme Coordinating Council
(HU DCC )issued
(HUDCC) issu edCouncil
Cou ncitRes. No. b],
01, Ser
Series
iesof
of 20b 0,
2000, app ntC
rovioor
approving
ng dina
the
the defiting
nitioCou
definition n ncil
'il.'i 1..
of loanceilings/limits
of loan of housing
ceil ings /lim its
of pac kag es;
hou singpackages;

WHEREAS,the
WHEREAS, the Board
Boardreceived clamorfrom
receivedclamor RegionaOffices,
the Regional
from the Offi private
l ces'private
sectprs, standards imprementursand other stakeholdersto review and re-
sectors, standards implementers and other stakeholders to review and re-
;;;ft
examine the poricies,rules,
eiisting policies,
tre existing rules,standards
standardsand procedurespertinent
and procedures pertinentto the
to the
;;,;;G
issuance subdiviJiondevelopment
of subdivision perm
developmenpermits
t itsand licenses;
and licenses;

WH ERE AS,
WHEREAS, the
theB oarfinds
Board dfin dsit nec essto
it necessary aryt oha rmothe
harmonize policies, rules,
standardsand
standards procedureswith
and procedures with recent
recentissuances; nize thep o|ic ies, ru|e s,
issuances;

HLUR B Bldg..
HLURB Bldg. . Kalayaan
Kalay aanAvenue
Aven uc corner
cotnc t Mayaman
Maya tnanStreet,
Srrcc t,Diliman,
Dilina n, Quezon
Qucz on City
City
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No.R-_/
R-3

WHEREFORE,be
WHEREFORE, be it,
it , RESOLVED
RESOLVEDas as itit is
is hereby RESOLVEDthat
herebyRESOLVED the
that the
lmplementingRules
RevisedImplementing
Revised and Regulations
Rulesand Regulationsto lmplementBP
to Implement BP 220
220,, attached
attachedasas
Annex1,
Annex 1. be APPROVED.
be APPROVED.

APPROVED, this 2ay of August 2001, Quezon City.

�T.DEFENSOR
MICHAH. T. DEFENSOR
Chairman, HUDCC
'
IDA ROMULo Q.-illFABUL
ROMULO _ ABUL
re ary, DOJ Commissioner
Commissioner and
and
ChiefExecutive
Chief ExecutiveOfficer
Officer

a
,ouo*of{.'
EDUARD R. SOLI
Undersecreta4 ,
Undersecretary
, 'JR. ..sat2.%
Commissioner
Commissioner

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Deputy Director General, NEDA

$3au.le
&..l:er». or«n
Secretary,
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issioner

SANG
SANG
cretary
 TABLE OF
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
PAGE
PAGE

RULEI.I.
RULE General Provisions
General Provisione 11

Section
Section1.
1. Scopeof
Scope of Application
Application 11
Section2.
Section 2. Declarationof
Declaration of Policies
Policies 1I

RULEII.
RULE II. MinimumDesign
Minimum DesignStandards
Standardsandand Requirements
Requirements 11
For Economic
For Economic and
and Socialized
SocializedHousing
Housing Projects
Projects
Section 3.
Section 3. Compliance
Compliancewith
with Standards
Standardsand
and Guidelines
Guidelines 11
Section 4.
Section 4. Basis
Basisand
and Objectives
Objectivesof
of the
the Minimum DesignStandards
MinimumDesign Standards 11
Section5.
Section 5. Technical
TechnicalGuidelines
Guidelines and Standards
and Standards for Subdivisions
for Subdivisions 22
Section6.
Section 6. Building
BuildingDesign
DesignStandards
Standards and
andGuidelines
Guidelines 22
22
Section7.
Section 7. Variances
Variances 35
35

RULEIll.
RULE !II, Approvalof Subdivision
Approval SubdivisionPlans
Plansand
and Building
BuildingDesigns
Designs 35
35

Section
Section8.
8. ApprovalRequired
Approval Required 3i,
3:
Section9.
Section 9. Approvalof
Approval ofProposed ResidentialHouses
Proposed Residential Housesof 36
36
Averageand
Average and Low-Income
Low-lncomeEarners
Earners
Section
Section10.
10. Application
Applicationfor
for Approval
Approvalof
of Subdivision DevelopmentPlan
SubdivisionDevelopment Plan 36
36
Seciion11.
Section 11. Evaluation
Evaluationofof Land
LandDevelopment
Development and
and Structural
Structural
DesignComponents
Design Componentsof of the
the Project
Project 40
40
Section
Section12.
12. Survey
Surveyand
andApproval
Approvalof
of Subdivision
SubdivisionPlan
Plan 40
40

RULEIV.
RULE IV, Registrationand
Registration Licensingof Economic
and Licensing Economicand
and 40
40
SocializedHousing
Socialized Housing Projects
Projects

Section13.
Section 13. Applicationfor
Application for Registration
Registration 40
40
Section14.
Section 14. Applicationfor
Application for License
Licensetoto Sell
Sell 44
44
Section15.
Section 15. Noticeof
Notice of Publication
Publication 44
44
Section16.
Section 16. Certificate of
Certificate of Registration
R€gistration 44
44
17.
Section17.
Section Licenseto
License to Sell
Sell 45
45
Section18.
Section 18. Monitoringof
Monitoring Project
of Project 45
45

RULEV.
RULEV. MiscellaneousProvisions
Miscellaneous Provisiong 45
45

Section19.
Section 19. Definition
Definitionof
of Terms
Terms 45
45
Section20.
Section 20. Conformance
Conformanceto to the
the Requirements
Requirements of
of Other
Other 48
48
PertinentLaws,
Pertinent Laws,Rules
Rulesand
and Regulations
Regulations
Section21.
Section 21. Non-Development
Non-Development 48
48
Section22.
Section 22. Organization
Organization and Registration
andRegistration of Homeowners
of Homeowners 49
49
Section23.
Section 23. Donation
Donationof of Roads,OpenSpacesand
Roads, Open Spaces and Water
WaterSupply
Supply 49
49
Section24.
Section Transitory
24. Transitory provision
provision 49
49
Section25.
Section 25. Separability
Separability Clause
Clause 49
49
Section26.
Section Effectivity
26. Effectivity 49
49

List of Tables
List Tables
Table11
Table Parksand
Parks PlaygroundAllocation
and Playground Allocation 55
Table2
Table2 FacilitiesAccording
Facilities Accordingto the No.
to the No.of Saleable Lots
SaleableLots 66
Table33
Table CommunityFacilities
Community FacilitiesAllocation
Allocation 6o
Table44
Table Hierarchy
Hierarchy of Roads
of Roads 77
Table55
Table Right-of-Way
Right-of-Way 8I
Table66
Table Widthof
Width PlantingStrips
of Planting Stripsand
andSidewalks
Sidewalks 10
10
Table77
Table MinimumLot
Minimum LotArea
Area 13
13
Table8I
Table MinimumLot
Minimum Frontage
Lot Frontage 13
13
Table99
Table PlanningDesign
Planning DesignStandards
Standards 17
17
Table10
Table 10 PrivateOpen
Private OpenSpace
SpaceRequirement
Requirement 23
23
Table11
Table 11 MinimumSetback
Minimum SetbackPerPer Storey
Storey 30
30

Figureg
List of Figures

Figure11
Figure Interconnecting
Interconnecting Road
Road 99
Figure22
Figure SetbackRequirement
Setback Requirement AlongMain
Along MainPublic Road
PublicRoad 9I
Figure33
Figure CurbRadii
Curb RadiiDimension
Dimension 11
11
Figure4
Figure4 RoadGrade
Road (Slope)
Grade(Slope) 12
12
Figure55
Figure MinimumCeiling
Minimum CeilingHeights
Heights 24
24
Figure66
Figure MezzanineFloor
Mezzanine Floor 24
24
Figure77
Figure DoorOpenings
Door Openings 25
25
Figure88
Figure StairwayDesign
Stairway Design 27
27
Figure99
Figure Windingand
Winding andCircular
CircularStairways
Stairways 27
27
Figure10
Figure 10 Fireblocksfor
Fireblocks for Dwelling
DwetlingUnits
Unitson
on Property
PropertyLine
Line 28
28
Figure11
Figure 11 Firewallfor
Firewall for Dwelling
DwellingUnits
Unitson
on Property
PropertyLine
Line 29
29
Figure12
Figure 12 Non-Residential
Non-Residential Use
Use 30
30
Figure13
Figure 13 DistanceBetween
Distance Between2-Storey
2-StoreyBuilding
Building 31
31
Figure14
Figure 14 DistanceBetween
Distance Between3-Storey
3-StoreyBuilding
Building 32
32
Figure15
Figure 15 DistanceBetween
Distance Betrrveen BlankWallsof
Blank Walls of Two
Two Buildings
Buildings 32
32
Figure16
Figure 16 Measurement
Measurement of Distance
of DistanceBetween
BetweenBuildings
Buildings 33
33

Annexes
Annexes

AnnexA
Annex BoardResolution
Board Resolution No.R-97,
No. R-97,S.
S. 1982
1982 50
50
AnnexB
Annex B BatasPambansa
Batas Pambansa Blg.220
Big. 220 52
52
AnnexC
Annex C Boardresolution
Board resolutionNo.725,
No. 725,S.
S. 2002
2002 54
54

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 REV ISED
REVISED RUL ESAND
RULES ANDSTANDARDS
STA NDA RDS
FOR
FORECONOMIC AND
ECO NOM IC
AND
SOC IALIZ ED
SOCIALIZED HOU SING
HOUSING PRO JEC TS
PROJECTS TO
TO IMPL
IMPLEMENT
EME NT
BAT ASPAMBANSA
BATAS PAM BAN SABLG .22O
BLG. 220
Pursuantto
Pursuant to Section
Section33 of BP 220,
of BP 220,the Housingand
lhe Housing and Land
LandUseUse Regu latory
Regulatory Board is
Board is
authorizedto
authorized to establish
establishand promulgatetwo
and promulgate two levels of standads and technical
levels of standards and technical
requirements
requirements for the
for the development
development of economic
of economic and
and socia
socialized
lizedhousi projecwunits
ngprojects/units
housing
in urban
in urbanand
andrural
ruralareas
areasfrom
fromthose
those provi ded
provided in PD957,PD 1216PD
in PD 957, PD 1216, PD "1096and
' 1096, PD
, PD
and
1185hence
1185, henc
, etthe
he following
follow ingrulesare
rules arehereb
hereby yprom ulgat ed.
promulgated.

RUL EI
RULE
GEN ERA LPROVISIONS
GENERAL PRO VISIO NS
Section 1, Scope
Sect ion 1. Scop e of Application
APP licati on
Thes erules
These rulesand
and standards
stand ards shallapply
shall applyto
to the
the development
deve lopm ent of economic
of econ omic and
and
socialized
socialized housing
housing projects
projects in urban
in andrural
urbanand ruralareas as defin
areas as in
defineded
in Secti
Sectionon of BP
2 of
2 BP
glg.220.
Big. fney shall
ZZO.They applyto
sfiattapply to the
the deve lopment
development of either a
of either houseandlotor a house
a house and lot or a house
or lotonly.
or lot only.

Section
Secti on 2.
2. Declaration
Decla ration of Policies
Polic ies
ItIt is policyof
is aa policy of the governmento
the government to promoteand
t promote and encourage
encouragethe development
the development of
of
economic and and socialized
socialiiedhousing projec primarilyby
'andts,primarily
housingprojects, by the privatesector
the private sectorin orderto
in order to
"**"fr"
makeavailable
make adeq uate
avail able
adequate economic socia lized
econ imicand socialized hous ingunits
housing averagegeand
for avera
units for and
incomeearners
lowincome
low eamersinin urban
urbanand ruralareas.
andrural areas'

RULE II
RULE II
MINI MUM
MINIMUM DES IGNSTANDARDS
DESIGN STA NDA RDS ANDREQ
AND UIRE MEN TS
REQUIREMENTS
FORECO NOM IC
FOR ECONOMIC ANDSOC IALIZ ED
AND SOCIALIZED HOU SING
HOUSING PRO JEC TS
PROJECTS

Section 3. Compliance
Sect ion 3. with Stan dard sand
with Standards
Gom plian ce and Guid eline s
Guidelines

Development of economic
Deve |opm entof and socialized
econ omica housing
ndso cia|iz projects
edho using shall be in accordance
proje ctssh a||be inacc ordan ce
with
with the minimumdesign
the minimum standardsherein
designstandards hereinset forth'
set forth.

sect ion 4.
Section Basi sand
4. Basis obie ctive sof the
and Objectives the Minimum Desi gnstan
Mini mumDesign dard s
Standards

The minimum
The desig nstandards
minim umdesign stand ardsset forth herein
set forth herei nare intend edto
are intended provid eminimum
to provide minim um
i"qrii...nir
requirements within generallyaccepted
the generally
withii the levels of safety
acceptedlevels safety, , health
health and
and ecolo
ecological
gical
considerations.Variations,howeverare
considerations. Variations, however are also possible, as may be based on some
specific regional, cultural and economic setting, e.g., building materials, space
requirement and usage. This minimum design standards encourages the use of
duly accredited indigenous materials and technology such as innovative design and
systems, modular systems and components among others. The parameters used in
formulating these Design Standards are:

A.
A. Prote ctionand
Protection andsafety
safet yof life,limb,
of life, prope rtyand
limb,property gene ralpublic
andgeneral publi cwelfa
welfare.
re.
I
 humansettlements, enumoratedin
settlements'enumerated descendingoraer
in descenaing
B.
B. Basic needs
Basic of human
needsof as

follows:
follows:

1. Water
1. Water
2.
2. Movement
Movement and circulation
andcirculation
3.
3. Storm drainage
Stormdrainage
4. Solid and
and liquidwaste
4. Solid liquid disPosal
wastedisposal
5. ParUPlaYground
5. Park/playground
Power
6. Power
6.

The provision of these basic needs shall be based on the actual setting within
Theprovisionofthesebasicneedsshal|bebasedontheactua|setting
which theproject
whichthe Projectsite is located.
siteis located '

C.
C. Affordabilitylevels
Affordability market
targetmarket
levelsof target
Affordable
Affordabte cost -- refers
cost referstoto the
the most reasonable
mostreasonable priceof
price land_and.
of land shelter
and shelter
b a s e dono nthe
based t h eneeds
n e e dand
s a nfinancial
d f i n a ncapability
c i a | c a p of
a bProgram
i | i t y o f PBeneficiaries
r o g r a m B eand
neficiar
Appropriate
Appropriate Financing
Financing Schemes
Schemes (RA7279)
(RA 7279)

D.
D. Location
Location

Both
Both economic
economicandand socialized projectsshall
housingprojects
socializedhousing be located
shall be within
locatedwithin
suitable
suitablesite
site for and outside
housingand
for housing potentialhazard
outsidepotential prcne
hazardprone and prctection
and protection
aneas.
areas.

Section
Section 5.
5. Technical andStandards
Guidelinesand
TechnicalGuidelines for Subdivisions
Standardsfor Subdivisions
In
In determining
determining whetheran
whether an economic
economicand socialized
and socialized housing shallbe
housingshall be allowed, the
allowed,the
following
following guidelines
guidelines shall
shall be
be considered.
considered.

A.
A. SiteCriteria
Site Criteria
1. Availability
1. Availabilltyof basicneeds
of basic needs
prioritizedbasic
The prioritized
The needsc'ed
basicneeds earliershall
c,'ed earlier preferablybe
shallpreferably be available with
availablewith
reasonable
reasonable distance
distance from
from the
the prcject
project site,
site, but
but where
where these
these are
are rpt
not available,
available,
thesame
the shallbe
sameshall provided
beprovided for by
for bythe developer.
thedeveloper.
2.
2. Conformity wlth the
Conformity with Zoning Ordinance
the Zoning Ordinance or Land
Land Use Plan of the
Use Plan the
City/Municipality
City/Municipality

Generally,
Generally,housing projectsshould
housingprojects conformwith
shouldconform with the zoningordinance
the zoning the
ordinanceof the
city/municipalitywhere
city/municipality where they
they are
are located
locatedthusthus shall be in
shall be in suitable
suitablesites for
sites for
However,where
housing. However,
housing. wherethere
there isis no
no zoning
zoningordinance
ordinanceoror land
land use plan,the
use plan, the
predominantland
predominant land use principleand
use principle and site
site suitability factorscited
suitabilityfactors hereinshall
citedherein be
shall be
used
usedin determiningsuitability
in determining suitabilityof projectto
of aa project to aa site.
site.

Furthermore,if the
Furthermore, prcject is
the project is undoubtedly
undoubtedlysupportive
supportiveof other land uses
other land uses and
and
activities (e.9.,housing
activities(e.g., housingfor industrialworkers)
for industrial workers)said prcjectshall
said project shallbe
be allowed.
allowed.

2
 3. Physical
3. Physica lSuitability
Suitabi lity

A potential site
A potential site must
must have
have characteristics
characteristicsassuring healthful, safe
assuring healthful, safe and
and
environ mentallysound
environmentally sound community
community life.
life. Itlt shall
shall be
be stable enough to
stable enough to
accommodatefoundation
accommodate foundationload
load without
withoutexcessive
excessivesite
site works.
works. Critical
Criticalareas
areas
(e.9.,areas
(e.g., areassubject
subjectto flooding,land
to flooding, landslides
slidesand
and stress)
stress)must
mustbe
be avoided.
avoided.
4. Accessibility
4. Accessibllity

The site
The must be
site must sewed by
be served by aa road
road that
that isis readily
readily accessible
accessibleto public
to public
transoortationlines.
transportation lines. Said
Said access
access road
road shall conform to the standardsset
shall conform to the standards set
herein of these
herein these Rules
Rules to
to accommodate
ac@mmodateexpectedexpecteddemand
demand caused
caused byby the
the
develop ment
development of the
of area.In
the area. In no
no case
caseshall
shallaa subdivision
subdivi sion projectbe
project apprcv ed
be approved
without necessary
without necessary access
access road/right-of-way
road/right-of-way constructed
constructed either the
by the
either by
develop eror
developer or the
the Local
LocalGovernment
Govem ment Unit.
Unit.

B.
B. Plannin gConsi
Planning Considerations
deratio ns

1. AreaPlanning
1. Area Plannin g

Projectdesign
Project shouldconsider
designshould not only
considernot only the reductionof
the reduction of cost
cost of development
development
to minimumbut
to ai minimum but also prcvisio n
the provision for
also the possibl
for possibleefuture improvement or
future improvement or
expansion,as
expansion, in the
as in prescriptionof lot
the prescription lot sizes,
sizes, right-of-way roads, open
right-of-wayof roads, open
space,allocation
space, allocationof areas
areasfor commonuses
for common usesand facilities'
andfacilities.

Land allocation
Land alignmentof the
and alignment
allocationand variousutilities
the various (roads,drainage,
utilities(roads, power
drainage,power
subdivisionshall
the subdivision
water) of the
and water)
and shall be integratedwith
be integrated with those existing
those of existing
networksas well as
networks as well as projects
projects outsidethe
outside the bounda
boundariesriesof the
the project
project site'
site, e.9.
e.g.
accessroads
access roadsset
set forth hereinand
forth herein and should the standard
followthe
shouldfollow specificationsof
standardspecifications
PublicWorks
Departmentof Public
the Department
the Worksand
and Highways (DPWH)'
Highways(DPWH).

2. Site
2. Preservation/Alteration
Slte Preservation/Alteration

a. Slope
a. Slope
The
T h e finished
f i n i s h egrade
d g r a dshall
e s h have
a | l h aav desired
e a d e s islope
r e d s to
| o pallow
e t o arain
| l o rwater
r r a i nto
w abe
tertobe
channeled
channe ledinto drains. Where
street drains.
into street Where cut cut andand fillfill is necess ary'an
is necessary, an
appopr iategra
appropriate shall be|beatta
gradedesha| attained inedtop
to prevent any depression
reventa nydeprin the area.
ession inthear ea.
Grading and
Grading ditohingshall
and ditching be executed
shall be executedinin a manner that will
manner that prevent
will prevent
or flooding
erosionor
erosion floodin gof
of adjoining propert ies.
adjoinin gproperties.

b, Preservation
b. Site Assets
Presewation of Site Assets

suitabletrees
Suitable with aa caliper
treeswith diamet erof 200
caliperdiameter milimet ers
200 milimeters or more,shrubs
or more, shrubs
anddes
and desirable ground
irab|eg cover shall be preserved. Where a good
roundc oversh a||bepr cserve d.Whe reagoo dqua|it quality top ytop
soil exists in
soil exists the site,
in the site, itit shall not be
shall not and shall
removedand
be removed shall be presew
be preserved edfor
for
finishing gradesof
finishinggrades ofyards playgrounds,
yards,, playgrounds, parksand
parks gardenarea.
and garden area'

3
 c.
c. Ground Co ver
Gro undCover
landscaping usedfor
materialsused ground
icr ground
Grass,shrubs,
Grass, plantsand
shrubs,plants otherlandscaping
and other materials
intendeduse
use and location.
and location.
shallbe
covershall
cover be of
of variety apprcpriate
varietyappropriate for its intended
for its
t
permanencover the
of the
coverof
Theyshall
They be so
shallbe plantedas
so planted asto
to allow completeand
allowcomplete andpermanent
are a.
area.

3. Easements
3. Easements
Subdivision projectsshall observe and
shall observe and conform provisionsof
the provisions
to the
conform to of
Subdivisionprojects
easements
easementas maybe
s may
as requiredby:
berequired by:
the phi
of the
Codeof s water
lippineon water
a. lV, Section
ChapterIV,
a. Chapter Section51
51 of
of the WaterCode
the Water Philippines on
bodies
bodies

b. National Corporation
PowerCorporation
NationalPower (NpC)on
(NPC) transmission
on transmission lines
lines

c. Fault
Faulttraces
tracesas identified
as identified pHTVoLCS
by PHIVOLCS
by per n .515,
ResorutioNo.
perResolution No series
5i5, series
of 199 2
of 1992
d. Right-of-way
d . Right-of-way of publiccompanies
otherpublic
of other companies andother
and entities
otherentities

projgctg.ab ional roads (primary roads)

roads (primary adequate
roads) adequate
e.
e. For
For projects utti nat
abuttingng national
ed untodOing
easementshall
easement shallbe provid for
be provided . .dincluding
roa
t91road toiOingand
includingloading anOunloading
as maybe
as may required
be required national/loca
by national/local
by l emment
gov
government units
units.

relatedlaws
Otherrelated
f.t. Other laws
4. Clr cul alio n
4. Circulation

a . Depending on the classification off roads

a. adjacentto
roadsadjacent suMivision
the subdivision
to the

,y#ffx1"$iHJ:,ffi'#
and the size of the project site, road network should result into a
hierarchy of functions and should define and serve the subdivisions as
one integrated unit.

b.
b. Roads comprementewith
Roadscomplemented d pathwalk
withpathwark withinthe
within suMivisionmust
the subdivision mustbe so
be so
alignedto
aligned to facilitate movement
faciritatemovement withinand
within and in rinringine
in linking subdivisioto
the subdivision n
to
nearesmajor
the nearest
the ma transportation
t jortransportation routeand adjacent property.
route
""0 "oij'jJ"iproperry.
Whenever
Whenever thereis/are
there existing.
iVareexisting roadswithin
roads withinthe
the project tsitewhich
projecsite shall
whichshall
be made
be part of
made part of tre
the suo iiviJ
subdivision,o;, ;;='
il;;; - -"
these be
shall be imp edin
rov
Improved in
accordance e
accordancwith standards
thestandards
withthe set
set forth frerein.
forihherein.
Streetsshould
c. Streets conform to
shouldconform contoursof
the contours
to the land as
the land
of the much as
as much as
practicable.
practicable.

d. Provisions
d . Provisions of majorstreet
of major extension
streetextension for future
for connection
futureconnection to adj
to oining
adjoining
developedped
develo and/or eve
and/orunderdeveloped
underd lop ed
p.p "rti"
properte * .nl'l be
i s shall manOatory
Uemandatory anO
and
integrated
integrated or atignedwith
or aligned existingones,
withexisting il;;, ifif any.
il.
e. Streets shall be
Sireets shall laid out
so laid
be so out to minimizecritical
to minimize intersectionssuch
criticalintersections such as
as
blind comers,skew
blindcorners, junctions,etc.
skewjunctions, etc.
4
 f.f. Roads
Roads shall
shall conform
conformwith
with civil
civil work
work desi
design criteria
gn crite as per
ria as Section
per Sec lion
10.B .3of
10.B.3 of this
thisRules
Rule sand
andsound
sou ndengineering prac
eng inee ring tice s.
practices.

C. DesignParameters
Design Parameterc
1. Land
1. Lan dAllocation
Allo cati on
a. Saleable
a. Sale ableAre as
Areas

There shall
There be no
shall be no fixed
fixed ratio
ratio between
betweenthe
the saleable portionand
saleableportion and non-
non-
saleable portionof
saleableportion of aa subdivision
subdivision project.
project.

b. Non-saleable
b. Non -sal eabAreas
Are
le as
Non-saleable
Non-saleable areas shall
areas conformwith
shall conform with the minimumrequirements
the minimum requirements
for
for
oj"n .p""" comprising
open space comprising thoseallotted
those alloftedfor
for circulation
circulationsystem,
system'community
community
faci litieand
facilities andpark sand
s parks play grou nds .
andplaygrounds.

b.1 Allocation
b.1 Allocatioofof Areafor
n Area for Park
Parks sand
and Play grounds
Playgrounds

Area allocatedfor
Area allocated parks and
for parks playgrounds
and playgrounds shall be
shall be mandatory
mandatorylor
for
proj ects hectareand
projects 1t hectare aboveano
and above inatt be
and shall be strategically locatedwithin
strategicatlylocated within
thesubdivision
the sub divi sion
project.
Pro ject .
A||o cateareas
Allocated dar eas and playgrounds
parksarks
for forp and p|ay gro shall be non-alienable and
und ssh a||b eno n.a| iena b|ea nd
non-build able for
for community fritt
non-buildable community 6ut buildablefor
hall but buildable for basketball
basketball cou
court.rt' lt
It
shall be exclusive
sha llbe exc lusi ve oJthose
of area sallocated
tt'o. " areas for
allo catefor com mun ity
d community faci litieand
facilities and
s
.n"fi
shall u"ry
vary accodingio-ttteOensityof
according to the density of lots
lots and/or
and/or dwe llingunits the
dwelling units in
in the
subdivision,
subdivision, whic hever
whichever applicable,
is applicable,
is as below:
shownbelow:
as shown
Table1.
Table Parksand
t. Parks and Playgrounds
PlaygroundsAllo cation
Allocation

rcor uou tcHOUSING

ECONOMIC Hou slNG soc Lnu zeo
SOCIALIZED Hou slNG
HOUSING
Dens itY
Density Albca t|on
Allocation Dens ity
Density Alloc ation
Allocation
(No.of
(No. lots/D u'
of lots/DU (% gr6s area
(% of gross area (No. lots/DU
(No. of lots/D u' (% of gross
(% gross area
area
nar hectare)
per hanlaral for pp")
for PP.') per hectare)
per hecta re)_ for PP
for PP").. )
150and
150 b€low
and below 3.5%
3.5 % 150and
150 and below
below 3.s%
3.5%
151
151 -
- 1 6
160 0 4%
4 olo 151 - 160
151 -- 160 4 olo
4%
161--- 175
161 175 5%
5% 161-'175
161 - 175 5 olo
%
- 200
176-- 200
176 6
6%% 1
1767 6---200
mO 6
6%%
201--225
201 225 7%
7Yo fil --225
201 225 7
7%%
Above 225
P6ove 225 9%
9lo Above 225
Above225 9%
9Yo
Dwelling units
* Park sand
parks and Playg roun ds
Playgrounds

In no case
ln no caseshall an area
shallan allocatedfor
areaallocated parks.an
for parks playgrounds
and dplaygrounds be-
be less
less
iii"" roo
than iqr"ie meters.
100 square An addition
meters.An of 1%
additionof increment
1% increment for every10
for every or
10 or
fractionther
fraction above225.
eofabove
thereof 225'
The site
The shall not
site shall not be
be subject nor situated
floodingnor
to flooding
subjeclto situatedin steeppslop
In stee es'
slopes.
Sit"" pot" nii"f
Sites potentially|yhazardous
hazardous dangeroirs.
or dangerous
or to the
to healthand
the health and safety
safetyof
of
users lip"C
,r"" especially children,, should
i"rly children shouldbebe avoided,
avoidede.g.,
e'g',
, alon
along grive rs'
rivers, nea
near r
dum pingsite,etc.
dumping site, etc.
s5
 accessibility
hierarchy'accessibility
on hierarchy, shall
and shall
Locationof
Location shallbe
parksshall
of parks be based
basedon and
befree
be freefrom
fromhazards, risks,barriers,
risks,
hazards, etc'
baniers'etc.

b.2 Area
b.2 AreaAllocated
Allocatedfor Community
for Community Facilities
Facilities

provisionof of area
area forfor neighborhood
neighborhood multi-purpose
multi-purpose @nter
center
Mandatoryprovision
Mandatory
arel.of
bothfor
both for economic
economic and
anOsocialized
socialized housing projecqwith
houJingprojects withaa.gross
gross area of
above.
hectareand above.Theseareas
1t hectare and These areas are
are non-saleable'
non-saleable. However'
However, me
the
d e v e | o p emay
developer y p r o vfor
r m aprovide i d eareas
f o r a rfor
e a scommunity
f o r c o m mfacilities
u n i t y f asuch
c i | i tas
ies
schools and convenience/retail
schooli and convenience/retail centers
centers in
in excess
excess of
of the
the requirement
requirement
s e tforth
set forth in i this
n t h iRule
s R uwhich
| e w hshall
i c h sbeh adeemed
| | b e d esaleable.
e m e d sThe
a l e auseb | eof. Ttheheu
said area shall be indicated in the
saidareashat|beindicatedinthep|anandannotatedinth plan and annotated in the title
thereto. (Referto
thereto.(Refer to Table
Table2)2)

Table2.
Table 2. Facilities to the
Accordingto
FacilitiesAccording Numberof
the Number of Saleable Lots/Dwelling
saleableLots/Dwelling Units
Units
Subdivision Proiects 1 Hectare
for Subdivision Projects 1 Hectare and
and Above
Above

No.
No.of
of Saleable
Saleable Convenience/
Convenience/ Elementary Tricycle
Tricycle
Neighborhood
Neighborhood Elementary High
High
Lots
Lotsand/or
and/or Multi-Purpose
Retail
Retail School
School".. School
School"* Terminal*
Terminal
Multi-Purpose Center*
Center
Dwelling Unit
DwellingUnit Center
Center'
10 &
10 & below
below . . - - -
11-99
11--99 - . - - -
100--- 499
100 499 x
X . - . -
- 999
500-- 999
500 X
X - - . -
- 1499
1000--
1000 1499 X
X - - . -
- 1999
1500--
1500 1999 X
X x
X x
X - X
20ffi-2459
2000 -- 2499 x
X x
X x
X X X
-
2500- 3000
2500 3000 x
X X
X x
X x X
• Mandatory provision of area
area
* Optional
.. Optionalsaleable butwhen
saleablebut providedin
whenprovided in the planthe
the plan the same
sameshall be annotated
shallbe annotatedin
in the title.
thetitle.

Community
Community facilities
facilities shallbe
shall bestrategically
strategicallylocated
located andeasily
and easilyaccessible
accessible
wherethey
where can serve
they can serueaa maximum
maximumnumber
numberof population,
of population, preferably
preferably
nearor sidebysideby
near or side by side by parUplayground.
park/playground.

Thearea
The areaalallocated forcommunity
located for community facilitiesshall
facilities varywith
shallvary withthe
thedensity of
densityof
the subdivision,
the subdivision, i.e.,number
i.e., numberof lotsand/or
of lots and/ordwelling
dwellingunits
unitswhichever
whicheveris
is
applicable,
applicable, asshown
as shownbelow:
below:
Table 3.
Table 3. Community
GommunltyFacilities
FacilitiesAllocation
Allocation

ECONOMIC HOUSING SOCIALIZED HOUSING

Density Allocation Density Allocation
(No. of lots/DU (% of gross area (No. of lots/DU (% of gross area
per hectare) for CF") per hectare) for CF)
150 and below 1.0 150 and below 1.0
151 - 225 1.5 151 - 225 1.5
Above 225 2.0 Above 225 2.0
Dwelling units ·· Communl ty Facilities
b.3 Circulation
b.3 Circulation System
System

The area
The area allocated
allocatedfor
for circulation
circulationsystem
systemshall
shall not
not be fixed,as
be fixed, long as
as long as
the prescribed
the prescribed dimension
dimensionandand requirements
requiiementsfor access
for access(both for pro]J
lOottrtor project
'
siteand
site and dwelling
dwellingunits)
units)specified
specifiedinin these
these Rules
Rulesare compliedwith.
are complied wit'h.
Landcirculation
Land systemshall
circulation system shailcomply
comprywith
with the pertinentrequirements
the pertinent requirementsof
of
BP 344otherwise
BP 344 othenrvise knownas
known as the
the Accessibility
AccessibilityLaw.
iaw.
Beloware
Below are the planningconsiderations
the planning considerationsto be
to be observed
observedfor
for circulation
circulation
layout:
layout:

a. Observance
a. Observance of the
of the hierarchy
hierarchyof roads
of roadswithin
withinthe
the subdivision.
subdivision.
b. Conformance
b. Conformanceto to natural
naturaltopography.
topography.
c. Consideration
c. Consideration for access
for access and
and safety,
safety,e.g.,
e.g., adequate
adequateradius,
radius,
minimum number
minimum number of of roads
roads at at intersections,
intersections,moderate
moderate
slope/grade,
slope/grade, adequatesight
adequate sightdistance,
distance,no no blind
blindcorners,
corners,etc.
etc.
g.
g. Optimization as to
Optimizationas to number
numberof lots
lotsto
to lessen
lessenarea for roads,
areafor roads.at the
the
same timeenhances
sametime enhancescommunity
community interaction.
interaction.

b.3.1 HIERARCHY
b.3.1 HIERARCHY OF ROADS
OF ROADS

Hierarchy
Hierarchy of (withrespect
roads(with
of roads respectto
to function,
function,dimensions
dimensions project
and project
and
area)shall
area) shall be
be observed
observedwhen planningthe
when planning road network
the road networksuch
such that
that
no major
no majoror minor
minorroad
roadalign with an
alignwith an alley
alleyor pathwalk.
or pathwalk.

Table4.
Table Hierarchyof Roads
4. Hierarchy Roads

PROJECT
PROJECT SIZE
SIZE
ECONOMIC
ECONOMIC HOUSING
HOUSING SOCIALIZED
SOCIALIZED
RANGE
RANGE
HOUSING
HOUSING
(has)
(has) HOUSING
HOUSING

minor,motor
major,minor,
major, motorcourt,
court, major,minor,
major, minor,motor
motor
2.5
2-5 has.
has. And
And below
below pathwalk,
alleY
alley court,pathwalk,
court,

Above2.5
Above - 5
2.5--5 - ddo-
o- -- o
doo--

'10 major,collector,
major, minor,
collector,minor, -- ddo-
o-
Above 5 - 10
Above 5-
motorcourt,
motor alley
court,alley
major,collector,
major, collector,minor,
minor,
Above 10 -- 15
Above10 15 -- ddo-
o-
pathwalk,
motorcourt,
motor court,pathwalk,

Above15
Above - 30
15- 30 -- d o-
do- -- o o-
do-

Above30
Above 30 -- o o-
do- -- d
doo--
b.3.2 ROAD
b.3.2 ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
RIGHTOF.WAY

The right-of-way
right-of-way for
for hierarchy shallbe
roadsshall
hierarchyof roads as
be as
The corresponding
corresponding
follows:
follows:
Table
Table 5.
5. Road Right'of-WaY
Road Right-of-Way

RIGHT
RIGHTOF
OF WAY (m)
WAY (m)
PROJECT
PROJECT SIZE
SIZE
RANGE
RANGE ECONOMIC
ECONOMIC HOt
HOUSING SOCIALIZED
SOCIALIZEUHOUSING
FI()IJ UIN('
(has)
(has)
Major Collector Minor
Minor
Major Collector Minor
2.5 belo t
and below
2.5 and 88 - 6.5
6.5 8E - 6.5
o.o
Above 2.5- 5.0
Above2.5-5.0 10
10 - 6.5 10
10 - 6.5
6.5
Above 5.0- 10
Above5.0- 10 10
10 8 o 6.5
6.5 10
10 - 6.5
6.5

Above 10-
Above t4
1 0 - 15 10
10 88 6.5
6.5 10
10 88 6.5
6.5
15 -- 30
Above15
Above 30 12
12 8 6.5
6.5 10
10 8I 6.5
6.5
12
'10
10 A5
6.5
30
Above30
Above 15
15 10
10 A R
6.5
ROW
ROW Carriageway
Caniageway ROW
ROW CaniagewaY
Carriageway
Motor Court
MotorCourt 6o 53 6
o 5
Alley
Alley 22 - - -
Pathwalk
Pathwalk - - 3 -
The
The minimum right-of-wayof
minimumright-of-way of major
major roads shall be
roads shall in accordance
be in accordance
with
with the precedingtable.
the preceding table. However,
However,in in cases the
wherethe major
caseswhere road
major road
will
willserve
serveasas interconnecting
interconnectihg road,itit shall
road, have aa minimum
shallhave right-of-
minimumright-of-
of 10 meters. It shall have a 15-centimeter
way 10 meters.lt shall have a 1s-centimeter
way mix
mix gravel
gravel (pit
(pit run)
run)
basecourse
basecourse on wellcompacted
on well compacted subgrade.
subgrade.

Malor roads
Major roads shall
shall maintain
maintainaa uniform
uniformwidth road right-of-way.
width of road right-of-way'
of
Tapering road
Tapering road width
width shall
shall not
not be
be allowed
allowed where
where the
the road
road right-of-
right-of-
way is
way is wider
wider than
than the prescribedstandard
the prescribed for the
standardfor interconnecting
the interconnecting
roadof the
road the proposed
proposed subdivision.
subdivision.

Minor
Minorroads
roadsshall
shallhave
haveaa right-of-way
right-of-wayof 6.50
6.50 meters wide.
meterswide.

Interior
Interiorsubdivision projectmust
subdivisionproject must secure right-of-wayto
secureright-of-way to the
the nearest
nearest
public road and
public road and the right-of-way shall
the right-of-way shall bebe designated
designated as as
interconnecting
interconnecting roadwith
road wilh aa minimum
minimumwidthwidth of 1010 meters.
meters.This fact
This fact
shall be
shall be annotated
annotatedon
on the
the title
title of the
the said road lot
said road lot and
and must
must be
be
donated
donatedand and deemed
deemedturned
turned over
over to
to the
the LGU
LGU upon completionof
upon completion
the
the said interconnec.ting
said interconnecting road. (SeeFigure
road.(See Figure1:1: Interconnecting
Interconnecting Road)
Road)

Subdivision projects abutting

Subdivision projects abutting main publio road
main public road must provide
must provide
sufficient
sufficientsetbacks
setbackswithwith aa minimum
minimumdimension 3.0 meters
dimensionof 3.0 in
meterc in
depth and
depth and 5.0
5.0 meters
meters in length at
in length at both sides of the
both sides the subdivision
subdivision
entrance
entranceto to accommodate
accommodateloadingloadingand
and unloading passengec.
unloadingof passengers.
(SeeFigure
(See Figure22 :: Setback
SetbackRequirement
Requirement Along MainPublic
AlongMain PublicRoad)
Road)

Contiguous projectsor
Contiguousprojects projectsto
or projects be developed
to be developedby phasesshall
by phases shallbe
be
providedwith
provided with interconnecting
interconnecting roadswith
roads with a minimum right-of-wayof
minimumright-of-way
10.0
10.0 meters. (Approvedas
meters. (Approved per Resolution
as per ResolutionNo.
No. R-374
R-374 dated
dated 03
03
March1987).
March 1987).
8
 Alleyshall
Alley shallhave
haveaa width
widthof of 2.0
2.0meters
metersintended
intendedto breakaa bloc
to break blockkand
and
to serv both ped estr
to serveeboth pedestrianian and fur
and fur emergency
emergency purposes,both
purposes, bothends
ends
connecting
connecting to streets.Itlt shall
to streets. shallnot
notbe
be used
usedas
as access
accessto property.
the property.
to the

Pathwalkshall
Pathwalk shallhave
haveaa width
widthof 3.0
3.0 met ersinte
meters intended
ndedonly provide
to provide
only to
ped estr ian
accessto
pedestrian access propertyfor
to property for socialized
socializedhou singprcj
housing ects.lt
projects. It
sha llhave
shall hav eaa maximum
max imu m leng thof
length 60 meters.
of 60 met erc.

s u 6 D .1
SU8D.1

] •t========'\-. INTERCONNECTING
ROAD

suBo.2
SU8D.2

SUBD.3
SUBD.3

SUBD.,t
SUBD.4

I
t. Interconnecting
Figu re1.
Figure Road
lnterconnectingRoad

5.0m 5.0m

0
ENTRY '----���1----��
-· t-
MAINPUBLIC.
MAIN ROAD
PUB LIC.R OAO

Flgure2.
Figure SetbackRequirement
2. Setback it
RequircmenAlong Main Public Road

9
 b.3.3 PLANTING STRIPS
b.3.3 PLANTINGSTRIPS
Planting strips shall be observed in accordance with following
the
the following
Plantingstrips shall be observedin accordancewith
table:
table:
Table 6, Width of Planting Strips and Sidewalks
Table6. Wdth of PlantlngStripsand Sidewalks
RIGHT-OF ECONOMIC HOUSING SOCIALIZED
SOCIALIZED HOUSING
HOUSING
RIGHT.OF. ECONOMIC HOUSING
WAY Planting Strip Sidewalk Planting Strip Sidewalk
sidewalK
WAY PlantingStrip Slda ralk PlantingSriP
(m) (m) (m) (m)
(m) (m)
(m)
(m) (m) (m)
15
15 1 .1.3
3 1 .1.2
2 1 .1.3
3 1 .1.2
2
12
12 0.80.8 1 . 1.2
2 0.8
0.8 1 .1.2
2
10 0.8 1 . 1.2
2 0.8
0.8 1.21.2
10 0.8
8 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4
0.4 0.60.6
8 0.4
6.5 Optional 0.50.5 Optional
Optional 0.50.5
6.5 Optional

b.3.4 Road Pavement

b.3.4 RoadPavement
Major,minor
Major, minorroads
roadsandandmotorcourt
motorcourtfor economicand
forecnnomic andsocialized
socialized
housing projects
housing projects shall
shall bebe paved
paved with
with asphalt
asphalt with
with minimum
minimum
thickness of 50 milimeters
thicknelsof 50 milimeters or
or concretewith minimumthicknessofof
concrete with minimum thickness
150milimeters
150 milimetersand
andaaminimum
minimumcompressive strengthofof20.7
compressivestrength 20.7Mpa
Mpa
at 28 days. Sidewalk
at 28days.Sidewalk or alley shall be of macadam
or alleyshallbeof macadam finish.
finish.
b.3.5 RoadIntersection
b.3.5 Road Intersection
Roads should
Roads should intersect
intersectatatright
rightangles as much
anglesas much as as practicable'
practicable.
Multiple intersections
Multiple intersections along
along major
major roads
roads shall
shall be
be minimized.
minimized.
Distance between offset intersections
Distancebetweenoffsetintersections should not be less
shouldnot be lessthan than2020
meters from comer to
metersfromcomerto comer. comer.

Road intensections
Road intersections shall
shall be
be povided
provided with
with adequate curb radii
adequate curb radii
consistent
consistent with sound engineering
withsoundengineering principles.
principles. (See Figure 3: Curb
(SeeFigure3 : Curb
Radii Dimension)
Radii Dimension)
b.3.6 Road
b.3.6 RoadGrade/Slope
Grade/Slope

Crown of
Crpwn of the
the roads
roads shall
shall have
have aa slope of not
slope of not less
less than
than 1.5
1.5 to
to 99
percent. (See Figure 4 : Road Grade
percent.(SeeFigure4 : RoadGradeSlope) Slope)

Grades and
Grades andvertical
verticalcurbs
curbs shall
shallconform
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of PublicWorkr and Highways (DPWH),

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Requirement
2. Lot Requirement

a.
a. Lot Planning
Lot Planning

a.1 A
a.1 A lot
lot shall
shall be
be served by an
servedby independent
an independent access by a·
eitherby
accesseither a'road,
road,
motor court,or
motorcourt, pathwalk.Pathwalk
or pathwalk. haveaa maximum
shallhave
Pathwalkshall length
maximumlength of of
60
60 meters
meters iintended
ntended only pedestrianaccess
as pedestrian
only as propertyfor
to property
access to for
socialized
socialized housingprojects.
housing Proiects.
a.2 Deeplots
a.2 Deep andiirregularly
lotsand rregularly shaped lotsshall
shapedlots be avoided.
shallbe avoided.

a.3
a.3 Whenever possible,
Wheneverpossible, lotfrontage
lot frontageelevation
elevation shall be at
shallbe level.
streetlevel.
at street

a.4
a.4 Lots
Lotsshall
shallbe protected
be protected physicalhazards.
againstphysical
against No lot
hazards.No lot shall
shallbe laid
be laid
out
out where potentiaIrisks
where potential risks exist (e.g. erosion,
exist (e.g. flooding,
slides, flooding,
erosion, slides,
faultlines,
faultlines, etc.)
etc.)

a.5
a.5 Lots
Lots shall
shall be protectedagainst
be protected againstnon-conforming
non-conforming uses and/or
uses other
and/orother
risks
risksthroughthe
through the provision
provision of
of adequate
adequate bufier
buffer strips,
strips, protective
protective walls,
walls,
and roadsor
androads or other simtlar
othersimilar devices.
devices.

a.6
a.6 Lot
Lot shall
shall be so llaid
be so out that
aid out that administrative
administrative boundaries,
boundaries, water
water
courses/drainage
courses/drainage waysutility
ways linesdo
utilitylines notbisect
do not bisectthe lots.
the lots.

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12
 b. Minimum
b. l$inimum LotAre
Areaa
The minimum
The minimum lot
lot area
area of various
various types
types of hou for eco
sing for
housing economic and
nomic and
socializedhousing
socialized projectshall
housingproject shallbe follows:
as foll
be as ows:

Tab le7.
Table tinimum Lot
7. Minimum Lot Area
Arca
TYP ESOF
TYPES OF ECO NO MIC
ECONOMIC SOC IAL IZE D
SOCIALIZED
HO USI NG
HOUSING (scm)
(sqm) (sqm )
(sqm)
a. Sing leDetached
a. Single Det ach ed 72
72 u
64
b. Duplex/SingleAttached
b. Duplex/Single A,ttached u
54 48
48
Rowhouses
c. Rowhouses
c. 36
36 32
32

NOTE:
NOTE:

1". Saleable
1. Saleable lots designated as
lots designated duplex/singleatta
as duplex/single attached and/or
ched and /or
r.o,t -." lots
rowhouse shall be
lots shall providedwith
6e provided with hou singcomponents'
housing components.

2. Price
2. Prieofof sal lots intended
eablelots
saleable intendedfor singledet
for single acheduni
detached tssha
units shallllnot
not
exceed 4Oo/o
exeed 40% ot tf'e
of maiimum selling
the maximum price of the
sellingprice the hou
house and lot
seand lot
package.
Package'
Frontages
c. Lot Frontages

The minimum
The minimumlot frontagesfor var
lot frontages ioustyp
various eso1
types of hou
housing bothhfor
singbot for eco
economic
nomic
sociatizedhousing
anJ socialized
and projectsshall
housingprojects shallbe as foll
be as follows:
ows:

Tab le 8.
Table Frontage
Minimum Lot Frontage
8. Minimum

TYP ESOF
TYPES OF FRONTAGE
HOUSING LOT
HO USI NG/ LOT (m)
1. Single
1. Det ach ed
Sing leDetached
Lot
Com erLot
a. Comer
a. I8
Reg ularLot
b. Regular
b. Lot 88
Lot
lneg ularLot
c. Irregular
c. 4
Inte riorLot
d. Interior
d. Lot 33
2. Duplex/SngleAttached
2. Duplex/Single Attached 5
6
Ro{house
3. Rowhouse
3. 4

NOTE:
NOTE:
For rowhousesthere
For rowhouses, the shallbe
, reshall maximumof
be aa maximum oJ 20
20 units per blo
unitsper or
ckor
block
butin
clusterbut
cluster no case
'n no G more
ca"J shall this be tot" than 100meters
than100 metersinin length.
length'
"ln"'iiirt-i"
ol Block
3. Lengthof
3.Length Block
Maxim blocklength
umblock
Maximum 4oometers.
lensthisis400 meter.s' otn"I1 block
llHowever, ?l- length exceeding 250
H: [["'h:"
meters iT#ffi';;,il;a
shall already be provided ,ith
with a
a 2-m ete
2-meter o:1
r ,':^
arr
alley :9tpro
ap
rey l^::::*l
ximH,i
approximately 1?
at
ate
at lv
midlength.
midlength.

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4. Shelter GomPonent
ShelterComponent
a.
a. Floor
FloorArea Requircment
AreaRequirement
floor
floorarea requirement
arearequirement for single-family
forsingle-family dwelling
dwelling shall 2?
be 22
shallbe
Theminimum
The minimum
socialized
for socialized
mefersfor
squaremeters
square tor economic
economiihousing
housingand 18square
and 18 metersfor
squaremeters
housing.
housing.
b.
b. Minimum
MinimumLevel Completion
Levelof Completion
The minimum level of completion for economic housing shall be complete
Theminimumleve|ofcomp|etionforeconomichousingsha||be.c
o a s e on
n o u s ebased
house o o nthe
t h esubmitted
s u b m i t tspecifications.
e d s p e c i f i c aFor
t i o nsocialized
s . F o r s ohousing
cia|izedh
project, it
it shall
shall be
be shell
shell house
house with
with doors
doors and
and windows
windows to
to enclose
enclose the unit.
theunit.
fro;ect,
provisionof
Provision of firewall
firewallshall
shaltbebe mandatory
mandatory for and single
duplexand
for duplex attached
singleattached
units
unitsand
andat
at every unitfor
everyunit owhouses.
for rowhouses.
5.
5. Setback/Yard
Setback/Yard
The
The minimum
minimum setback
setback of dwelling
dwelling unit
unit both for economic
both for economicand socialized
and socialized
projectshall
housingproject
housing shallbe
be as follows:
as follows:

a.
a. Setback
Frcnt Setback
Front 1.5 m.
1 . 5m.
b.
b. ya'd
Side yard
Side 1.5m
1.5 (fromthe
m (from thebuilding
buildingline)
line)
c.
c. yard
Rear yard
Rear m.
2 . 0m.
2.0
d.
d. Abutments
Abutments Maybe
May be allowed per requirements
allowedper requirementsof of the
the
National
National Building
Building Codeof
Code of the
thePhilippines
Philippines
6.
6. Water Supply
Water Supply

Whenever public water

Whenever aa public water supply
supply system
system exists, to itit by
connectionto
exists, connection by the
the
subdivision is mandatory.
subdivisionis mandatory.

Eachlot
Each and/orliving
lot and/or livingunit
unitshall
shallbebe served
sewedwith
withwater
waterconnection (regardlessof
connection(regardless
the type distributionsystem). Water supply
the type of distribution system). Water supply provided
provided by the local
by the local water
water
district shall
district shall be
be potable and
potable and adequate. Itlt
adequate. shall
shall be
be
complemented/supplemented
complemented/supplemented by
by other sources,when necessary,such as
other sources, when necessary, such as
@mmunalwell
communal well which
which may
may be
be located
locatedstrategically
strategicallyfor
for ease
ease and
and convenience
convenience
in fetching
in fetching water
water byby residents
residentsand
and at
at the
the same
same time not closer
time not closer than
than 300
300
metersfrom
meters frcm each
each other.
other.

If publicwater
lf public water supply systemis
supplysystem is not
not available,
available,the
the developer
developershall providefor
shall provide for
an independent
an independent water
watersupply
supplysystem
systemwithin
withinthe
the subdivision
subdivision project.Minimum
project. Minimum
guantityrequirement
quantity requirementshall
shallbe
be 150
150liters percapita
litersper per day.
capitaper day.

Each subdivision
Each must have
subdivisionmust have at
at least
leastan
an operational
opemtionaldeepwell
deepwelland pump sets
and pump sets
with sufficient
with sufficient capacity
capacity to provide average
to provide average daily
daily demand (ADD) to
demand (ADD) to all
all
homeowners
homeowners prcvided
provided a spare
a spare pump
pump and motorset is reserved.
and motor set is reserved.

Likewise,required
Likewise, permitsfrom
requircdpermits frcm the
the NWRB
NWRBshall
shallbe
be obtained
obtainedand
and standards
standardsof
the LocalWaterUtilitiesAdministration
the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA)
(LWUA) shall
shallbe compliedwith.
be complied with.

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14
If groundreservoir
lf ground reservoirisis to
to be put up,
be put up, an
an area
area shall
shall be
be allocated for this
allocatedfor purpose
(part this purpose
of alloc ationfor communityfacilit
(part of allocation for community ies).The
facilities). size shall
The size shalldepend on
dependon volumvolumee
of water.intended
of water. intended toto be
be stored.
stored. Itlt shall protectedfrom pollu
shall be protected
be from tion by
pollution by
providingbuffer
providing bufferof
of at least25
at least 25 meters
metersfromfrom sources pollution/contamination.
sourcesof pollution/contamination.
For elevated
For elevatedreservoir,
reseNoir,structural
structuraldesign
designshall
shallcomply with acce
complywith accepted structural
ptedstruc tural
standardsor
standards the National
or the NationalBuilding
BuildingCode
Code of the The
Philippines. The elevated
the Philippines. elevated
reseryoiror water
reservoir watertank
tank capacity
capacitymust
must be 20Voaverage
be 20% dailydemand
averagedaily fire
plus fire
demandplus
reserve.
reserve.

Altemativesources
Alternative sourcesof wate supplymay
waterr supply may be
be availed as collected
such as
availedof such collectedrain
rain
wate r and otherdevic
water and other devices withwater
eswith waterimpounding
impoundingcapa city.
capacity.

Provisionfor
Provision for fire protectionshall
fire protection shall comply
complywith
with the requirementsof the
the requirements the Fire
code of the Philippines.
of the Philip pinesWhichever
whic .lir9
Code . is applicable,
heve ris appli cablethe
, Loca
the Government
Local lGove rnme nt Unit
Unit
shall provide each
shall provide each community
communrtywithwith fire hydrants and
fire hydrants and aa cistern
cistern that are
that are
operationaat
operational at all times
l all times. .

For multi-storey
For mufti-storeybuilding,
building,aa water
water tank shall be
tank shall providedif the
be provided height of the
the height the
building press urein
requ irespressure
build ingrequires in excess
exce ssof that
that in the main
in the mainwate
water rline. capa city
line.Capacity
shoufdbe
should 20o/oaverage
be 20% avetaQedaily plusfire
demandplus
dailydemand fire reser
reserve.
ye'
7. Electrical Power
?. Electrical Power SuPP
SupplyIY

When poweris
when power is available withinthe
availablewithin the locality
localityof the projectsite,
the project site, its
its connection
connectiontoto
in" subdivision is
the required. Actual
is required. connection,however,
Ac{ualconnection, however,maymay depend
dependonon the
the
"u6O
minim
minimumumiui"io
numbnerof users
number usersas requ iredby
as required by the powe rsupp
the power lier'
supplier.

Prov ision
Provision streeteet|i
ofofstr lighting pergper
ghtin polepo|e be mandatory
shallsha| |bem anda if poles are SO-meter
toryi fpo|e sare 50-m eter
distaG and
distance and at ever! other
at every pole if the
otherpole the dista nceis
distance less than
is less 50 mete
than 50 rs.
meters.

Insta llatiopractices,
Installation npra cticematerials
s,ma teria and lsand used,
fixturesfixtu be in
shallsed,
resu accordance with
shall bein acco rdan cewi th
p.uSion" of the
in" provisions
the the existing rules and
existingrules and regul of the
ations,of
regulations the Natio nalEtect
National rical
Electrical
CjOL of
Code phitip pinesor the
the Philippines or
ot the tfle Local Ebaiic Franchise
Local Electric Holder/LocalElect
FranchiseHolder/Local ric
Electric
Cooperativeor
Cooperative the local
or the localutility company'
utilitycompany.

Electricbills
Electric billsshall proportionately
be proportionately
shallbe shoulderedby
shouldered the users
by the priorto issua
usersprior nce
issuance
Completion (COi)
J c"rtifi".t" ot Comptetion(COC) and tum over
of Certificate of and tum over of open
open spac
space to
e Local
to Local
Gove rnme nt
Government (LGU ).
Unit(LGU).
Unit

8. SewageDisposal
8. Sewage DisPosalSYst em
System

a. Septic
a. Tank
SePt icTank

The sewage
The sewa gedisposal syste mshall
dispo salsystem shallbe comm unalor
be communal indiv idual
or individual septi ctank
septic tank
*if"*i^S
conforming to ine
to standard of the
Oesign standard
the design the Sanitation Code of the
Sanitation Code the
Philip pines .
Philippines.

b. Connectionto
b. Connection CommunitySewer
to Community System
SewerSystem

Whenever appli
Wheneveapplicable,
r conn
cableconnections
, ectionsshall
shall be madeto
be made an approved
to an approvedPYbI
public or
:::
community
community iewer system,
sewer system,subject
subjectto the requirements
to the requirements and prov
and isionof
provisions s
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155
 Code
Codeofot the Philippinesand
the Philippines applicable and
rulesand
the
the Sanitation
Sanitation lng other
9ih€r applicable
practic
rules
i"irr"ti" "t with
regulations regard
tith regard to materiais
to materials andinstalla
and installation practices.es'
tion

Drainage
9. Drainage
9. SYstem
System

The design of the drainage system of the subdivision shall take into
consideration existing development of adjacent areas relative to their
impact/effect on its drainage system, if any. Further, it shall conform with the
natural drainage pattern of the subdivision site, and shall drain into
appropriate water bodies or public drainage system or natural outfalls. In no
case shall drainage outfalls drain into a private lot. Its layout shall conform
with
with sound prir
design principles
engineering design
sound engineering certified by a duly licensed
civil /sanitary
civil/sa engine er.Drain
engineer.
nitary Drainlines
linesshall
shal be of durable materials and approved
practice
installationpractices.s.
installation

The minimum
The minimumdrainage for economic
systemfor
drainagesystem economicand
and socialized
socializedhousing be
shall be
housingshall
concrete
concretelined
linedcanal
canalwith
with load
loadbearing cover.
bearingcover.

In
ln case
case of non-existence
non-existenceof drainage systemin
drainagesystem in the
the locality,
locality,catchment area
catchmentarea
for drainage discharge
for drainage discharge shall
shall be
be pr6vide
provided d for and
and developed
develop ed by
by the
the
owner/developer
owner/devJloperin in consultation
consultationwith
with local
local authorities private entities
authoritiesor private entities
concerned,
concerned, to to prevent
prevent flooding
flooding of adjacent
adjacen t propert
property.
y. Moreov
Moreover, said
er, said
catchmentarea
catchment area shall be made
shall be made safe
safe and
and maintained.
maintained.

lf applicable,
If applicable,underground drainageesystem
undergrounddrainag systemshall
shall be providedwith
be provided with adequate
adequate
pipes (RCP),
concrete pipes
reirf6rced concrete
reinforced (RCP), catch
catch basins,
basins, manholes/inlets and cross
manholes/inletsand cross
drain for
drain for efficient mainte nance.Minimum
efficien t maintenance. Minimu mdrainage pipe shall
drainag e pipe be 300
shall be 300
millime ters.
millimeters.
'10.Garbage
10. Disposal System
GarbageDisposal System

Garbage disposal
Garbage disposal shall
shall be undertakenby
be undertaken by the
the local govemmentor In
local government in the
the
absencethereof,
absence thereof, by
by individual
individuallot owners or homeowners association,
lot owners or homeownersassociation,withwith
properobservance
proper observanceof sanitary practicesand
sanitarypractices and methods.
methods.
11.Fire
11. Fire Firefighting
Firefigh tlng

TheHomeowners
The Homeowners Associ ation
Association shallform
shall form fire brigadein
fire brigade in collaboration
collaboration with the
with the
barangayfire
barangay fire brigade.
brigadeWater
Water
. for fire
for fightingshall
firefighting shallbe
be part
part of the water
of the watersupply
supply
requirements
requirements and shallcomply
andshall with the
comply with requirements
the requirements of the
of the locaUd
local/district fire
istrict
fire
unitof
unit of the Philipp ine
the Philippine National
NationaPolice.
Police.
l

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 Tab le9.
Table 9. PLANNING
PLA NNI NGAND
AND DESIGN
DES IGNSTANDARDS
STA NDA RDS
FOR A RES IDEN TIAL
SUBDIVISIONPROJECT
FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION PROJECT
UND ERBP220
UNDER BP 220

PARAMETERS ECONOMIC HOUSING SOCIALIZED HOUSING

1. Project Location Withi
Withinn suitable
suitablesites housing and
sites for housing and outside potentialhazard
outsidepotential prone
hazardprone
and protection
and orote ctionarea
areas.s.

2. Allocation for
Land Allocation fot
Proje cts1I hectare
Projects hecta reand
and
above
above
a. Saleable
a. Sale ableArea
Area a. Variable
a. Varia ble
b. Non-saleable
b. Non- salea blearea b.
area b. See
Seeopen
openspace
spac erequirement
requ ireme nt per b.1,
as per
as b.1,b.2 and b.3
b.2 and b'3
Mand atoryallocation
Mandatory parks and
for parks
alloc etionfor playg roun dsper
and playgrounds per tabul ation
tabulation
belo\rr:
below:

b.1
b.1 Area for
Area for parks Density
Parks Density %d
%of Density
Density % of
%
andplaygrounds
and Playgrounds (No,
(No. of
of Lots
Lots ot
or Gros
Gross Area
sArea (No.of Lot:
(No. Lot3or Gross Area
Gros sArea
for projects 11 Dwelling
for projects Dwelling Unit for
Unit Parks &
for Parks & Dwel lingUnit
Dwelling Unit for Park s&
for Parks
hectare
hectare PerH
& Per
& Hectare) Playgrounds
ectare) Playgrounds Per Hectare)
Per Heclars) Playg rounds
Playgrounds
above.
above.
150
150 && below
betow 3.5Yo
3.5% 150 & below
150 & below 3.5o/
3.5% o
151-
151 - 160
160 4.Oo /o
4.0% 151-
151 - 160
160 4.OY
4.0% o
161-
161 _ 175
175 S.0%
5.0% 161-- 175
161 175 5.0Y o
5.0%
fl6_m
176 - 200g 6.Oo h
6.0% 176-- 200
176 NO 6'OY
6.0% o
201-
201 _225
225 7.QY o
7.0% 201--225
201 225 7.0%
7.0%
Above225
Above 225 9.0o/o
9.0% Above 225
Above225 9.O%
9.0%

An addition of 1% increment for every 10 or fraction thereof above

225.
225.

ln no
In nocase thallan
case shall allocated
areaallocated
anarea for park
for parks sand playgrounds
and playgrounds be.le
be lessss
il;1d100
than ;;r";C t"r". meters. The
square bestrategically
Th" same shall be located
strategicallv
located
withinthe
within thesubdivision n ct'""m" "hall
subdivisioproject.
Prq€

b.2 Area for Mandatory provision of area for neighborhood multi-purpose center
community both for economic and socialized housing projects with area of 1
facilities hectare and above. These areas are non-saleable. However, the
developer may provide for areas for community facilities such as
schools and convenience/retail centers in excess of the mandatory
requirement set forth in this rule which shall be deemed saleable.
The use of the said area shall be indicated in the plan and annotated
in the
in titlethereto.
thetitle (Refe rto
there to'(Refer to Tabl6
Table 2)
2)

Dens ity
Density % of Gross
% of Area
Gros sArea Dens ity
Density % Area
Gros sArea
7oof Gross
(No.of lots
(No. or for
lotsor Com muni ty
for Community (No.of lots
(No. for Com
lotsor for muni ty
Community
Dwel lingU nits
DwellingUnits Facil ities
Facilities bwel lingU nits
Dwe\lingUnits Faci lities
Facilities
Per Hectare)
Per Hectare) Per Hectare)
Per Hectare)

150&
150 belo w
& below 1.Oo /o
1.0% 150& belo
150 beloww 1.o%
1.0%
151- 225
151-- 225 1'5%
1.5% 151- 225
151-- 225 't.5%
1.5%
225
Above225
Above 2.Oo/o
2.0% Above 225
Above225 2'Oo/o
2.0%

b.3 Circulation Obse rvehiera

Observe rchyof roads
hierarchy roads
Systern

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 PARAMETERS ECONOMIC
ECONOMIC HOUSING
HOUSING SOCIALIZED HouslNG
ilcnr-zEo HOUSING
PARAMETERS
3. Minimum
3. MinimumLot Areas
Lot Areas 64 sqm.
72 sqm.
72 sqm. 64 sqm.
a. Oetached
SingleDetached
a. Single sqm.
48 sqm.
48
b. Duplex/Single-
b. DuPlex/Single- sqm.
54 sqm.
54
Attached
Attached
32 sqm.
36 sqm.
36 sqm. 32 sqm.
c. Rowhouse
c. Rowhouse

Saleablelots
Saleable lotsdesignated
designated as duplex/single-attached
as duplex/single-attached and/or rowhouse
and/orrowhouse
lots
lotsshall
shallbe providedwith
be provided withhousing components'
housingcomponents.

Price of saleable
Price of saleablelots
lots intended for single-detached
intendedfor units shall
singledetachedunits not
shall not
exceed 40% of the maximum
exceed 40% of the maximum selling
selling price
price for
for house
house and
and lot
lot
package.
package.

4.
4. Minimum
flinimum LotLot
Frontage
Frontage
4.1 Single
4.1 D€tach€d
SingleDetached
a. comerlot
a. comerlot 8m.
8m.
b. lot
regularlot
b. regular 8m.
8m.
c. lot
inegularlot
c. irregular 4m.
4m.
d. interior
d. lot
interiorlot 3m.
3m.
4.2 Single
4.2 SingleAttached/
Attached/ 6m.
6m.
Duplex
Duplex
4.3 Rowhouse
4.3 Ro\ryhouse 4m.
4m.

5.
5. Length
Length of Block lengthof
Maximumlength
Maximum blockis
of block 400meters.
is 400 However,blocks
meters.However, blocksexceeding
exceeding
250meters
250 motersshall
shallbe provided
be provided withaa 2-meter
with approximately
alleyapproximately
2-met€ralley at
at
midl€ngth.
mid length.

7. Road
7. Road Right-of-Way
Rightof4Yay

ProjectSize
Project Range
SizeRange Major
Major Collector
Collector Minor
Minor Major
Major Colloctor
Collector Minor
Minor
(m)
(m) (m)
(m) (m)
(m) (m)
(m) (m)
(m) (m)
(m)
hes.&
2.5 has.
2.5 & below
b€low 88 - 6 . 5 - 6.5 88 - 6 . 5 - 6.5
Abovo2.5-5has.
Above 2.5 --5 has. 10
10 -- 6.5
6.5 10
10 .- 6.5
6.5
A b o v e5 S
Above - -10
1 0has.
has. 10
10 88 6.5
6.5 10
10 -- 6.5
6.5
Above 10- 15 has.
Above10--15 has. 10
10 8I 6.5
6.5 10
10 8I 6.5
6.5
Above15
Above 15-- 30 has.
30 has. 12
12 88 6.5
6.5 10
10 88 6.5
6.5
Abov€30
Above 30 has.
has. 15
15 10
10 6.5
6.5 12
12 10
10 6.5
6.5

ROW
ROW Carriageway
Carriageway ROW
ROW Caniageway
Carriageway

MotorCourt
Motor Court 66 5 66 5
AIley
Alley 22 - 22 -
Pathwalk
Pathwalk - - 33 .
The minimum
The minimumright-of-way
right-of-wayof major roads
of major roads shall
shall be in accordance
be in accordance
with the
with precedingtable.
the preceding table. However,
However,in in cases where the
cases where the major
major road
road
will serve
will seryeasas interconnecting
int€roonnec{ing road,itit shall
road, haveaa minimum
shallhave -of-
right--of-
minimumright
way of
way 10 meters.
of 10 meters. Itlt shall
shallhave
haveaa 15-centimeter
1s-contimeter gravel(pit
mix gravel
mix (pit run)
run)
basecourseon
basecourse on well
well compacted
compactedsubgrade.
subgrade.

Major roads
Major roads shall maintain aa uniform
shall maintain width of road
uniform width right-of.{,vay.
road right-of-way.
Taperingof road
Tapering road width
width shall
shall not
not be allo ,ed where
be allowed whero the
the road
road right-of-
right{f-
way is
way wider than
is wider than the prescrib€dstandard
the prescribed standardfor
for the intorconnocting
the interconnecting
roadof
road of the proposedsubdivision.
the proposed subdivision.
Minorroad
Minor roadshall
shallhave
haveaa minimum
minimumright-of-way
right-of-way 6.50meters
of 6.50 mebrs..
.
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 PARAMETERS ECONOMIC HOUSING SOCIALIZED HOUSING
6. Road
6. RoadRight-of-Way
Righ t-of-W ay NOTE:
NOT E:
(cont 'd)
(cont'd) 1. Interior
1. Interior subdivision
subdivision p'roie
projectct must
must secure
secur€ dght- the
to ttle
of-way to
right-of-way
nearest publi croad
near eslpublic road and
and the
the right-of-way
right' of-wa yshall
shall b€
be desig natedas
designated as
interc onno cting
interconnecting road
road with
with a minim umright-of-way
a minimum right- of-wa yofof 10
10 meters.
mete rs.
This
This fact shallbe
fact shall be annotated
anno tatedon the title
on the saidroad
title of said roadlot
lot and
and must
must
be donated
be dona ted andand deemed
deem ed tumeturnedd over
over toto the
the LGU
LGU upon
upon
como letionof
completion of the
the said
saidinterconnecting
interc onne cting (S€efigure
foad. (See
road. figur€1)1)
2. Subdivision
2. proje cts abutt
Subd ivisio nprojects abutting main publi
ing main publicc thoro ughfa re.
thoroughfare must
must
orovi desufficient
provide suffic ientsetbacks (at least
setba cks(at least 3.0
3.0 meters
mete rsin
in depth by
depth 5.0
by 5'0
mete6 in
meters in lengt
length) at both
h) at both sides the subdivision
sides of the subdivisionentrance
enhance to to
acco mmo date-
accommodate loadiand
loading and
ng unloa ding
unloading of pass enge
passengers. rs(S€e
(See figure
figure
2)
2l

3.
- Conti
3. guousprojects
Contiguous projectsto be
projectsor projects be deve lopedbv
developed ph""9:-1h4
by phases shall1
be pr6"iO "O
Ue provided with
wiih interconnecting
interconnoctingroad
road with
with a minim um right-
minimum of-
right-of-
wayof 10
way mete rs.
10 meters.

4.' Alley
4. shall have
Alleyshall hav€a width
width of 2.0
2.0 meters
m€tersinten dedto break
intended break a block
block
t!t" both
and to serve pede strianand
bothpedestrian and for purp osesboth
emer genc ypurposes,
for emergency both
'
"nJ'to
ends connecting tb sbeets. ltIt shall
to streets. shall not be used
not bc used as acc€s
accesss to
prope"onn"
"nO" rty. "ting
property.

5. Pathwalk
5. Path walkshallshall have
have a width mete 6 intended
3'0 meters
width of 3.0 inten dedonly
only lo
to
provi depedestrian
provide pede strianacceaccess to pfope
ss to rtyfor-s
property ocial izedhous
for socialized ing
housing
lrolects.' Itlt shall
projects. shall have
havs a maximum longthof 60
maximumlength meters'
60 meters.

8. Hierarchy
8. Hierarchy of Roads
Roads per
Per
Project
Proje ctSize Rang e
SlzeRange

has.&
2.5 has.
2.5 & below
belon t Maio r,minor,
Major, moto rcourt,
mino r,motor alley
court ,alley Major,mino
Major, motor rcour
minor, r,moto court,t'
pathwalk
pathwalk
Abov e2.5
Above 2.5-5 has.s.
-5ha {(>
-do- do-
-do-
A b o v e5-10
Above 5 - 1 0has.
has. Major, mino r'motor
colle ctor,minor,
Malo r,collector, moto r -oo-
-do-
court, alleY
court, alley
'10- 15
Abov e10-
Above has.
15 has. do-
-do- Major, collector,minor,
Malor,collector, motor
minor,motor
court
court,, Pathw
pathwalk
alk
Above 15-
Abov €15 - 30 has.
30 has. {o-
-do- {o-
-do-
Abov e30
Above has.
30 has. do-
-do- {o-
-do-

RoadssSp€
9. Road
9. Specifications
cifica tlons
9.1 Planting
9.1 Plan tingStrip (PS)
StriP(PS)
(SW)
Side walk(SW)
. Sidewalk

ROW
ROW PS Sw

15.0m.
15.0m. 1.30m 1.20 m
12.0m.
12.0 m. 0.80 m 1.20 m
m.
10.0m.
10.0 0.80 m 1.20 m
m.
8.0m.
8.0 0.40 m 0.60 m
6.5m.
6.5m. optional 0.50 m

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 PARAMETERS ECONOMIC HOUSING FII ouslNc
SOCIALIZED HOUSING l
PARAMETERS
9.2
9.2 Road
RoadPavement
Pavement I

Concrete/Asphalt
Conctete/Asphalt
Major
Major
Concrete/Asphalt
Concrete/Asphalt
Minor
Minor
Motor Court
MotorCourt Macadam
Macadam
Sidewalk Macadam
Macadam
Sidewalk
Pathwalk/Alley Macadam
Macadam
PathwalUAlleY
pavementshall thicknessof
minirnumthickness
nave aa minimum
stratthave 150
ot 150
ed;l€te road
Concrete road pavement
milimeters and a minimum compressive
milimetersand i minimumcompressive strength
strength of
of 20'7
20.7 MPa
MPa al
at 28
28
J"i".- n"pn"rt
days. Asphalt pavement
pavement shall
shali have
have a
a minimum
minimum thickness
thickness of
of 50
50
milimeters.
milimeters.

supply
WatorSupply Mandatoryconnection
Mandatory connectionto to appropriate publicwater
appropriatepublic Each
system' Each
water system.
10. Water
10.
pump
subdivision
subdivision shall haveat
shallhave leastan
at least operational
an operational deepwell
deepwell and
and pump
sets with
sets with sufficient capacityto
sufficientcapacity provideADD
to provide ADD to all homeowners
to all homeowners
providedfurther
provided jpare pump
thataa spare
furtherthat pumpand setis
motorset
andmotor Water
reseNedWater
is reserved.
shallbe
supplyshall
supply potable
bepotable and adequate
andadequate.

10.1Minimum
10.1 Minimum Water
Water
Supply
Supply 150liters
150 percapita
litersper perday
capibper household
forhousehold
dayfor connection
connection
Requirement
Requirement

10-2Fire
10.2 Fire Protection
Protectlon tor fire
Provision for
Provision protection facilities
fire protection comply with
shall comply
facilities shall the
with the
Demand
Demand requirements
requirements of
of the FireCode
the Fire Codeofof the
the Philippines.
Philippines.

10. Electrical
10. Electrlcal Power
Power individualhousehold
Mandatoryindividual
Mandatory householdconnection primaryand
connectionto primary and alternate
aK€mate
Supply
Supply sources porer ifif service
sourcesof power serviceis availablein
is available the locality.
in the locality.

provisionof
Mandatoryprovision
Mandatory of street lightingper
streetlighting pole ifif 50-meter
per pole distance;
so-meterdistance;
at pole,if the
other pole,
everyother
at every the distance
distanceisis less
lessthan
than 50
50 meters.
meters.

Electric bills shall

Electricbills proportionately
be proportionately
shall be shouldered
shoulderedbyby users prior to
users prior to
issuanceof Coc andtum overof open
issuance of COC and tum over of spaceto LGU.
openspace to LGU.

Installation practices, materials

Installation practices, materials and fixtures used
and fixtures be in
shall be
used shall in
accordan@with
accordance with the provisionof
the provision of the
the Philippine
PhilippineElectrical
El€ctricalCode and
Codeand
localutility
local utilitycompany.
company-

12. Drainage
12. DralnageSystem
System The drainage
The drainagesystem for economic
system for e@nomicand sochlized housing
and socialized projects
housingprojects
shallbe
shall madeof
be made concretelined
of concrete lined canal with adequate
canal with adequatecapacity and
capacityand
withload
with loadbearing
bearingcover.
cover.

The drainage
The drainagesystem mustconform
systemmust conbrm with the natural
withthe naturaldrainage pattem
drainagepattern
of the
of subdivision
the subdivision site,and
site. and shall
shalldrain
draininto
intoappropriate
appropriate weterbodies,
water bodies,
publicdrainage
public drainagesystem
systemoror natural
naturaloutfalls.
outfalls.

lf applicable,
If applicable,underground
undergrcunddrainage
drainagesystem
systemshall providedwith
be provided
shall be with
reinforced concrete
adequate reinforced
adequate pipes (RCP),
concrete pipes (RCP), catch
catch basins,
basins,
manholevinlets
manholes/inlets crossdrain
and cross
and for efficient
drainfor maintenan@.
eflicientmaintenance. Minimum
Minimum
drainage
drainage pipe
pipe diametershallbe 300 milimeters.
diameter shall be 300 milimeters.
'

20
20
 PARAMETERS ECONOMIC HOUSING SOCIALIZED HOUSING
13. Sewage
13. Sew ageDisposal
Disp osal
Syste m
System

13.1Septic
13.1 Sept ic
Tank
Tank Indiv iduaseptic
Individual sept
l ictank
tank conforming
conf ormi ng to the standards
to the stan dard sand desig nof
and design of
Sani tationCode
Sanitation Codeof the Philip pines
the Philippines.

Cons tructi on
Construction of indiv idualseptic
of individual septi ctanks
tanksshall
shallconform
confo rmto
to the
the standards
stand ards
anddesign
and of Sanitation
desig nof Sani tatioCode
Code
n of the
of Phili ppin es.
the Philippines.

13.2 Connection
13.2 Conn ectioto
to
n Whe neve rapplicable,
Whenever appli cable connection
,conn ectio nshall be made
shall be made to an approved
to an appr oved
Com muni ty
Community publi cor
public or community
oomm unity sewe
sewer rsyste
systemmsubie
'sani tation subjectctto the requ
to the ireme ntsand
requirements and
Sewer System
SewerSystem lrovis ions of
provisions the Sanitation Code
of the Code of thethe Philippines
Philip pinesand other
and other
applicable rules
appl icablrules
e and andregulations.
regu latio ns.

14. Garbage
14. Garb ag€Disposal
Oisp osal Prov idesanitary
Provide sanit aryand
and efficient
effici entrefuse colle ctionand
refus ecollection and disposal
dispo salsystem
syste m
Syste m
System wnet nerinOe
whether penO ently
independently or in conjunction
or in conju nctio nwith
with the local gove
the local mme nt
government
garb agecollection
garbage and disposal
colle ctionand dispo salservices.
seNi ces.

Shol terComponent
15. Shelter Com Pon€ nt

Minim umFloor
15.1Minimum
15.1 Floo r
Area
Area
a. Single
a. Sing le 22 sqm. 18 sqm .
18 sqm.
Deta ched
Detached
b. Duplex/Single
b. DuP lex/S ingle 22 sqm. 18
18 sqm
sqm. .
Attached
Attached
c. Rowhouse
c. Rowh ouse 22sqm. 18 sqm '
18sqm

provi sionof
Mand atoryprovision
Mandatory of firewall for duplexes/single-attached
firew allfor units
duple xesJ singl e-att eche
units
d
unitfor
and at every unit (SeeFigure
rowh ouse s(See
for rowhouses Figur e11)
11)
"nA "i "u"ry
numb er of
The number
The rowh ouse s shall
of rowhouses not exceed
shall not 20 units
exce ed 20 per
units per
blocu clust erbut
block/cluster in no
but in snall this
c€se shall
no case this be more than
be more 100 mete in
than 100 metersrsin
leng th.
length.

Minim umLevel
15.2Minimum
15.2 of
Leve lof
Com Pletio n
Completion

a. Sing le
a. Single Com Plete
Complete hous e
house Shel hous e
Shell lhouse
Deta ched
Detached (Bas edon
(Based the submitted
on the subm itted (withdoor
(with and wind
doorssand o\rsto
windows
specifications)
spec ificat ions) enclo sethe unit)
enclose the unit)
b. DuP le)ds ingle
b. Duplex/Single same
same same
same
Attached
Attached
Row hous es
c. Rowhouses
c. samne same

16. Setback/Yard
16. Setba cldYa rd
Front setback
a. Front setba ck 1.5
1 . 5m
yard
Side yard
b. Side 1.5
1 .5 mm (from
(from the ingline)
building
the build line)
yard
Rear yard
c. Rear 2 . 0m
2.0 m
d. Abutments
Abutm enls Maybe
May be allowed per requirement
allow edper requ ireme ntof Natio nalBuild
the National
of the Building Codeof the
ingCode the
Philippines

21
 Standardsand
DesignStandards
BuildingDesign Guidelines
andGuidelines
Section6.
Section 6. Building
with the
complywith
shall comply design
followingdesign
the following
incorporatinghousing
Projectsincorporating
Projects componentsshall
housingcomponents
standards
standardsand guidelines.
and guidelines.
for both
(Applicablefor Economicand
bothEconomic Housing)
SocializedHousing)
and Socialized
A. Family Dwelling
Single Family
A. Single Dwelling (Applicable

1.
1. Lot Planning
Lot Planning
a.
a. Access
Access to the ProPerty
the Property

t a c c e stos tthe
D i r e caccess
Direct m i | y d wshall
e s i n g | e . f adwelling
o t hsingle-family e | | i nbeg sprovided
ha||bep byr omeans
v i d e dof
b yan
.mea
as
aUuttingpublic
abutting street or
publicstreetor iatnwati.
pathwalk. However,
However, pathwalk
pathwalk shall
shall only
only be
be allowed
allowed as
propertyfor for Socialized
SocializedHousing projects'
Housingprojects.
feoestidn access
pedestrian accessto to property

b.
b. Access
Accessto the Unit
DwellingUnit
the Dwelling
An n d e p e n d e nmeans
A n i independent t m e a nofs oaccess
f a c c e to
s s tthe
o t hdwelling
e d w e | | iunit
n g ushall
n i t s hbea l |provided
beprovide
without adjoining
trespassingadjoining
withouttrespassing properties.
properties. Acceptable
Acceptable means
means of access
of accessto the
to the
rear yard of
rear yard oi the Owettiirgunit
tne dwelling un1 shall
shall be providedwithout
be provided passing through
without passing through any any
other or any
unitor
dwellingunit
otherdwelling anyother yard.
otheryard.

c. Open Space
c. Open Requirements
SpaceRequirements

spacesshall
open spaces
Open shall be
be located or distributed
totallyor
locatedtotally anywherewithin
distributedanywhere lot in
the lot
withinthe in
such
suchaa manner
manneras
as to providemaximum
to provide maximumlight andventilation
lightand ventilation
into the building.
intothe building.

d.
d, Sizes and Dimensions
Sizes and Dimensionsof Courts Yards
Gourts or Yards

The
The minimum
minimumhorizontal
horizontaldimension courtsand
dimensionof courts yards shall
and yards not be
shall not less than
be less than
2.0
2.0 meters.
meters.All
All inner
innercourts shallbe
courtsshall be connected
connected to aa street
to yard,either
streetor yard, eitherbyby a
a
passagewayWith
passageway minimumwidth
with aa minimum width of
ot 1.20
1.20 meters or by a door
meters by door through through a
roomor
room or rooms.
rooms.

Every court
Every court shall have aa width
shall have width of not less than
not less than 2.0
2.0 meters
metersfor for one and two
one and two
storeybuildings.
storey buildings. However,
However, this
this may
may be
be reduced
reduced to
to not
not less
less than
than 1.50
1.50 meters
meters
in
in cluster living units
clusterliving units such
such as quadruplexes,rowhouses
as quadruplexes, rowhousesand and the like one
the like one or
two
two stories
stories in
in height
height with
with adjacent
adjacent courts
courts with
with an
an area
area of not
not less
less than
than 3
3
squaremeters.
square further,that
Provided,further,
meters. Provided, that the separationwalls
the separation fences,if any,
walls or fences, any,
shall
shallbebe not higherthan
not higher than 2.0 meters. Irregularly
2.0 meters. tnegularlyshaped lots such
shapedlots such as triangular
as triangular
lots
lots and the like
and the like whose courts may
whose courts may be also triangular
be also triangularinin shape
shape maymay bebe
exemptedfrom
exempted from having
havingaa minimum widthof 2.0
minimumwidth 2.0 meters, ptovidedthat
meters,provided no side
that no side
thereof
thereofshall
shallbe be less
lessthan
than 3.0 meters.'
3.0 meters.'

Abutments
e. Abutments
e.

Abutments
Abutments on the
on sideand
the side and rear propertylines
rearproperty maybe
linesmay be allowed prcvidedthe
allowedprovided the
following
following requirements
requirements shall becomplied
shallbe complied with:
with:

1.
,1. Open spaceas
Openspace prescribedin
as prescribed in the
the table
tablebelow:
below:

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22
 Table10.
Table 10. Private
PrivateOpen
OpenSpa Requirements
ceRequirements
Space

Perc entof Open

Percent OpenSpace
Spac e
Type of Lot
Type
Resi denti al
Residential All Others
AI Othe rs
a. Interior
a. tnter iorlot (lotlocated
lot (lot locat edin the interior
in the interi or 50%
500h 25o/o
25%
of aa block
of madeaccessible
blockmade acc€ ssibl efrom
tromaa
publi cstreet
public stree tor alleyby
or alley bYmeans
mean sof of aa
privateaccess
private accessroad)road)
b. Inside
b. Insid elot (non -corn er
lot (non-comer or singl €frontage
or single front agelot)
lot) 20%
20% 15%
15%
Cornerand/or
c. Corner
c. thtoughlot
and/orthrough lot
d. Lots
d. boun dedon
Lots bounded on 33 or
or more
moresides
sides by publi c
by public 10%
10% 15%
15o/o
open spaces
open spac essuchsuch asas streets,
streg ts'easement
ease mentof ot
seas hore s,
seashores, rivers ,esteros,
rivers, ester os,etc.
etc. 5%
5% 5%

2. Window
2. Windowopening
openingas prescribedin
as prescribed in Section 6'A'2'c below.
Section6.A.2.c below'

3. Firewall
3. Firewallshall
shallhave
haveaa minimum
minimumof one-hour
ona'hourfire
fire resistive
resistiverating.
rating'

Building Design
Building Design Standards (Applicablefor
Standards (Applicable both Economic
for both and Socialized
Economicand Socialized
Hou sing )
Housing)

a. Standards
SpaceStandards
a. Space

Spa ceswithin
Spaces the edw
with inth dwelling ressbe
gstr uctushall
e|linstructures ha||distributed in an economical,
bed istri bute dina nec ono mic a|,
efficient practicalmanner
and practical
efficientand ,"nn"isoso as to to afford the maximum
affordthe maximumlivinglivingcomfort
comfortandand
convenienceand
convenience and to insurehealth
to insure ".
healthandand safety
safetyamong
among.th occupants' Itlt.sh
theeoccupants. all
shall
provide complete tivin gfacilities
.irpf "t- living for one
facil itiesfor one fami
famlyllyincluding prov isionfor
inclu dingprovisions for livin g'
s living,
"r"ii"inS, irf'dr
!i""p
sleeping, y, cooking,
laundry, eating,bathing
cooiing,eating, andtoilet
bathingand facilities'
toiletfacilities.

ceili ng Heights
b. Ceiling
b. Heii hts

1. Minimum
1. Minimumceiling habitableroom
for habitable
heightfor
ceilingheight roomssshall be measured
shallbe measuredfrom the
from the
floor line
finishedfloor
finished lineto line. Where
the ceiling line.
toin" ceilingsare
Whereceilings not prov
are not ided'aa
provided,
""iiin
neaooom clearance
minimumheadroom
minimum cLar anig of 2.0
2'0 meters
metersshall (See
provided' (See
be provided.
shall be
Figure5:
Figure 5 : Minimum CeilingHeights)
MinimumCeiling Heights)

2. Mezzanine
2. floors
Mezzanineflo have aa clear
shallhave
orsshall ceitingheight
clearceiling not less
heightof not lessthan 1'80
than 1.80
aboveand below
metersabove
meters itl provided
o"i"* it, Jt"iO"d that-
that it
it shill
shall not
not cove
cover r 50%
50% of the
the
floo,
floor area below""0
it.
belowit. (See
(See Figure6 : MezzanineFloor)
Figure 6 : Mezzanine Floor)
"te"
c. Openings
c. Ope ning s

1. Doors
1. Doots

a . AA
-'
a. '"i,iiu o f oone
i niii m u mof
mminimum x i t s hbe
n t r a n c e i eshall
n e eentrance/exit l |provided
aand b e p r o v
where the
number of ot occupantsis not morethan 10 and-2 entrianc
occupants is not more than 10 2 d e des/e
w h xits
entrances/exits erethe
*f,"r " the
where num ber
tn" number of occ upa nts
of occupants is grea ter
is greater than10.
than 10'
D o o r shall
b. Doors
b. s s h ahave m u mheight
e a m i n iclear
| | h aavminimum r h2.0
c | e aof h t o f 2 . Except
e i gmeters. for
0 m eclear
U"n.om and mezzanine
andmezzanine whichshall
doorswhich haveaa minimum
shallhave minimu ters.Exceptfor
clea
bathroom doors m r
heightof
height 1.80meters.
of 1.80 meters'

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 c. Minimum
c. Minimum clear widthsof
clearwidths shallbe
doorsshall
of doors follows:
asfollows:
beas

Door
MainDoor
Main m.
0.80m.
0.80
Service/Bedroom
Service/Bedroom Doors
Doors 0.70m.
0.70m.
Bathnoom
Bathroom Door
Door 0.60m.
0.60m.
(See
(See Figure
Figure 77 :: Door OPenings)
DoorOpenings)

SECOND FLR LINE

CEILING
CEILINGLINE
LINE
r'NY
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8
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FLR. LINE GROUND FLR.

LINE

Figurc5.
Figure ilinimum Celling
5. Minimum Heights
GellingHeights

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Figure 6.
Figure 6, Mezzanine
MezzanlneFloor
Floor

24
 , 0.80 m.
0.80 m. I ' 0.7 0m.
0.70 m. I
t-T T--T- , 0.60 m.
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MAIN DO OR
MA INDOOR SER VIC EDOOR
SERVICE DO OR BAT HRO OMDOOR
BATHROOM DO OR

Figure7.
Figure DoorOP
7. Door enlngs
Openings

2. Windows
2. Yllindows
Roomsfor
a. Rooms for habitable
hab'rtableuseshall
use shallbe provided-
be provided witwin
with h do\^'swit
windows withh a tota
totall
freearea
free areaof ope
openings 10% of the
ningsequal to at least 10% the floo areaaof the
floorrare the
room.
room. "q, "lio ?i"" st

Bathroomshall
b. Bathrooms s llbe
sha providedwit
be provided withh win dow/swit
window/s areanot
an area
withh an loss
not less
1/20of
than1/20
than of its
itsfloor
floorarea.
area'
Required
c. Required windowsmay
windows mayopen
openinto porchwhere
oofed porch
intoaa roofed wherethe porch:
the porch:
1. abuts
1. abutscou yard,pub
court,rt,yard, public streetetor
licstre alley,y' or
or alle opennwa
or ope tercou
water rse
course
and otherpublic
andother Public n ope
open spa ces;
spaces;

2. hasaa ceiling
2. has heightof
ceilingheight lessstha
notles
of not thann2.0 meters'
2'0 meters.

3. Interior
3. Stairs
InterlorStairs
The stairs
The shallensure
stairsshall structuralsafety
ensurestructural for ascent
safetyfor t des
a-scenand
and cent'eve
descent, evenn
in extremecasesof
in extreme cases of emergency. tt sirall afford adequate
It shall afford adequate hea drcom
headroom
spacefor
andspace
and for the pas"r-"
sag
the passage rg"
of-*y
eof fum. iture'
fumiture.

1. Wid
1. Stairwaysshall
th' Stairways
Width. have a
shall have a minimum clearwid
minimumclear of 0'6
th of
width 0.600
meter.
meter.

2. Riserand
2. Riser and Run.
Run' Stairs haveaa maximum
shallhave
Stairsshall riser height
maximumriser heightof
0.25 meter
0.25 meterand a minimum tread treadwidth of 0.20
width of 0'20 meter. Stair
meter' Stair
treadsshall
treads "no
shallbe "-il inim
et"f iVu of
ut exclusive 'm
of nosing
nosingand loroth
and/or ptojections'
erprojections.
other

3. HeadroomGle
3. Headroom aranceSta
Clearance. . in shall
Stairs havea
shallhave a min imumhea
minimum d-room
headroom
clearanceof
clearance oi'i2.0
]i-timeters.
i"o.' Su
Suchchcle ara
clearance
nceeha
shallttbe
be est abt
established
ished
25
 vertically
vertically from placeparallel
fromaa place and tangento
l tangent
paralleand the
t the
to
measuring
by measuring
by
stainvaytread
stairway movingto
treadmoving to the aboveall
soffitabove
thesoffit points.
all points.

landingshall
Everylanding haveaa dimension
shallhave rneasuredin
dimensionmeasured in
4. Landings.Every
4.Landings.
directionof
the direction
the of travel to the
equal to
tnavelequal the width of the
width of sta ay.
irw
the stairway.
Maximum
Maximurn height betweenlanding
heightbetween be3.60
shallbe
landingshall meters.
3.60meters.

5. Handrails.
5. haveat
shallhave
Stairwaysshall
Handrails.Stairways leastone
at least handrailon
one handrail one
on one
side provided there is a guard or wall on the other side.
However, stairways with less than 4 risers need not have
handrails, and stairs with either a guard or wall on one end need
not be provided with a handrail on that end.

6 . Guard and Handrail Details. The design of guards and

6.
handrails and hardware for attaching handrails to guards,
balusters of masonry walls shall be such that these are made
safe and convenient.

a. Handrails on stairs shall not be less than 0.80 meter or more

than 1.20 meters above the upper surface of the tread,
measured vertically to the top of the rail from the leading
edge of the tread. (See Figure 8 : Stairway Design)

b. Handrails shall be so designed as to permit continuous

sliding of hands on them and shall be provided with a
minimum clearance of 38 milimeters. From the wall to which
they are fastened. (See Figure 8 : Stairway Design).

c. The height of guards shall be measured vertically to the top

guard from the leading edge of the tread or from the floor of
landings. It shall not be less than 0.80 meter and no more
than 1.20 meters. Masonry walls may be used for any
portion of the guard.

7. Windtngand
7. Winding CircularStairways.
andCircular Ste Winding and circular stairways
maybe
may usedifif the
be used requ width of run is provided at a point
the required
not morethan
not more than 300 milli
300 millimeters from the side of the stairway
wherethe
where treadsare
thetreads arenarrower
nar but in no case shall any width of
run be
run lessthan
be less than 150
1SOmilimeters
m at any point. The maximum
variationon
variati in in the
the .he ighof
height of t risers - lthe
risersand
anc widthof
the width treadsin
of treads in any
anv
one flishtshall
oneflight rh:ll.?be :,5Smilimeters.
mitimere(See rs.
tsee rd;
Figure d
9 ,.\,
: il;#
Winding ;j
and
Stairuays)
CircularStairways)
Circular

8. Ladders.The
8. Ladders. Tn:_::" ofja
use of ddersmay
ladders maybe ailowedprovided
be allowed thattthe
providedthat he
..,-
maximum
maximum distancebetween
distance tanOings
betweenlandings shaltbe
shall mlGrs.-.
f .gOmeters.
Oe1.80
Roofing
d. Roofing
d.

Roofingmaterial
Roofing materialthat
that is imperviousto
is impervious to water shallbe
watershall provided.
be provided.

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26
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M I N .STAIRWAY
MIN. S T A I R W AWIDTH
WYI D T H

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8. S
Figur e8.
Figure tairway Desi gn
waYDesign

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9. Winding
Figu re9.
Figure Circu
nt Ci
and
Winding and Stair
airways
lar Ste
'ircular waYs

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27
e. Electrical Requirements
Electrical Requirements
providedat
at least
least one light outlet
one light and one
outlet and convenience
one convenience
There shall be
There shall be provided
outlet Peractivity
outletper area.
activitYarea.

f. Fireblocks
Fircblocks
When
When any living units
any 22 living units abut
abut each c
each other, a fireblock shall be required in
fireblock shall
which case the fireblockshall be the
which case the be the masonry construction (e.g. cement,
blocks,bricks,
hollow blocks,
hollow bricks, reinforced cor
reinforcedconcrete, etc.), at least 100 milimeters
shall extend from
and shall extendfrom the
and the lowest
lowest pol
portion of the wall adjoining the 2 living
units up tot" the just below
pointjust
inl point the roof
belowthe coveringor purlins.
roof covering (See Figure
purlins' (See Figure
""il.
10: "p
10 : Fireblocks
Fireblocks for
for Dwelling That Abut
UnitsThat
DrvellingUnits AbutEach Other)
EachOther)

- ; ¢'¢

Figure 10.
Figure 10. Fireblocks
Fircblocks for Dwelling
Dwelling Units Each Other
That Abut Each
Units That Other

h.
h. Firewall
Firewall

Whenever
Wheneveraa dwelling
dwelling abuts
abuts on pnrpertyline,
on aa property line, a firewall shall be
firewallshall be
required.
required. The
The firewall
firewall shall
shall be
be of masonry
masonryconstruction,
construction,at least 100
at least 100
milimeters
milimetersthick,
thick, and
and extend verticallyfrom
extendvertically from thethe lowest portionof the
lowestportion wall
the wall
adjoiningthe
adjoining livingunits
the living units up
up to minimumheight
to aa minimum 0.30 meter
heightof 0.30 meterabove the
abovethe
highest point
highest point of the the roof
roof attached
attachedtoto itit the
the firewall shall also
firewall shall also extend
extend
horizontally
horizontallyup to aa minimum
up to minimumdistance 0.30meter
distanceof 0.30 meterbeyond
beyondthethe outermost
outermost
edgeof the
edge the abutting
abuttingliving
livingunits.
units.

firewallshall
A firewall shall be prcvidedfor
be provided for duplex/single
duplex/singleattached
attachedunits
units and every
and at every
Linit for rowhouses.
unit for rowhouses.No No openings
openingswhatsoever
whatsoevershallshall be
be allowed except
allowed except
when the two
when the abuttingspaces
two abutting spacesof 22 adjacent livingunits
adjacentliving unitsare unenclosedor
are unenclosed
partiallyopen,
partially e.g. carports,
open, e.g. carports,terraces, patios,etc.;
tenaces, patios, instead a separation
etc.; instead separation
wall shall
wall shall be
be required. (See Figure
required. (See 11 :: Firewall
Figure 11 Firewallfor Dwelling Units on
DrvellingUnits on
PropertyLine)
Property Line)

2t
28
 =
FIREWALL~)_ G?l

--r
o.l

DWELLING DWELLING
UNIT UNIT
=
3i
--r
PLAN
2

3
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ELEVATION

Figure 11. Firewall

Figurc 11. Fircwall for Dure Unitss on Prop
llingUnit
Dwelling erty Line
Property Line

B. Multi-Family
B.tu Dwellings
l$.F ami |yDw (Applicable
e|lin gs(A pp|i cabfor both Economic and Socialized Housing)
|efo rbot hEc ono mic and Soc ia|iz edH ous ing)
1.
l. Lot Plan ning
Lot Planning

a. Access property. Direct

Access to the property. Directvehicular
vehicularaccess
accessto to the
the property
propertyshall
shall be
be
provided
pi""iO"Oby
by means
mea of
ns-ofan
an abutting
abut ting improved
impr ovedpublic
publ icstreet.
stree t'

b. dwelling. An
Access to the dwelling.
o. Access An independent
inde means of access shall be
provided
orovidedto each dwelling'or
each dwelling, group of dwellings in a single plot, without
or group
trespassing adjoining properties.
irespassingadjoining properties' Each
I dwelling must be capable of
maintenance without
maintenancewithout trespassing
trespassingadjoining
at units. Utilities and service
facilities
facilitiesmust
mustbe
be independent
independentfor
for each dwellingunit.
eachdwelling unit'

Each
Eachdwelling
dwellingunit
unitshall be provided
shallbe with a
providedwith a sani
sanitary means
tarymea for the
nsfor the rem
removal
oval
of
of garbage
garbageand
and trash.
trash.

c. Access units. An
living units.
Access to living An independent
independentmeans
meansof access
accessto each
each living
living
unit shall be provided
L"it without
proiid"d wiih out passing
pass ingthrough
thro ughany
any yard
yard of a
a living
livin unit or
gunil or
any "n"ri
anyother l"
yard. .
othe rYaId

d.
d. use. Portions
Non-reeidentialuse.
-' Non-residential Portionsof
of the propertymay
the property be designed
may be designedfor
for non­
non-
residential use
use provided
iesio enti at prov idedthe type of
the type of non­residential use
use is
non +es iden tial is harmonious or
harm onio us
or
29
 withthe
with residential
the residential characteof
character r the
of property.Some
the property. examples
Someexamples
compatible
compatible
, rages,
ga
non-residential
allowablenon-residential
of allowable
of are private
uses are
uses clinic/officegarages,
private clinic/office,
carports.
carports.

NO N-. RESIDENTIAL
NON RES IDE NTI AL
ARE AS
AREAS 25O /o
>> 25%
OF
OF TOT
TOT AL
Al ARE
AREA A

Fig ure12.
Figure No n-_Residential
i2. Non l e
Re sid en tiaUse
Us

e.
e. Cooperative e re,and
Cooperativstore,
sto structures
andstructures forthe
for homeowners,
thehomeowners' association.
association.

Any non-residential use of any portion of the property shall be subordinate

to the residential use and character of the property. The floor area
authorized for non-residential use, whether in the principal dwelling
structure or in any accessory building, shall not exceed 25% of the total
residential area.
computationof
The computation
The of the non-residential
the, non-residential area shall include
area shall halhrvays,
includehallways,
coridors or
corridors or similar slgoes which
similar spaces which se_n
-riron
serve OJ"it"
rve"iia
both rresiOential
th residential non_
and non-
and
residentiat
residential are as
areas. .(Se
(SeeeF6 ui,
Figure eri
12 :
: Non-Residential u*l
Use)

f.r Open Space RequireT:lF__.lg

SpaceRequirements. .rtignsof
Portions of the propertyshall
the property shailbe devotedto
be devoted to
^O !g_n
spaceto
openspace
open pro vid e te
adequa light,
to provide adequate iSn -in
ventilai and fire
tigr,t,ventilation o safety.
Rresafety.
1. Setbacksfrom
1. Setbacks fromthethe property -sh- allbe
lin-eshall
line ve ma
be maintained, t, minimum
intainecthe
the minimumof
of
?lo pg rty "rq '.r'
which
wh ich shall
sha ll be
be the foll ow ing l
the following:

MinimumSetbacks
11 . Minimum
Ta ble11.
Table per Storey
Setbacksper Storey

Min imu mSetback

Minimum Set bac kRequirement per Storey
Req uire me nt
Per Sto rey
Kinds of Lot
1&2 3 4 5 6 1 8 9 10 11 12
Interior

Inside

eomerlThrough
Corner/Through 2.0 23 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.7 5.0
Lot abu ttin g 33 or
Lot abutting or
more streets,
more sreets, alleys,
alleys,
rivers, esteros,etc.
nvers,esteros, eb.
I ,
t J0
 Distance between
2. Distance between building
building shall
shall also
also be adequatelymaintained
be adequately maintainedto
to
ensurelight
ensure lightand
andventilation.
ventilation

In general,the
In general, the minimum
minimumdistance
distancebetween
between2 buildings
buildingsinin which
which the
the
tallerbuildings
taller buildingsdoes
does not
not exceed
exceed22 storeys
storeysshall
shallbe
be 4.0
4.0 meters.
meters. And
And the
the
minimum horizontalclearance
minimumhorizontal clearancebetween
betweenthethe two
two roof
roof eaves shall be
eaves shall be
1.50 meters.
1.50 (See
meters. (See Figure
Figure 13:
13 : Distance
DistanceBetween
Between2 Storey
Storey Building)
Building)
The minimum
The minimumdistance betweentwo
distancebetween two buildings
buildingswherein
wherein the
the taller
taller
buildinghas
building has 33 or 4 storeys,
storeys,shall
shall be
be 6.0
6.0 meters.
meters. And
And the
the minimum
minimum
horizontalclearance
horizontal clearancebetween
betweenthe
the two rood eaves
two rood eavesshall
shall be 2.0 meters.
be 2.0 meters.
(See Figure
(See 14 :: Distance
Figure14 DistanceBetween
Between33 Storey
StoreyBuilding)
Building)

The minimum
The minimumdistance
distancebetween
betweenbuildings
buitdingswith
with more
more than
than 4 storeys
storeys
shall be
shall 10 meters.
be 10 The minimum
meters. The minimumhorizontal
horizontalclearance
clearanceshall
shall be
be 6.0
6.0
meters.
meters.

Except,however,
Except, however,in in cases
cases when
when the
the two
two sides
sides of the buildingsfacing
the buildings facing
each other
each otherare
are blank walls,i.e.,
blankwalls, i.e.,either thereare
eitherthere are no
no openings or
openings only only
minimal openingsfor
minimalopenings for comfort rooms,the
comfortrooms, minimumdistance
the minimum distancebetween
between
the buildings shall be 2.0 meters. And the horizontal clearance
the buildings shall be 2.0 meters. And the horizontal clearance
between
betweenthe
the roof
roof eaves
eavesshall
shall be 1.0 meter.
be 1.0 (See Figure
meter. (See 15 : Distance
Figure15: Distance
BetweenBlank
Between Wallsof
BlankWalls of Two
Two Buildings)
Buildings)

In
In the
the measurement
measurementof distance
distancebetween two buildings,
betweentwo buildings,measurement
measurement
shall
shall be
be made
made where
where the
the distance the two
betweenthe
distancebetween two buildings is
buildingsis
shortest. (See Figure
shortest. (See Figure 1616 :: Measurement Distance Between
Measurementof Distance Between
Buildings)
Buildings)

1.50
Men.

4.00m
n'

Flgure 13.
Figure DistanceBetween
13. Distance 2-Storey Building
Between2-Storey Bullding

31
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3 3
.i-=-
ql s
'o-1-- 2 2

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(I

Figure14.
Figure 14. Distance Between33 -- Storey
DistanceBetween Bullding
StoreyBuilding

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-..-.......-.....-. 5'
I '
'

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- 2._00_m_
: �
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·---�-00-;-
- �;NEJ ---
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BLANKWALL
BLANK WALLOR WITH
WALLWITH
ORWALL
L NIN G
MIN IMAOPENING
MINIMAL OPE

Figure15.
Figure 15. Distance BetweenBlank
DistanceBetween BlankWalls
Wallsof Two Buildlngs
TwoBuildings
32
32
 MEASU RE
MEASURE THIS
THIS
SHORTE ST
SHORTEST DISTAN CE
DISTANCE

Figure Measurement
16. Measurement
Figurc16. DlstanceBetween
of Distance Buildings
BctweenBuildings

g. Parking
g. Requlrements. For
Parking Requirements. For multi-family dwellings,the
multi-familydwellings, parking
the parking
require ment
requirement shall be
shall be in
in accord ance
accordance with
with the
the provisi oni
provisions of
of the
the Nationa
National t
Buildin gCode
Building Code of Philipp ines
the Philippines
of the and its
and lmplem enting
its Implementing Rules and
Rules and
Regula tions.
Regulations.

parkingmay
Off-siteparking
Off-site maybe allowedin
be allowed additionto
in addition the on-site
to the provided d
parking provide
on-siteparking
designated
thatdesignated
that parkingarea
parking partof
is part
areais of the projectand
theproject andprovided d
provide further
furtherthat
that
itit shall
shall not
not be
be 100
100 meters
meters away
away from
from the
the condom
condominium prcject
inium
project. .

compliance
Mandatorycompliance
Mandatory with additional
with parkingspace
additionalparking requiredby
spacerequired local
by local
ordina nces.
ordinances.

Buildin gDesign
2. Building
2. Standa rds
DesignStandards
a, Living
a. Units
Living Units
genera l,
In general,
In all buildin gdesign
all building standa rds
designstandards for the
for single- family
the single-family dwelling g
dweltin shall
shall
all living
for all
lpplV for
apply livingunits
unitsof muhi-family
of multi-family dwellings,except
dwellings, that,the
exceptthat, miiimum
the minimum
floorarea
floor areaofof aa living
livingunit
unitin multi-family
in multi-family dwellingsshall
dwellings be 22
shallbe 22 square meters
squaremeters
for economic
for housingand
economichousing and18 squaremeters
18square socialized
for socialized
metersfor housing.Minimum
housing. Minimum
floorarea
floor area shall
shall be
be in
in one
one floor
floor level
level exclusi
exclusive veof
of mezza nine,
mezzanine, if
if iny.
any. For Bp
For BP
condominium
220 condominium
220 projects,the
projects, minimumfloor
the minimum area shall
floor area shalf be
be 18 1-gsquare
souare
meters.
meters.

Corridorc,Exterior
Exits,Corridors,
b. Exits,
b. EzleriorExit Balconiesand
Exit Balconies and Common Stairways
CommonStairways
standardsfor
Standards for exits, conidors,exterior
exits,corridors, balconiesand
rexitbalconies
exterioexit and common stainaays
comrnonstairways
with the provisi ons
of the National l
shall conformwith the provisions of the Nationa Buildin code of
shall conform Building gCode of the
the
Philipp ines,
Philippines, its lmplem enting
its Implementing Rulesand
Rules Regula tions
andRegulations wellas
as well
as as the FireCode
the Fire code
of thePhilipp
of the ines.
Philippines.

Utilitiesand
c, Utilities
c. Services
andServices
To ensure
To healthfuland
ensurehealthful and livable conditionsin
livableconditions prcject,basic
the project,
in the utilitiesand
basicutilities and
servicesshall
services shallbe provided,
be provided, the minimumrequirements
theminimum requirements of which
of whicnshall be:
shailbe:

33
JJ
c.l Watsr
c.1 Supply
Water Supply

Water supply
Water supplyshall potableand
be potable
shall be and adequa
adequateteinin amount
amount;; a main
main service
service
connectionand
connection piping system
ind aa piping communalfaucets
with communal
system with faucets to
to serve the
serve the
commonareas like the
common areas like the garden,
garden, drivevvays,
driveways, etc. shall be
etc. shall be provide
provided. d' Pipes
Pipes
branchingout
branching from the
out from main water
the main water line
line shall servicethe
shall service individualunits
the individual units
which shall
whichshallbebe provide
provided dwith
with individu
individual water
alwater meters.
meters.

c.2 PowerS
c.2 Power Servlce
upply/Electical Service
Supply/Electrical

If
lf available
availablein
in the vicinity,a main
the vicinity, porer service
main power be provide
shatl be
serviceshall with aa
provideddwith
main
main circuit to service
circuitto servicecommon as well
lightingas
commonlighting well as commonpower
as common needs
power needs
of the dwellings.
ot*rringt' Like the watei
Like the water system hotl''evel:branch
system, ' however, circuitswith
branch circuits with
"ilh" metersshall
separatemeters
separate shall service
service the
the individual livingunits'
individualliving units.

c.3 Drainage
c.3 System
DrainageSystem

Surface
Surfacerun-offs
run-oftsshall
shallbe channeledto appropr
be channeled iatereposito
appropriate repositories.
ries'

c.4 SewageDisposal
c.4 Sewage SYatem
DisPosalSystem

Sewage disposal
Sewage may be
disposal may be accomplished by any
accomplishedby the followin
any of the followingg
means:
means:

a.
a. discharge to an
dischargeto an existing publicsewera
existing public gesystem
sewerage system. '

b.
b. treatment
treatmentin
in a community disposal lplant,
communitydisposa or commu
plant, or nalseptic
communal septic
tank.
tank.

c.
c. Treatrnentin
Treatment individualseptic
in individual tanks with
septictanks disposalby
with disposal absorption
by absorption
field or leaching
field or leachingpit.
Pit.
c.5 Garbage
c.5 DisPosalSystem
GarbageDisposal SYstem

Adequateservices
Adequate servicesfor the regular
for the regularcollection
collectionand
and disposal gafiage and
disposalof garbage and
rubbish in compliance
rubbishin compliancewith
with applica local ordinan
blelocal
applicable ordinances.
ces.

c.6
c.6 Elevato rRequirements
Elevator (lf Applicable}
Require ments(If Applica ble)

Provisionof elevators
Provision shall be
elevatorsshall in accordance
be in accordancewith the require
with the mentsof the
requirements the
NationalBuilding
National code of the
BuildingCode Philippines.The
the Philippines. The same
same shall
shall conform with
conformwith
the plansand
the plans and specifications the duly
specificationsof the licenseddesign
duly licensed designarchitect/engineer
architecuengineer
who shall
who determinethe
shalldetermine requirementfor
the requirement etevatorsinctudin
for elevators including gthe numberof
the number ot
capacity,safety
cars, capacity,
cars, safety feature
features sand standards,elevator
and standards, elevator type,
type, speed and
speed and
locaiionin'inrelation
location to the
relationio over all
the over all design
design and use of the
and use building. The
the building .The
design
design architec
architect/engineer
t/engineer shall
shall certify
certify under
under oath
oath that
that all
all compon
componentsents
are in
tneriot are
thereof accordance with
in accordance with the National l Building
the Nationa Code of the
Building Code the
Philippines,
Philippines,the AccessibilityLaw,
the Accessibility NationalIndustry
Law, National Standardsand
Indgtry Standards and other
other
pertinentlaws.(Approved
pertinent laws.(Approved as per Resolution
as per ResolutionNo. No. 554, Series of 1994)'
554, Series 1994).

Compliance
complianceto
to the provisionsof the
the provisions code of the
Fire Code
the Fire the Philippines shall be
Philippinesshall be
mandatory.
mandatory.
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 3.
3. General
GeneralConstruction Requirements
Construction Requirements

a.
a, Structural Requirements
Struchrral Requirements

All
All construction
constructionshall
shall conform with the
conformwith provisionsof
the provisions of the latestedition
the latest of the
editionof the
Philippine
Philippine Structural
Structural Code.
Code.

b. Electrical Requirements
b. Electrical Requirements

All
All electric systems, equipment
electric systems, equipment and and installation shall conform
installationshall with the
conform with the
provisionsof
provisions of the
the latest
latest edition
edition ofof the
the Philippine ElectricalCode
PhilippineElectrical and the
Code and the
of the electric
requirements the electric
requirements utility
utility that
thal serves
serves the
the locality.
locality.

c. Requirements
SanitaryRequirements
c. Sanitary

All systems, equipment

sanitary systems,
All sanitary equipment and installationshall
and installation shall conform with the
conform with the
provisionsof the
provisions the latesteditionof Sanitration
latest edition of Sanitation Code the Philippinesand its
Code of the Philippines and its
Rulesand
lmplementingRules
Implementing Regulationsand
and Regulations NationalPlumbing
and National PlumbingCode.
Code.

d.
d. Construction
Gonstruction Materials
Mabrials

The use
The use of indigenousmaterials
of indigenous matedalsforfor site developmentand
site development and construction
constructionofof
dwellingsshall
dwellings shall be
be encouraged,
encouraged,as as long
long as
as these
these are in conformity
are in with the
conformitywith the
requirementsof these
requirements these Rules
Rules and
and ensure
ensureaa building
buildinglife
life span
span of least 25
at least
of at 25
yeas, or
years, or in
in correspondence
conespondence to loanterms
to loan payment.
termspayment.

Section7.
Section 7. Variances/Exemptions
Variances/Exemptions
Variancesfrom
Variances from these standardsand
these standards requirementsmay
and requirements may be grantedpursuant
be granted pursuanttoto the
the
conditions
conditions stipulated
stipulated in Board
in BoardResolution
Resolution No. R-97, series of 1982 (Annex
No. R-97,seriesof 1982(Annex A) under
A) under
strict observance
strict observancehereof
hereof will
will cause
cause unnecessary
unne@ssaryhardship
hardshipto
to the
the case regional
case of regional
considerationVcharacteristics,
considerations/characteristics, peculiarities
peculiarities of the
the location
locationand
and other
otherrelevant
relevantfactors.
factors.

RULEIll
RULE III
APPROVALOF
APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION
PLANSAND
PLANS AND BUILDING
BUILDINGDESIGNS
DESIGNS
Section8.
Section 8. Approval
Approval Required
Required
No development
No developmentof economic
economicandand socialized
socializedhousing projectsshall
housing projects shall be
be allowed
allowed
without having
without havingcomplied
compliedwith
with the
the standards
standardsand proceduresset
approvalprocedures
and approval set forth
forth in
in
theseRules.
these Rules.

An approved
An approvedsocialized
socializedhousing projectshall
housingproject shaltnot
not be upgradedto
be upgraded any other
to any type of
othertype
prqect.
housingproject.
housing

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Section9.
Section 9. Approval
Approv alof Proposed
Propos edResidential
Reside ntialHouses
Housesof Average
Averag e
and Low-Income
and Lowlnc omeEarners
Earner s
Individualot
Individual lot ownerswho
l owners are average
who are averageand low-incomeearners
and low-income eamersasas defined
definedunder BP
underBP
22Omay
220 construcitheir
may construct individual residential houses in the manner provided
their individualresidentialhouses in the manner provided by by
these
theseRules, providedthat:
Rules,provided that:

1. The
1. developmentapproval
The development approval is
is secured
secured from
from Local Government
Local Governm Unit thru
entUnit thru
Sangguniang Bayanor
sanggun iangBayan or Sangguniang
Sanggun iang Panglunsod priorto
Panglun sodprior to their construction
their construc tion
and:
and;

2. The
2. proposedbuilding
Tbe proposed plans are
buildingplans are submitted to the
submittedto the city/municipal engineerfor
city/municipalengineer
approval.
approval.

Section 10.
Section Applica tionfor Approval
10. Application Subdivi sion Develop
Approv al of Subdivision Development
ment
Plan
Plan

Every
Everyregistered owner or
registeredowner developerof a
or developer parceloJ
a parcel of land who wishes
land who convert the
wishes to convert the
same inlo aa subdivision
sam6 into project
subdivisionproject
-Govemmshall apply with
shall ent
apply Housing and
the Housing
wilh the and Land Use
Land-Use
Regulatory Board
Regulatory Board or
or Local
Local Government Unit
Unit concerned
conceme d for approval
approval of the
the
subdivision planby
developmentplan
subdivisiondevelopment by filing the following
filing the following: :

A. For
A. Optional Application
For Optional Application for Preliminary subdivision Developm
PreliminarySubdivision entPlan
Development Plan

1. At
1. least 22 sets
At least site development
sets of site plan (schematic
developmentplan plan) at
(schematicplan) at a scale ranging
scale ranging
1:200to 11:2,000
from 1:200
from :2,000 showing
showingthe proposedlayout
the proposed layout of streets, lots, parks
streets, lots, parks and
and
playgroundsand
playgrounds and other
other features in
featuresin relation
relation to
to existing
existing condition
conditions sduly
duly signed
signed
by any of the
by any followinglicensed
the following professional:
licensedprofessional:

a.
a. An architect
An who
architecwho
t is also
is alsoanan environmental
environm ental planneror
planner or
b.
b. A civil
civilengineer who
engineewho
r is alsoan
is also an environmental
environm ental planneror
planner or
c.
c. geodeticengineer
A geodetic who is
engineerwho is also an environmental
alsoan environmental planneror
planner or
d.
d. An
An architect
architecl or
or aa civil engineer or
civil engineer geodetic engineer
or a geodetic engineer and an
and an
environmental planner
environmentalplanner as as co-signatory
co-signatory

2.
2. A set
set of the followingdocuments
the following duly signed
documentsduly signed and
and sealed by a licensed
sealed by licensed
geodeticengineer:
geodetic engineer:

Vicinitymap
a. Vicinity
a. indicatinthe
mapindicating the adjoiningland
g adjoining uses,access,
landuses, as well
access, as as existing
well as existing
facilitiesand
facilities utititiesat
aird utilities least within
at least 500 meters
within 500 from the
metersfrom property
the property
boundaries
boundaries of the
of project,drawn
the project, drawntoto any convenient
anyconvenient scale.
scale.

Topographic
b. Topographic
b. planto
plan to include
includeexisting conditionas
existingconditions as follom:
s follows:
(1)
(1) Boundarylines:
Boundary bearings and
lines:bearings and distance oLSeggq
distances s qhjgcoordina
or geographic coordinatestes
of the
of referencor
the reference or tie
e tie point (referred
point(referred to aslhe
to as the BLLM #);
BLLM#);

( 2 ) s t rStreets,
(2) e e t s , eeasements,
a s e m e n t swidth
, w i darid
t h aelevation
n d e l e vof
a t right-of-way
i o n o f r i g h within
t-of-w the
aywit
projec{and
project andadjacent
adjacensubdivisions/areas;
subdivis
t ionsi/areas;

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 (3) utilities within
within and
and adjacent
adjacentto the proposedsubdivision
(3) Utilities
location,sizes
sizes and
and invert .to the proposed subdivisionproject,
project,
location, invert elevations
elevationi of sanitary
sanltary and
and storm
storm or or
combinedsewers;
combined sewers;location
locationof gasgas lines,
lines,fire hydrants,electric
fire hydrants, and
electricand
telephonepoles
telephone poresand
and street
street lights.
rights. Ifrf water
water mains
miins and
and sewers
sewersare
are
not within/adjacent
not within/adjacenttoto the
the subdivision,
subdivision,indicate
indicatethe
the direction
directionand
and
distanceto
distance to and
and size
size of nearest
nearestone,
one, showing
showinginvert
invert elevations
erevationsof
of
sewers,if applicable;
sewers, applicable
(4)
(4) Ground elevation
Ground elevationof the the subdivision:
subdivision:for ground that
for ground slopes less
that slopes less
than 2%,
than 2o/o,indicate
indicatespot
spot elevations
elevationsat
at all
all breaks
breaksin grade, alongall
in grade, along all
drainagechannels
drainage channelsand and at
at selected pointsnot
selectedpoints not more
morethan
[han 25
25 meters
meiers
apart in
apart in all
all directions:
directions:for groundthat
for ground that slopes
slopesmore
more than 2o/o,either
than 2%, either
indicate contoue with
indicate contours with an an interval
intervalof not
not more
more than
than 0.50
0.50 meter
meter if
necessary due
necessary due to to irregular
inegular land
land or
or need
need for
for more
more detailed
detailed
preparationof plans
preparation plansand
and construction
constructiondrawings.
drawings.
(5)
(5) Watercourses,
Water courses,marshes,
marshes,rock
rockand
andwooded
woodedareas, presenceof
areas,presence of all
all
preservable trees in
preservable trees in caliper
caliperdiameter
diameterofof 200
2OOmilimeters,
milimeters,
houses,
houses,
bams,shacks,
barns, shacks,and
andother
othersignificant
significantfeatures.
features.

(6)
(6) Proposed public improvements:
Proposed public improvements:highways
highways or or other
other major
major
improvements
improvements planned
planned by publicauthorities
by public authoritiesfor future
for futureconstruction
construction
within/adjacent
within/adjacent to the
to thesubdivision.
subdivision.
c. Survey
c. planof the
Surveyplan the lot(s)
lot(s)as
as described
describedin
in TCT(s).
TCT(s).

3 . At least
3. least22 copies
copiesof certified true copy
certifiedtrue copyof title(s)
title(s)and
and current
currenttax receipts
tax receipts

4 . Right
4. Rightto
to use
use or
or deed
deed of sale
sale of right-of-way
right-of-wayfor
for access
accessroad
road and
and other
other utilities
utilities
whenapplicable,
when applicable,subject
subjectto just compensation
to just compensation for privateland.
for private land.

Approvalof the
Approval PreliminarySubdivision
the Preliminary SubdivisionDevelopment
DevelopmentPlan
Plan will
will be valid only
be valid for aa
only for
periodof 180
period 180days from date of approval.
daysfrom date approval.

B. For
B. For application
application for subdivision
subdivicion Development
DevelopmentPermit
Permit

1)
1) All requirements
All requirementsforfor application
applicationfor preliminarySubdivision
for preliminary SubdivisionDevelopment
Development
Planas
Plan as specified
specifiedon
on Section
Section10.A
10.Aof this
this Rule.
Rule.

2)
2) SubdivisionDevelopment
Subdivision DevelopmentPlanPlan consisting
consistingof the
the site
site development plan at
developmentplan at
any of the
any the following
followingscales:
scales: 1:200;
1:200;1:1,000;
1:1,000; or any
any scale
scale not
not exceeding
exceeding
11:2,000; showingall
:2,000; showing proposalsincluding
all proposals includingthe
the following:
following:

a. Roads,
a. Roads, easements
easements or or right-of-way
right-of-wayand roadway width,
and roadway width, alignment,
alignment,
gradient,and
gradient, and similar
similardata
data for
for alleys,
alleys,if any.
any.

b. Lot
b. Lot numbers,
numbers,lines
linesand
and areas
areasand
and block numbers.
blocknumbers.

c. Site
c. Site data
data such
such as
as number
numberof residential
residentialand
and saleable
saleablelots, typical lot
lots, typical lot
size, parksand
size,parks playgroundsand
and playgrounds open spaces.
and open spaces.

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 Plan shall
DevelopmentPlan
SubdivisionDevelopment shall be signedand
duly signed
be duly sealed by
and sealed by
The Subdivision
The
of the
any of
any followinglicensed
the following professional:
licensedprofessional:
or
planner'or
architectwho
An architect
a. An
a. who is
is also
alsoan
an environmental
environmentalplanner,
engineerwho
who isis also
alsoan environmental
an environmental planner'or
planner.
n civil engineer
U. A
b. 9'
planner'or
c. A "iuit engineer
g"od.ti"ci engineer
n geodet who
who is
is also
also an
an environmental
environmental planner," an
architector
An architect
d. An
".
d. or aa civil engineeror
civil engineer or aa geodetic engineer and an
geodeticengineer
environmental
environmental planneras
planner co-signatory
as co-signatory

3)
3) Civil
Givitand
and Sanitary
SanitaryWorks Design
Works Design

plans/construction
Engineeringplans/construction
Engineering drawings
drawingsbased
basedon applicableengineering
on applicable engineering
code and criteria to include
designcriteriato include
cod'eand design the
the following:
following:

a . AAtt | e
a. a s t 22 ccopies
least o p i e sof
o f rroad ( g e o m e t rand
o a d(geometric structural)
ican d s t r u c t udesign/plan
r a | ) d e s i gduly
n/p|and
signedand
signed and sealed
sealedby by aa licensed
licensedcivil engineer'
civilengineer.

1.
1. Profile
Profilederived
derivedfrom existingtopographic
fromexisting topographic mapsigned
map sealed by
and sealed
signedand by
aalicensedgeodeticengineershowingtheverticalcontrol,designe
licensed geodetic engineer showing the vertical control, designed
grade,curve
grade, curveelements
elementsand
and all
all information neededfor
informationneeded for construction'
construction.

2. roadway sections
Typical roadway
2. Typical sections showing relative dimensions
showing relative dimensions of
pavement, sub-base
pavement, sub-base and
and base preparation, curbs,
base preparation, gutters'
curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, shoulders, benching
sidewalks,shoulders,benching and
and others.
others.

3.
3. Details
Detailsof roadway
roadwayand
and miscellaneous
miscellaneousstructure as curb
such as
structuresuch curb and
and
(barrier, mountable
gutter (barrier,
gutter mountableand
and drop),
drop), slope protectionwall
slope protection wall and
and
retaining
retaining wall.
wall.

b.
b. At least
least22 copies
copiesof storm and sanitary
drainageand
stormdrainage sanitarysewer duly signed
system duly
sewersystem signed
and
andsealed by aa licensed
sealedby engineeror
sanitaryengineer
licensedsanitary or civil
civilengineer.
engineer.

1.
1. Profile showingthe
Profileshowing gradientsand
hydraulicgradients
the hydraulic propertiesof sanitary
and properties sanitary and
and
storm drainagelines
stormdrainage includingstructures
linesincluding in relation
structuresin relationwith
withthe road grade
the road grade
line.
line.

2.
2. Details
Details of sanitary and storm
sanitary and storm drainage lines and
drainage lines and miscellaneous
miscellaneous
structures
structuressuch
such asas various types of manholes,
various types catch basins,
manholes,catch basins, inlets
inlets
(curb,gutter,
(curb, gufter,and
and drop),
drop),culverts
culvertsand
and channel linings.
channellinings.

c.
c. At
At least
least 22 copies
copies of site grading'plan
site grading· plan with
with finished contour lines
finished contour lines
superimposed
superimposed on
on the
the existing groundthe
existingground the limits earthwork
limitsof earth work embankment
embankment
slopes,cut
slopes, cut slopes,
slopes, surface
surface drainage,
drainage,drainage outfullsand
drainageoutfalls others, duly
and others, duly
and sealed
signedand sealedby
signed by a licensedcivilengineer.
a licensed civil engineer.

4)
4) At
At least
least two
two 22 copies
copiesof water
water system layoutand
systemlayout detailsduly
and details signed and
duly signed and
sealed
sealedbyby aa licensed sanitaryengineer
licensedsanitary engineeror civil engineer.
or civil Should a
engineer. Should a pump
pump
motor has
motor has a a horsepower
horsepower (hp)
(hp) rating
rating of 50
50 hp
hp or more,
more, its
its pump
pump rating
rating and
and
specificationsshall
specifications shall be
be signed
signed and
and sealed
sealed by professionalmechanical
by aa professional mechanical
engineer
engineer

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5)
5) certified.true
Certified true copy
copy of
of tax
tax declaration
decrarationcovering
coveringthe
the property(ies)
property(ies)subject
the subjectof
of
application for the
the application for the year
yearimmediately
immediately pr""""d,ng;
preceding;
6)
6) ZoningCertification
Zoning CertificationfromHLURB
from HLURBRegional
RegionalOffice.
Office.
7)
7) Certifiedtrue
Certified true copy
copyof DAR
DARConversion
ConversionOrder.
Order.
8)
8) certifiedtrue
Certified true copy
copy of
of Environmental
Environmeniar compriance Certificate
Compliance (ECC) or
certificate(ECC) or
CertificateOf Non-Coverage
Certificate Non-Coverage(CNC),
(CNC),whichever
whicheveris
is applicable, dut issued
applicable,duly iss;e;
bythe
by theDENR;
DENR;

9)
9) At least
At least 22 copies
copies of project
proiect description
descriptionfor projectshaving
for projects having areas
areas of
of 11
hectareand
hectare and above
aboveto
to include
includethe
the following:
following:

a. Project
a. profileindicating
Projectprofile indicatingthe
the cost
cost of raw
raw land
landand
and its
its development
development(total
(total
p@ectcost),
project cost),amortization
amortization schedule,sour@sof financing,
schedule, sources of financing,cashflow,
cash flow,
architectural
architectural scheme,if any,
scheme, ahy, and
and work program:
work program:

b. Audited
b. Audited financial
financialstatement
statementfor
for the
the last precedingyears;
last 33 preceding years;

c. Income
c. IncomeTax
Tax Return
Returnfor
for the lastthree
the last preceding
three33 preceding years;
years;

d. Certificate
d. Certificateof
of registration
registration with Securities
with Securitiesand
and Exchange
ExchangeCommission
Commission
(sEC);
(SEC);

e. Articles
e. Articlesof
of incorporation
incorporation or partnership;
or partnership;

f.f. Corporation
Corporationby-laws
byJawsand
and all
all implementing
implementing amendments,and
amendments, and

g. For
g. For new
new corporations
corporations(3(3 years
years and
and below)
below)statement
statementof capitalization
capitalization
sourcesof
andsources
and of income
incomeand
and cash flowto
cashflow to support
supportwork program.
workprogram.

10)
10) Plansspecifications,
Plans specifications,bill of
bill of materials
materialsand
and cost
costestimates
estimatesduly
dulysigned and
signedand
sealedby
sealed by the appropriatelicensed
the appropriate licensed professionals.
professionals.

11)
11) Applicationfor
Application permitto
for permit from the
drill from
to drill NationalWater
the National Water Resources Board
ResourcesBoard
(NWRB).
(NWRB).

12)
12) Trafficimpact
Traffic assessmentfor
impactassessment projects30
for projects 30 hectares
hectaresand
and above.
above.

13)
13) Listof
List of names
namesofof duly
duly licensed professionals
licensedprofessionals who signed
who signedthe plans and
the plans and
othersimilar
other similardocuments
documentsin in connection
connection with application
with application filed indicating
filed indicatingthe
the
followinginformation:
following information'

a.
a. Surname:
Surname;
b.
b. Firstname;
First name;
c.
c. Middlename;
Middle name:
d.
d. Maidenname,
Maiden name,in in case
caseof
of married
marriedwomen professional;
womenprofessional;
e.
e. Professionallicense
Professional licensenumber,
number,date
date of issue
issueand expirationof
and expiration its validity;
of its validity;
f.f. Professional
Professional tax receipt
tax receiptand
and date issue;
date of issue;
g.
g. Taxpayer'sidentification
Taxpayer's identificrtionnumber (TlN)
number(TIN)

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If the establishment of the subdivision project is physically feasible and does not run
counter to the approved Zoning And Comprehensive Land Use Plan of the City or
Municipality and the plan complies with these Rules, the same shall be approved
and a Development Permit shall be issued upon payment of the prescribed
fee.
processingfee.
processing

A
AD e v e | o p m ePermit
Development ntPerm shall
itsh a l | be
only o n valid
| y b efor
v aal i d
period
f o r a pofe r3i oyears
d o f 3from
y e adate
rsfroofmissue
dateof
ifif no physicaldevelopment
no physical developmentis introduced'
is introduced.

The owner or
The owner developershall
or developer shall cause
cause the tl necessary surveys of the project and
preparcthe
prepare surveyreturns
the survey retumswith
with technical
technicaldescription and computations duly signed
and sealed
and sealed by a licensed
by a licensed geodetic
geodetic en'
engineer to be submitted together and in
accordance with t he
accordancewith the approved subdivision
approved subdivisio plan, to the Land Management Sector
for verification
(LMS) for
(LMS) verificationand pursua.. to Section 50 of PD 1529 (Property
approval;.pursuant
and approval;
Decree) anO
t"giir"ti""b.cree)
Registration and subject to
to the
itt'" provisionsof R.A.
provisions R.A.8560 its Implementing
and its
8560and lmplementing
Rules
Rulesand Regulations.
and Regulations. "udiba

Section
section 11.
11. Evaluation of Land
Evaluation of Developmentand
Land Development structural
and Structural
GomPonents
DesignComponents
Design Proiect
of Project
Should
Shouldthe proiectbe
the project be found locationallyviable,
foundlocationally the Board
viable,the Boardshall proceedto
shallproceed to determine
determine
whether
whetherthe
thd land schemeand
developmentscheme
h;d development and building designare
buildingdesign in accordance with
are in accordance with
the
the standards
standardsset
set forth
forth in
in these the design
Rules. Iflf the
these Rules. designisis not
not in
in compliance
compliancewith the
with the
standardsset forth in these Rules,the developershall
standards set forth in these Rules, the developer shall be
be requircd
required to
to revise
revise the
the
sane.
same.

12. Survey
Section12.
Section andApproval
Surueyand Approvalof Subdivision Plan
SubdivisionPlan
Uponthe
Upon approval of the
the approval the subdivision
subdivisiondevelopment planfor
developmentplan for economic and socialized
economicand socialized
proiects,the
housingprojects,
housing developershall
the developer shall submit
submilthe
the subdivision plan
subdivisionplan together with the
togetherwith the
parcellarymap
parcellary mapto
to the
the Land
LandManagement
ManagementSector for the
Sectorfor verificationsurvey
conductof verification
the conduct survey
and
and approval
approvalof the
the subdivision scheme.
subdivisionscheme.

RULE IV
RULE IV
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
AND LICENSINGOF
OF
ECONOMICAND
ECONOMIC AND SOCIALIZED
SOCIALIZEDHOUSING
HOUSINGPROJECTS
PROJECTS
Section 13.
Section 13. Application
Application for Registration
Registration
A. Common
A. Common Requirements
Requirements

No
No subdivision
subdivisionor
or condominium intendedfor
condominiumintended for economic
economicand
and socialized housingshall
socializedhousing shall
be sold unless it has been
be sold unless it has been registered
registered and
and issued
issued a
a License
License to
to Sell
Sell in
in accordance
accordance
withthese
with Rules.
theseRules.

Upon receipt
Upon Verified Survey
receipt of Verified Retums of subdivision
Survey Returns plan from
subdivisionplan from the Land
the Land
Management
Management Sector,
Sec{or, the developer
daneloper shall
shall cause
cause the
the registration
registration of the projec{
project with
with
the
the Board
Boardby
by submitting
submittingthe followingdocuments:
the following documents:

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 Swornregistration
1. Sworn registrationsta
statement
tementus either:
ingeit
using her:
a. HLURB
a. HLURBform
form 001
001 for
for corporation
corPoration
b. HL
b. HLURB for
URBformm 003
003 for
for sin proprietorship
gleproprietorship
single

2. Certified
2. Certifiedtrue
true copy
copy of transfer
transfercertificate
certificateof title (TCT)or ori
title (TCT) certificate of
ginal-ce
original
titl e (O CT ) du ly sta mp edwit tr
title (OCT) duly stamped with original ori ginatma 'Ce rtif ied
rking"Certified Tru
marking Truee Co rtifgatg.
theol
py' by the
Copy"
pio pit n"' get"i of
proper Register ot Deeds
OeeOsand
and bearing
bearingits
its seal
seal or securitymarker.
or security marker'
2,l Wh
2.1 en ap
When a roj
project covers
ec tco more
ve rsm orethan 20 0in
individual titles without the required
tha n2 div idu a|t itle sw ith ou tth ere qu
ma*s described
marks O&"iiUeAab above, the following
ove,the followingshall
shallbe
be submitted:
submitted: ire o

2.1 Ph oto co PY
2.1.1.1 Photocopy of TCTs
ofT CT s
2.1.2 Certification
2.1.2 Certificationfro m the
from the Re gisterof De
Register edsco
Deeds concerned withh its
ncemedwit its se
seal
al or
security ma
securitymark giv ingthe
rkgiving the fol lowinginformation:
following information:

a. TC
a. or OC
TCTT or OCTTnu mb ers ;
numbers;

Nameof all
b . Name
b. registeredowner(s)
all registered owner(s)and theirir sh
and the aring'if an
sharing, any;
y;

c. Area
c. coveredby
Area covered eachtitl
bYeach e;
title;

d . Nu
d. of OC
mberof
Number or TC
OCTT or TCTT fro
fromm wh the titl
ichthe
which is de
titlee is derived;
rived'

e. Statementof all
e . Statement uncancelledliens
all uncancelled and encumbrances,
liensand any;
encumbrances'if any;

f. Lot and
f. Lot and block numbersas
block numbers as we as PSD,
wellll as PSU' PCS,
PSD' PSU, PCS' or other
or other
relevantnumber
relevant number

2.2. When certified copy of the TCT was issued more than one month prior to
application for Certificate of Registration (CR), affidavit of the owner that
the property is free from liens and encumbrances. When the applicant is
not the owner, deed from the registered owner showing clearly the
authority of the applicant to the property, its development and sale of
individual lots or units; to sign and receive documents; and other
relevant authority. Provided however, that in case the subdivision
project or portion thereof is mortgaged, affidavit of undertaking to submit
title; certification from the mortgagee regarding outstanding balance of
loan and amortization schedule; mortgage of contract; and affidavit of
un dertakinof
undertaking g mo
of rtgagor'
mortgagor.

(ce
Du audited balanced sheet (certified sroned
"3. ili' lyauditedbalancedsheet rtified
3. Duly copy of the original) issued and signed
or ot titi ipp T9aia
y:! .11
un "^:
de lgi
the na
lafl)is su
aued an
by #i,
the ilo
authorized
rrz"J t"i
official"iof the - ticant
applicant and under r
the ter
latter's 's tno d
nry'
authority.

3.1 When individual

3.1 When person involved
individualperson involv"q.and no ba balance sheet can
lance sheet can bebe
submitted,in"
submitted, ot"ilii"
income taxtuireturns
ns for the
for "ry --T
pre
the preceding ye
cedingyear ardu
dulyly rec eivedby
received by
glR office
BIR .na tax
off,,"€and rec'|rr
'ew
tax receipts ev
- -'-idencing
eipvtsevidencing payment'
payment.
partnership' or single
3.2 When applicant is a new corporation, corp-oiation,partnership, -or single
proprietorship, i.e., no financial sta tementor
statement or lnc
Income Taxx Re
ome Ta turn ha
Return hass
been prepared yet, sworn statement rent declaring:
declaring:
tr 4l
 assetsor
Otherassets
a. Other
a. or sources
sourcesof
of funds and other
fundsand resources:
otherresources;

nature of
the nature ol control
control or
or ownership
ownership over such assets,
over such funds or
assets' funds or
b. Ihe
b.
resources;
resources;

Commitmentto
c. Commitment
c. to the
tne effect
effectthat,
that, ifif necessary,
necessary,the sameshall
the same be used
shallbe used
to the project.
completethe
to complete Project.
4. Articles of
4 . Articles incorporation(or
of incorporation partnershipor association),
(or of partnership amendments
association),amendments
tnereofand
thereof and existing by-laws(or
existingby-laws (or its
its equivalent)
equivalent)clearly indicatingthe
clearlyindicating authority
the authority
of the
of applicantto
the applicant engagein
to engage in real
real estate
estatetrade
trade particularly in the
particularlyin developm.ent
the development
and sellirigof
and selling of lots
lotsor
or units.
uniG. When
Wnen an an applicant from the
deviatesfrom
applicantdeviates the intended line
intendedhne
of
of business stipulated in
businels stipulated in its
its articles incorporaiion(or
arlicles of incorporation partnershipor
(or partnership
association),authorization
association), auihorizationfromfrom thethe Securities
Securitiesandand Exchange Commission
ExchangeCommission
and/or the appropriate
(SEC) anci/or the appropriate
(SEC) govemment
government agency
agency to engage
engage in the
in the
developmentand
development of the
sellingof
and selling the subject project.
subjectproject.

5.
5. A copy
copy ot any circular,
of any prospectus, brochure,
circular, prospectus, advertisement, or
brochure, advertisement, or
communication
communication used/to
usedfto be
be used
used for
for public
public offering
offering of subject
subject project
project and
and for
for
circulation
circulationupon approvalby
uponapproval by this
this Board.
Board.

6.
6 . Sample
Samplecopycopy of contract
contracttoto sell
sell to
to be
be used
used in
in the publicoffering
the public units
lots, units
offeringof lots,
or
or lots
lots and
and units.
units. When amendmentsshall
When amendments be affected
shall be on the
atfectedon form contract
the form contract
submitted for
for notification/approval
submitted notification/approval by
by HLURB,
HLURB, pro-forma
pro-forma affidavit
affidavit signifying
signifying
willingness
willingness to
to change projectname.
changeproject name.

7. Certified
7. Certifiedtrue
true copy
copy of
of Environmental
Environmental ComplianceCertificate
Compliance (ECC)/Cenmcate
Certificate(ECC)/Certificate
Of
Of Non-Coverage (CNC), whichever
Non-Coverage(CNC), whichever is
is applicable,
applicable, duly
duly issued
issued by the
by the
Department
Department Of
Of Environmental
Environmental And
And Natural
NaturalResources
Resources (DENR).
(DENR).

8. Zoning
8. ZoningCertification
Certificationfrom HLURB
from HLURBRegional
RegionalOffice.
Office.

9. Certifiedtrue
9. Certified true copy
copyof DAR
DARConversion
ConversionOrder.
Order.

10.Electrical plan and

10.Electricalplan and specifications
specificationsduly signed and
duly signed and sealed by a licensed
sealed by licensed
professionalelectrical
professional electricalengineer
engineer and
and duly
duly approved by the
approved by the local
tocal franchise
franchise
holderas
holder as appropriate.
appropriate.

11.Permit
11.Permit to operate
to operateaa deepwell
deepwelland
and subsequent
subsequentsubmission
submission of confirmed
confirmedwater
water
resistivity test from
resistivity test from the
the National
NationalWater
Water Resources
ResourcesBoard (NWRB). Water
Board (NWRB). Water
potabilitytest
potability test results
resultsfrom
from concerned governmentagencies.
concernedgovernment agencies.
B. AdditionalRequirements
B. Additional Requirements

1. For
1. For condominium projectsmaster
condominiumprojects masterdeeds
deeds with
with declaration
declarationof registration
registrationandand
declarationof restrictions
declaration restrictionsevidenced
evidencedbyby the properannotations
the proper thereof in
annotationsthereofin thethe
title(s) of the
title(s) property
the property and
and the
the certified
certifiedtrue copy of such
true copy title(s) from
such title(s) the
from the
RegisterOf Deeds.
Register Deeds.

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42
2. +For
• For subdivision
suMivisionprojects:
projects.

a. Two
a. copiesof Verified
Two copies VerifiedSurvey
SurveyReturns
Retums with
with label for all
labelfor all non-saleable areas
non-saleableare as
incl udingbut
including but not
not limited
limitedto parks and
to parks playgrounds,community
and playgrounds, facilities
communityfacilities
and roads
and roadsand
and easements;
easements;

b. Copy of
b. Copy of the
the following
followingdocuments
documentsin in case
case the
the Dev elopmentPermit
Development Permit was
was
issG
issued Uy the
a by the Local
LocalGov ernmentUnit
Government (LGU) pursuant
Unit (LGU) pursuantto the 1991 Local
the 1991 Local
GovernmenCode
Government Cod
t and related
eand relatedissuance:
issuance:
b.1 Sangguniang
b.1 Sangguniang Resolution/Ordinance
Resolution/Ordinancegranting granting of Dev
Development
e-tggmgnt
P e r m i u s u b d i v i s iDevelopment
Permit/Subdivision o n D e v e | o p mPlan containing the following
entP|ancontainingthefo||owing
info rma tion :
information:

a.
a. Fullname
Full nameof the granteeor
the grantee permifteeand
or permittee and his
his address;
address;
b.
b. Complete pro
Completeproject jectname
nameandand its
its loca
location;
tion;
c.
c. Dateof the
Date resolutionor
the resolution ordinance;
or ordinance;
d.
d. Pro jectarea;
Project area;
e.
e. Full listingof title
Futilisting coveringtn9
s) covering
title((s) the project;
ergpct
t.
f. ueg atbasis
Legal o"ii . of
oiin the"'"p pro vai
approval (PDlPo BP 22o 'EO
7 220,
'ss' BP
957, Eo 648 andoth
648 and otherer
laws);
relatedlaws);
related

b.2 Certifiedtrue
b.2 Certified true cop resolutioncon
copyy of resolution feningauth
conferring orityto
authority the mayor
. tht.T or
"I9t--ot
other local
other gou"ilmtnt offic
localgovernment official
ialto
to issu
issue e dev
development
elopment per mlt
permit in
in cas
cases
es
where the
where the same
.lt"- was not not gra nted by
granted by the
the SanSangguniang
gguniang
PambaYan/Pangluns
Pambayan/Panglunsod. "'""
o'd'
Evidencesof approval
Evidences aPProvalbY the loc
by the local government of the subdivision
scheme mus t be
sch ememust anY orig
be any inalco
original copy or one certified as true copy
thereof
thereofbyby the
the authorized
authorizedlocal go'
local government official, indicating clearly
his nam eand
full name
his full and position and tht
Pos itionand the date of approval. It must contain
the same
the data as
samedata as above
aborredescribed.
describeclMostMost'tP ot:l:.:-1of'll5l
important all,git must
bear an indication of Sanggunian approval) such as but not limited to
words like ; "approved by authority of the Sanqgunian"" or othersrsof
or othe
ffierstood
similar import, it being understood that
,th "\-tthe
:. San gguniang
Sangguniang
Bayan/Panglunsod
Bayan/Panglunsod properlyissued
has properly
has aumonly-
suchauthority.
issuedsuch

b.3 of compliance
Proof of
b.3 Proof complianceto to Section
Section 18 18 of RA
RA 7279 (tor BP
727-9(for BP 220 project
220 project
whose pti"" is
sellingprice
whoseselling i" luiu
above itte maximum
" the price of socialized
sellingprice
maximumselling socialized
housing
housing pro ject
project) )in any the following
in any of the following man ner:
manner:

1. Development
1. DevelopmentPermit Permit of socialized projec{swithin
housingprojects
socializedhousing main
within the main
subdivision.
subdivision.
z. i1".
2. "* to
License sellof
io Sell socialized
ofsocialized housinproject
housing qrq
s ect9ffe
offered as compliance
r:q ,:,:,
i'i;;6 ;"i;;mp
if location of compliance
liance is not
is withii ihe
notwithin mainsubdivision
the main sub divi iTtl
sion 1l^ject
project.
-pro 1* '
tii.iiilltr
3 . Joint
3. r" agreement with
venture LGUor
witnLGU otherhousing
orother housinage
g ncies'
agencies.
;ilf;;
4 . Certified
4. true "sie
copyemof ent
ii;6pv of bondissuedby
bond issued bv.the LGU.wherethe
the LGU where main
the main
;;;F ncatedor
l- is located
project brby anvof
bvany of the
the hou
housing age
sinagencies.
g ncies'
b.4 Top
b.4 Plan
ographicPlan
Topographic

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 c. study
Projectstudy
c. Project
d. Copyof
d. Copy of brochures
brochures and
andother formof
otherform advertisements'
of advertisements.

Section 14.
Section 14. Application for License Sell
License to Sell

T h eowner
The r e aestate
t h ereal
r o rthe
o w n eor | e s t adealer
t e d e ainterested
| e r i n t e r in
e sthe
t e dsale
i n t hof
a slots
a | eor
e License units
o fTo s oinrby
| o tSell ua n i t s
subdivision or condominium
suMivisionor condominiu;-fupd shall
project shall apply
apply with
with the
the Board
Board a License To Sell by
submitting
submifting the following:
thefollowing:
a.
a . PProgram
-' rogram ofodevelopment
f d e v e | o p m(bar
andsealed
signed and sealedby
e n tchart
by aa licensed
c h as-curve,
( b a rwith
engineeror
licensedengineer or architect
- c u rcharPERTOM
r t w i t h SGant v e , G a work
indicatingwor
architectindicating
nttch arVPERT
acactivities'
trvrties,
$"o
"ign?J and
duration
duration andcosting.
costing.
b.
b. Affidavit
Affidavitof
of undertaking
undertaking to performthe
to perform following:
thefollowing:
b.1
b.1 segregation
Segregation of
of the
theindividual
individualtitles forall
titlesfor all lots or units
lotsor withinthe
unitswithin poject;
theproject;

b.2
b.2 Submission
submissionof proofthat
of proof that titles
titlestoto the
the saleable lots or
saleablelots unitshave
or units been
havebeen
issued,which
issued, proofmay
whichproof includeaa certification
mayinclude fromconcerned
from
certification concerned Register of
Registerof
Deeds indicating
Deedsindicating lots/blocks or
the lots/blocks units
the or units or
or data
data similar
similar to
to those
those required
required
under
underthe
the requirement
requirement for
forCertificate
Certificate of Registration
of Registration only whenrequired
onlywhen requiredbyby
Board.
theBoard.
the

b.3
b.3 Submission
Submission of aa certified
of true copy
certifiedtrue copyofof title of the
title of the common areas/open
commonareas/open
space,which
space, title shall
which title indicatethe
expresslyindicate
shall expressly the kind
kind ofof common
commonuse use
approved
approved therefore,
therefore, on
on or
or before
before a
a definite
definite date
date (to
(to be
be specified
specified by
by
applicant
applicant subjectto
subject to approval
approvalby theBoard).
bythe Board)-

Dulyaccomplished
c. Duly
c. accomplishedandnotarized
and notarizedfactsheet
fact sheet

Section 15.
15. Notice
Notice of Publication
Publication

Uponevaluation
Upon evaluation of the
of the completeness
completeness and veracityof
andveracity thedocuments.
of the documents. submitted,
submitted, this
this
Board shall causethe
Board shall cause the publication
publication at the expenseof the applicanta Noticeon
at the expense of the applicant a Notice on
Application
Application for Certificate
for Certificate of Registration
of Registration and License
and Licenseto to Sell in one
Sell in one newspaper
newspaper of
of
generalcirculation
general circulation in
in English
English or in
or Pilipinorecitingthereinthat an application
in Pilipino reciting therein that an application for
for
registrationand
registration and License
Licenseto to Sell for the
Sellfor the sale
saleof
of subdivision
suMivisionlotslots and
and condominium
condominium
units hasbeen
unitshas filedwith
beenfiled withthe
theBoard
Boardand
andthatthatthe
theaforesaid
aforesaid application
application papersas
papers as well
well
as the documents
as the documents attachedthereto
attached theretoare
areopen
opento inspection
to inspection duringbusiness
during hourSby
businesshours by
interested
interested parties.In
parties. In addition,
addition,aa 3'x
3' x 6'
6' billboard
billboardnotice
noticeofof the projectshall
the project shallbe posted
be posted
on the
on proiectsite
theproject siteuntil
untilthe
theissuance
issuance of the
of Licenseto
theLicense to Sell.
Sell.
completion
Uponcompletion
Upon of the
of publication,
the publication, the proponent
the proponent submitProof
shallsubmit
shall Proofof Publication
of Publication
executedby
executed the Publisher
by the Publisherand an affidavit
and an affidavitattesting
attestingto
to the postingof
the posting of the
the Billboard
Billboard
Noticeon
Notice onthe
thesite.
site.

Section16.
Section Certificateof Registration
16. Certificate Registration
Ten days
Ten from the
days from the completion
completion of the
of publication
the publication and submission
and submission of the
of prcofof
the proof of
publication,
publication, the Board
the Boardshall,
shall,in
in the
the absence
absenceofof an
an opposition
opposition the Registration
to the
to Registrationof
of
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the Project,
the PQect, issueissue aa Certificate
Certificateof Registration.
Registration.NoNo opp
opposition shallll be
ositionsha be ente
entertained
afte r the peri rtained
abo ve od-Comptaintsand
after the above period. Complaints and opposition
oppositionto the
the registration shallll be
registrationsha filed
be filed
with the
with the Board
Board within
within 10
10 days
days from
from the
the date
date of pub lication' Proceedings
publication. Proceedingsfor for
registrationand
registration and license
licenseto
to sell
sell shall
shall be, in the
be, in the meantime,
meantime,suspended
suspendedupon upon an initial
an initial
findingthat
finding the same
that the sameisis meritorious.
meritorious.

Sec tion17,
Section Lic ens eto Sell
17. License Sel l
No owner
No owneror or developer
developershall
shallsell
sell any
any disposable
disposablesubdivision lot or
subdivisionlot or condominium unit
condominiumunit
in aa registered
in propertywithout
registeredproperty without a licen
license
seto sell issued
sell issu the Board at least 2 weeks
ed the Board at least 2 weeks
by
from registration
from registrationof such proiect.
suchproject.

Upon proper application

Upon proper application therefor,
therefor, submission
submission of the required
the requ workk prog
ired wor ram'
program,
pJrf o-"nt" bond
performance boni inin the form of sure
the form suretyty bond the amount
bond to the 'l0o/
amount of 10% oof the total l
the tota
estimated
estimated devercost
development opme ntcproject
of the ostofissued by a duly accredited bonding
""i:?""
company and acceptable to the Board, or atilH ,"bJf;"
certificate 1,: Y,f
of guarantee fromit::
fi:* anyrbbbank or
'*T
financing institution of good standing ino addressed to the
addressed to the Board Board for the
the totatotall:?
prescribedlicense
development cost and payment of the prescribed license fee fee by the owner
by the owner or or
dealer, the board shall issue a license to iell the lot
sell the unit in
lot or unit projector portion
the project
in the portion
thereof covered by the performance bond, providedthat
nd, provided submitted
that sub mittedregi stration
registration
stat eme ntan
statement and doth erti nen tdoc ume ntar yreq uire men tsca nes tab| the
pertinent
othererp documentary requirements can establish that
;;6;;;J sale
proposed or the
t"i" of tne'suo lot or
oivision
subdivision lot or condominium
condominiuunit m to
unit the pub
to the is isht
publiclicis not hatt he
not
fraudulent.
fraudulent.

Sec tion 18.

Section 18. Monitoring
Mo nito ringof Project
Pro iect
TheBoard
The Boa rd sha llhave
shall pow er
thepower
hav ethe to mo nit(projects granted Development Approval
to monitor
Licenseto
and License
and to Sell these Rule
underthese
Sell under to ensure faithful compliance with the terms,
Rulessto
standards and conditions
standardsand cond'ttions thereof' lt ma1 exercise visitorial powers and in case of
thereof. It may
violation or non-compliance with the terms, standards and conditions thereof. It may
exercise visitorial powers and in case of violation or non-compliance of the terms,
standards and conditions set forth in the approval and the license issued, it may
institute revocation proceedings and impose appropriate fines and penalties.

RU LEV
RULE
PROVISIONS
MISCELLANEOUSPROVISIONS
MISCELLANEOUS

19. Definition
Section 19.
Section Terms
Definition of Terms
A s uused
As e s e RRules,
s e d i nint hthese ules,th l l o w i n g words
e f ofollowing
the and phrases are defined and
wordsandphrasesaredefinedand
,"Or*i".0 to
understood to have the meaning
havethe meaningcorrespondingly
conespondinglindicatedyindicatedther
therein.
ein'

a. Alley -
a. Alley - aa pub lic way
public way with widthh of 2'0
with aa widt meters inten
2.0 meters dedto brea
intended breakk a bloc and to
blockk and
serveboth
serve both ped estr
pedestrian and
ian emergency
tttig "n"V p.ur pos
purposes, es'both
both end
endss con
connecting
necting to stre
streets.
ets'
shallnot
ItI shall be used
not be usedas "nC
as access prop
ac@ssto property. erty'

b.
b. Block
Block -- A parcel
parcel of land boundedon
land bounded sides by
the sides
on the occupiedby
streets occupied
by streets by or
nde dfor
ntended
iinte for buildings.
buil ding s.

c. Board
c. Board HLURB- shall
or HLURB shaltmean
meanthe Housingand
the Housing and Land
LandUse RegulatoryBoard.
Use Regulatory Board
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d . costar
GlusterHusig,-
more tivingunits
i'tJ* separate living
sore-+my
Housing - single-family aetac»d
detachedawe"wg
grouped closely
units"$'ouped togetherto form
cbselytogether
g<""e""3 [,,{
dwellingunit containingthree-9r
relativelycompact
form relative
"Lp".t
structures.
structures.

e. Community y F a c i | i t | e-s - facilities

i tFacilities
C o m m u n't", f a c i | i t i eors o
structures
r s t r u c t uintended d e d tcommon
r e s i n t eton serve oserve@m
needs and for the benefit
the benefit of
of the
the community,
community, such
such as
as neighborhood/multFpurpose
neighborhood/multi-purpose
""Jr ""0
center,
Center, drugstore,
drugstore, livelihood
school'livelihood
school, center,and
center, ard the like'
thelike.

Dwelllng - aa building
f.f. Dwelling usedas
or used
designedor
buildingdesigned residence
as residence forone
for oneor families.
morefamilies.
or more

l. Dwelling
1. TyPes
DwellingTypes
Detached-- aa dwelling
single Detached
Single for 11 family
dwellingfor familywhich is completely
whichis completely sunounded
surrounded by
by
periranentopen
permanent withindependent
spaces,with
openspaces, independent access, srovices,
access,s·vices, anduse
and of land.
useof land'

Duplex/Single
Duplex/Single Attached -- aa dwelling
Attached containing
dwellingcontaining 22 or
or more
moreseparate living
separateliving
uniiseachol whichis separated
units each of which is separated from
from another
another by
by party
party or
or lot
lot lines
lines walls
walls and
and
provided
provided with independent
withindependent services,
access,services,
access, anduse
and useofof land.
land. Such dwelling
Suchdwelling
shallinclude
shall include duplexes,
duplexes, quadruplex
quadruplex or
or teraces,
terraces, and
and cluster
cluster housing.
housing.

Rowhouse -- aa single-attached
Rowhouse single-attached dwellingcontaining
dwelling containing or more
33 or moreseparate
separateliving
living
unitsdesigned
units suchaa way
in such
designedin waythat
thatthey
theyabut
abuteach otherat
eachother the sides,
at the sides,asas in
in aa
row, and
row, and are
are separated from each
separatedfrom each other
other by party walls;
by party providedwith
walls; provided with
independent
independent access,and
access, anduse
useof
of land.
land. There
Thereshall maximum
be aa maximum
shallbe 20 units
of 20
of units
perblock
per blockor
or cluster butin
clusterbut in no
nocase
caseshall
shallthis
thisbe
bebeyond
beyond100100meters
metercin length.
in length.
Single-famlly
Single-family dwelling-- shall
dwelling shallmean
meansingle
singlefamily perlot.
familyper lot.
MultiFamily
Multi Dwelllng-- aa dwelling
FamilyDwelllng dwelling on 11 lot
on lotcontaining
containingseparate
separate livingunits
living units
for 33 or
for or more families,usually
morefamilies, usually provided
provided with commonaccess,servicesand
with common access, services and
useof
use of land.
land.
Level of Completion
2. Level Completion

Shell house
Shell house - aa habitable
habitable dwelling
dwelling unit
unit which
which met
met the
the minimum
minimum
requirements
requirements for aa housing
for housingcore
core with
with the followingadditional
the following additionalcomponents
components
beingincluded
being includedas partthereof:
as part thereof:

a.
a. All exterior
All exteriorwalls
wallsto
to enclose
enclosethe
theunit
unit
b.
b. Openings
Openings fordoors
for doorsand
andwindows
windows
c.
c. Plumbing
Plumbing fixtures
fixtures
d.
d. Electrical
Electrical wiringwithin
wiring withinthe
theunit
unit
e.
e. Floor
Floor

Complete House -- A
GompleteHouse A habitable
habitabledwelling
dwellingunit
unit which
which met
met the
the minimum
minimum
requircments ior a shell house withthe
requirements for a shell house with followingadditional
the following additionalcomponents
componentsbeing
being
included as
included part thereof:
as part thereof: all
all windows
windows andand doors
doors and partition walls
and partition walls for
for
separatingfunctional
separating functionalareas.
areas.
g. Economic
g. Houslng -- aa type
Economlc Housing type of housing projec{provided
housingproject providedto averageincome
to average in@me
families.
families.

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h. Firc Resistive
ResistiveTime
Time Per iodRat
Period lng -- fire
Rating resistivetime
fire resistive periodis
time period is the
the length of
time lengrthof
a mat eriacan
time a material can
t withstand
withstandbein
beinggburned
bumedwhi whichchmay be 1
may be t hour, 2
hour,2 hou 3
hou rs,44 hours rs,
hours, 3
hours, hou rsor
or more.
mor e.
Fire bloc k-- any
i.i. Firoblock anywall
wal lwhich
whi chseparates
sep ara tes 2 abutting
2 abu ttin glivin units sso
living gunit so as
as to
to res
resist the
istthe
spre
spread fire. Such
of fire.
adof such wall
wall shall
shallbebe of
of masonry
masonryconstruction
constructioe.g. n cementhollow
e.g. cement hollow
biocks.bricks,
blocks, bricks,reinforced
reinforced concrete,etc.,
concrete, etc., at least100
at least 100milimeters
milimeters thick and sha
thickand shallll
e)dendthroughout
extend throughout thewhole
the wholelength
lengthofof the
the living
livingunits
unitsand
andfrom
fromthe portion
lowestportion
the lowest
of the
of walladjoining
thewall adjoining the living
the livingunits
unitsupup to
to the
the point justbelow
pointjust belowthethe roof
roofcovering
coveringor or
purt ins.lt sha hav
purlins. It shallllhaveea minimum
a minimum fire resistive
fire resistive time ratingof
time rating of t1 hour.
hour'
j. Firewall - a fireblock which extends vertically from the lowest portion of the wall
which adjoins the 2 living units up to a minimum height of 0.30 meter above the
highest portion of the roof attached to it; the firewall shall also extend horizontally
up to a minimum distance of 0.30 meter beyond the outermost edge of the
abuttingliving
abutting livingunits.
units.
k. Frontage -- that
k. Frontage pador
that part or end
endof lotwhich
of aa lot whichabuts
abutsaa street.
street'
I.l . LLiving
i v i n g UUnit
n i t - a- dawdwelling,
e l l i n g , oorr pportion
o r t i othereof,
n t h e r eproviding
o complete living facilities
f ' p r o v i d i n g c o m p l e t e land
iving.
for 11 fam
for family, p.iil
g ionl lot
incl udinprovisions
ily,including livin g,sleeping,
for living, slee pingcooking,
coo
' kingeating,
'.ea ting .'.baand
bathing thin g f a c i l i
toilet tacitiiiesand
ioitetfacilities andlaun
laundry dryfaci lities,
facilities, the sameas
the same as aa single-family
single-family dwe lling'
dwelling.

m . Lot
m. L o t . a- p o
a rportion
t i o n o fofa sa usubdivision
b d i v i s i o noroany
r a nparcel
y p a r cof land intended as a unit for
elof|andintendedasaunitfor
tran sfer
transfer own ers hip
of ownership
of or for building
or for buil dingdev elop men t'
development.

n . LLot
n. o t LLine
ineW Wall
a l | . A- wAa |wall
| u s eused | y b ybyt hthe
d o nonly p party
eparc upon whose lot the wall is
a r t yof
erectedat
located,erected line separating
separatingtwo two parcels edofu pland
o n weach
h o sheof
eac of| owhich
t t hch
whi ewis aaa| | i s
is
located, at aa line land
separatereal
separate realestate
estateentity.
entitY'
o. Multi Family
o. Multi Dwelling-- aa dwelling
FamilyDwelling on one
dwellingon onelot
lotcontaining
containing sepa9l:lYi1
separate Jiving9.'1 i1"fot
units for
33 or
or more
morefam
families, usu
iliesusually providedwith
, allyprovided with common access'serv
commonaccess, icesand
services use of
and use of
land .
land.

p. Occupancy -- the
p. Occupancy purposeI"t
the purpose ylltl aa building
for which is
bYild^I'ls usedor
g used or inte ndedto
intended be use
to be used.d'
The term
The shallalso
termshall irrcrlol the
alsoinclude tn" building or room
buildingor roomhousing
housingsuch use. Change
suchuse. changeof
o"cupancyis
occupancy notintended
is not intended to
to incl cha
ude nge
Include change of
of tena or
nts
tenants or prop rieto
proprietors. rs'
q. Open
q. OpenSpa ce -- shall
Space shallrefer allocatefor
areasallocated
to areas
referto for the
d thefollowing purposes:
followingpurposes:
1.. Circulation
1 Circ ulat ion
2. Community
2. Com mun ityfa
facilities
cilit ies
Par Upl ayg rou nd
3. Park/playground
3.
4. Easements
4. Easements
5. Courts
5. Courts
r.r. Party Wa ll -- aa wall
Par tyWall wal l used join tlyby
use djointly by.two
two .pa
parties und eas eme nt
s ereasement
rtieunder agr eem ent '
agreement,
erectedupon
erected tineseparating
uponaa line ,;p"-;ild, 2 parcels
;irc6ts ot
of land
land eac
each hof whi ch
which is
is a
a sep real
aratereal
separate
esta te.
estate.

s. Pathwalk--- aa public
s. Pathwalk publicwav
way inte
intended d pov
ndeto
to iderq:s
provide pedestrian access to property or
!'an -1c
fijffiist;ff#
adjacent il:;;serve
street and to ped estrian
;'as as pedestrian 'watkw
walkway for
foray1e^ializ
soc Tlf-:.itf
socialized hou
ed :1,^
sin
housing "j g
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 projects.Itlt shall
projects. right-of-way
haveaa right-of-way
shalthave 3.0 meters
of 3.0
of andaa maximum
metersand maximumlength 60
of 60
lengthof
meters.
meters.

l Parks/Playgrounds-- that
Parks/Playgrounds portionof
thatportion of the
thesubdivision
subdivisionwhichis
which generallynot
is generally notbuilt
buift
on and
on andintended
intendedfor passiveor
for passive or active
activerecreation.
recreation.
u. Socialized Housing-- refers
SocializedHousing refersto
to housing pKrgrams
housingprograms projectscovering
andprojects
and coveringhouses
houses
and lots
and lotsand
and homelots
homelotsonly
onlyundertaken
undertaken by the
by govemment
the government or the
or privatesector
the private sector
for the
for the underprivileged
underprivileged and homelesscitizens
and homeless citizenswhich
which shall includesites
shall include sites and
and
services development,
services development,long
long term financing,liberalized
term financing, liberalizedterms
terms on on interest
interest
payments,and
payments, and such
suchother benefitsiin
otherbenefits accordance
n accordance with the
with provisions
the provisions of R.A.
of R.A
7279or
7279 or the urbandevelopment
theurban development housing
andhousing
and actof
act of 1992.
1992.
20. Conformance
Section 20. Conformance to the Requirements pertinent
Requirements of Other Pertinent
Laws, Rules
Laws, Rules and Regulations
Regulations

Unlessotherwise
Unless otheruiseamended
amendedor or expressly proMded,the
expresslyprovided, provisionsof
the provisions presidential
of Presidential
Decree No. 957 and its lmplementingRuleson
Decree No. 957 and its Implementing Rules on the
the following
followingSections
sectionsare
are hereby
hereby
adoptedin
adopted in these
theseRules:
Rules:
a.
a. Applicationfor
Application for approval
approvalof condominium projects
condominiumprojects
b.
b. Registrationof real
Registration realestate
estatedealers,
dealers,brokers
brokersand
and salesmen
salesmen
c,
c. Submission of SemestralReports
Submission Semestral Reportsonon Operations
Opentions
d.
d. Displayof Certificate
Display Certifcateof Registration
Registrationand
and License
Licensetoto Sell
Sell
e.
e. Lost or Destroyed Certificateof Registration
Lost Destroyed Certificate Registration or License
Licenseto to Sell
Sell
t.
f. Advertisement
Advertisement
s.
g. Timeof Completion
Time Completion
h.
h. Transfer ownershipor
Transfer of ownership or change
changeof name
name
i.i . Alterationof Plans
Alteration Plans
j.i. Non-Forfeiture
Non-Forfeiture Payments
of Payments
k.
k. Registrationof Conveyance
Registration @nveyance
I.t. Mortgages
Mortgages
m. Complaints
m. Complaintsagainst
againstowners,
owners,developers,
developerc,dealers,
dealers,brokers,
brokers,salesmen
salesmen
n . Administrative
n. Administrative fines
fines
o . Criminal
o. penalties
Criminalpenalties
p. Take-over
p. Take-overDevelopment
Development
q . Fees
q. Fees
r.r. Identification
ldentificationof lot
lot subject
subjectof sale
sale
s. Broker/salesmen
s. Broker/salesmen as as witness
witnessto
to sales
sales
t.t. Phases
Phasesof of Subdivision
Subdivision
u. Realty
u. RealtyTax
Tax and
and Other
OtherCharges
Charges
Conversionof existing
v. Conversion existingstructures
structures
Section 21.
Section 21. Non-Development
Non-Development
Failure on
Failure on the part of the
the part the owner
ovner or developer
deveroperto deveropthe
to develop project in
the project in accordance
accordance
with j:; gl1T
the approved project plans
:111 :p:Jgfj:tto nd
and within
within ine
the ume
time rrerein
herein specified jrr
.p"Jin.jo subject
shall rulirJ the
tn"
owner/developer
owner/developer " sanctions
to administrative
administrative sanctions and penalties.
penJti".. "r,
"nO

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Section22.
Section 22. Organization
Organizationand
and Registration
Registrationof
of Homeowners
Homeowners
The owner
The owneroror developer
developerof
of aa socialized
socialized andeconomic
and economichousing poject shall
housingproject shaltinitiate
initiate
the organization of aa homeowners
the organization of homeowners association
association arnongthe
among ouie,s and
the buyers ino resioentsof
residents ot
tectingtheir mutualinterest.
the project for the purpose of promoting and protecting their mutual interest.Said
Said
homeowners association shall register with the BoardBoardandand the
the latter
latter is
is hereby
hereby
authorized to accredit and determine the legitimatete homeowners
homeowners association
association of
of the
the
housing project for purposes of applying the pertinent provisions
entprovisions of these Rules.
of theseRules.
23. Donations
Section 23. Donations of Roads,
Roads, Open Spaces and Water Supply
Open Spaces
Theowner
The owneror project
or project developer
developer shalldonate
shall donatethe
theroads
roadsand
andopen spacesfound
openspaces foundin
in the
the
project to the
project to the local govemment
localgovernment the area
of the areaafter
aftertheir
theircompletion
completion had
hadbeen
beencertified
certified
to by
to the Board
by the Boardandand itit shall
shallbe
be mandatory
mandatory for the
for the said
saidlocal govemment
localgovernment to
to accept
accept
such donations.
such donations. Parks
Parksand playgrcunds
and playgrounds maybedonated
maybe donatedto to the duly accredited
the duly accredited
Homeowners
Homeowners Association
Association of the
of projectwith
the project withthe c,onsent
the consent of
of the cityor
the city or municipality
municipality
concerned
concerned underPD1216,
under PD 1216.

The water
The water supply
supplysystem
systemof of the projectmay
the project may likewise
likewisebebe donated
donatedto to the
the duly
duly
accredited
accredited homeowners
homeowners association
association aftercertification
after certification by the
by Boardof
the Board of its
its completion
completion
andof
and of its
its being operational.
beingoperational. Should the homeowners
Shouldthe homeowners notaccept
not acceptthe donation,
the donation, the
the
owneror
owner or developer
developer of the projectshall
the project collectreasonable
shallcollect reasonable ratesto
rates to be
be determined
determined by
by
the Boardin consultation
the Board in consultation with the NationalWaterResourcesBoardor the Local
with the National Water Resources Board or the Local
Water Works
Water Worksand and Utilities
UtilitiesAdministration.
Administration.The proceedsthereof
The proceeds thereofshall
shall be
be used
used
exclusively
exclusively for the maintenance
for the maintenance andoperation
and operation of thewatersystembythedeveloper.
of the water system by the developer.

Section24.
Section TransitoryProvision
24. Transitory Provision
The provisionof
The provision of Rule
RuleIlllll Section (10)Subsection
Section(10) Subsection (A)(1)
(A) (1)and (B)(2)
and(B) (2) of
of these Rulesto
theseRules to
the
the contrary notwithstanding,and
contrary notwithstanding, subject to
and subject further review
to further review thereof, licensed
thereol licensed
architects who are not licensed environmental
architectswho are not licensedenvironmental planners
planners may in
may the
in the meantime
meantime still
still
continue
continueto sign site
to sign site development
developmentplans plans of subdivision pojects, for
subdivisionprojects, period of 22
for aa period
yearsfrom
years fromthe
the date
date of effectivity
effectivity of these
these Rules.
Rules.

Section
Section25. SeparabilityClause
25. Separability Glause
provision
Theprovision
The ofthese
of theseRules
Rulesare hereby
arehereby declared
declared separable,
separable, andin
and inthe eventany
theevent anyof
of
such provisionsare
such provisions are declared
declarednull
null and void, the
and void, validityof all
the validity all other provisionsshall
other provisions shall
not
not be
be affected thereby.
affectedthereby.

Section 26.
Section Effectivity
26. Effectivity
These shalltake
Rulesshall
These Rules take effect
effectthirty daysafter
thirtydays afterits publication
its publication in newspaperof
in aa newspaper of
generalcirculation
general circulationin the
in the Philippines.
Philippines.

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ANNEXA

COMMISSION
COMIUISSIONPROPER
PROPER

RESOLUTION
R E S O L U T I ONo.
N NR-97
o.R-97
Series 1982
Seriesof 1982

RATIFYING
RATIFYING RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION NO' 55,
NO. S.1982OF
55,S.1982 THE
OF THE
EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE,
EXECUTIVE INTERPRETING
COtvttUtffee,INTERPRETING THE TERMS
THE TERMS
SECTION 9 OF
IN SECTION9 OF BP
IN BP 220
220 FOR
FOR PURPOSES
PURPOSES OF
OF
EVALUATION
EVALUATION OF
OFAPPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS FORTHE
FOR INTEGRATED
THEINTEGRATED
PERMITBY HSRC
PERMIT BY HSRC PERSONNEL-
PERSONNEL.

R E S o L V E Das
RESOLVED, , a its ihereby
thereb resolved
y r e s o |that
v e dResolution
t h a t R e s oNo.
| u t55,
i o nSeries
N o ' 5 5of, S
1982,
e r i eof
sof
the Executive Committee,
the Executivecommiftee, InterpretingInterpreting the
the Terms
Terms in
in section
Section 9
9 of Batas
Batas Pambansa
Pambansa
Big. 220 for Purposes of
f"r-purpor"= oi Evaluation Applicationsfor
Evaluationof Applications lntegratedPermit
the Integrated
for the Permit by by
big.TZO
HSRC personnei,where
USRC Personnel, where the the terms
terms are interpretedin
are interpreted in the
the same hereunder
contexthereunder
same context
stated,
stated,bebe ratified as the
ratifiedas the samesameis is hereby ratified.
herebyratified.

VARIANCE- refers
VARIANCE refers to permit to
to aa permit to undertake/develop
undertake/develop low-costhousing
aa low-cost project
housingproject
notwithstanding
notwithstanding the
the fact
fact that
that the
the minimum standardsset
minimumstandards in the
forth in
set forth rules
the rules
cannot
cannotbe compliedwith,
be complied with, onon the groundthat
the ground there is
that there an urgent
is an the
needfor the
urgentneed
project,that
project, compliancewith
that compliance withthe
the standards wouldbe
standardswould impractical,and
be impractical, that the
and that the
deviation
deviationtherefrom
therefromwill
will not
not cause
causeundue
undueadverse or defeat
effector
adverseeffect purpose
the purpose
defeatthe
and suchstandards.
objectivesof such
and objectives standards.
- also
also refers
refe6 to
to minimum possibledeviation
minimumpossible from standards
deviationfrom which is
standardswhich permifted
is permitted
so
so as
as to
to make
makefeasible
feasibleaa highly
highlybeneficial
benefrcialhousing project.
housingproject.

EXEMPTION
EXEMPTION - or or exception, refers to
exception, refers to the
the privilege granted to
privilege granted to aa certain
certain
person/project with uniquecharacteribtics, being relieved
person/project with unique characteristics, of being relieved from
from compliance
compliance
with,
with, and
and of being
being not subjectto
not subject generalstandards
to general standardsandand regulations,
regulations,on the
on the
ground
ground of practicality,
practicality, beneticiality,and necessity.
beneficiality, and necessity.

-- also
also refers
referstoto the
the exclusion from the
exclusionfrom the applicability/effectivity
applicability/effectivity guidelinesand
of guidelines and
standards,
starrdards,of certain person/projectwith
certain person/project with unique characteristics,whose
unique characteristics, whose
exclusion
exclusionisis the
the most practicaland
most practical and beneficial
beneficialcourse
courseofof action and would
actionand not
would not
cause undue adverse effects.
causeundueadverseeffects.

UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP -- refers

UNNECESSARYHARDSHIP refersto hardshipthat
to hardship that is
is beyond
beyondthat foreseeable
that foreseeable
and
and bearable
bearable condition
condition by reasonableand
by reasonable prudent men
and prudent men inin the
the ordinary
ordinary
conduct their businessor
conduct of their business or personal
personal affaie, and which would
affairs, and which would substantially
substantially
impair
impairor prejudicetheir
or prejudice their rights
rightsto propertyand
to property and reasonable profits,or
reasonableprofits, or impair
impair
viable
viable endeavors
endeavors on on their part, without
their part, without corresponding tangibte compelling
conesponding tangible compelling
benefit
benefitto generalwelfare
to general weffareoror social justice.
socialjustice.

PREJUDICE
PREJUDICEINTENDED BENEFICIARIES-- refers
INTENDEDBENEFICIARIES referstoto the
the imminent possibility
imminentpossibility of
of
impairingthe
impairing the intended
intendedaccomplishment projectwhose
of aa project
accomplishment whosebeneficiaries are
beneficiariesare
those
thosedefined
definedinin Sec.
Sec.22 of B.P.220.
ot B.P. 22O.

so
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alsorefers judgmenof
to aa judgment t action
of actionby
by either
eitherthe implementing
the implementing or regulating
or regulating
party that wouldbe
party that would be detrimental
detrimentalor
or cause
causedamage
damageto to the of the
intentionof
the intention the
regulatioor
regulation or
n standard.
standard.

APPROVED,
APPROVED, this03
this 03 November
November 1982at
1982 Makati,Metro
at Makati, Manila.
MetroManila.

ARTUROC.
ARTURO CORONA
C.CORONA (sGD.)JESUS
(SGD.) JESUSN. BORRO MEO
N.BORROMEO
Commis sioner
Commissioner Commis sioner
Commissioner

(SGD.)RAYMUNDO
(SGD.) R. DIZON,
R.
RAYMU NDO DIZON, JR.
JR. (SGD.)ABER
(SGD.) ABERP.P. CANLAS
CANIAS
Commissioner
Commissioner Commissioner
Commissioner

(sGD)CEASR
(SGD) CEASR0. MAROUES
O. MARQUES (SGD.)RAMOS
(SGD.) CARDENAS
B,CARDENAS
RAMOSB.
Commis sioner
Commissioner Commis sioner
Commissioner

ERNES TO
ERNESTO C. MENDIO IJ
C. MENDIOLA (SGD.)SALVADOR
(SGD.) SALVADOR SOCRATES
P. SOCRATES
P.
Commissioner
Commissioner and
and Commissioner
Commissioner
ChiefExecutive
Chief Officer
ExecutivOfficer
e

Attested:
Attested:

(SGD.)EUFEMIO
(SGD.) DACANAY
P. DACANAY
EUFEMIOP.
ActingGommissionSecretiary
Acting Commission Secretary

51
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 AN NE XB
ANNEX B

RE PU BL IC
REPUBLIC OF
OFTHE PH ILI PP IN ES
TH EPHILIPPINES
PAMBANSA P. B.No.
P.B. 18 80
No .1880
BATASANGPAMBANSA
BATASANG
FourthRegular
Fourth Session
RegularSession

PAMBANSABLG.
BATASPAMBANSA
BATAS 220
BLG. 220

AN ACT
AN AU TH OR IZI NGTHE
AC T AUTHORIZING MI NI ST RYOF
TH E MINISTRY HU MA N
OF HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS TO
SETTLEMENTS ESTABLISH AND
TO ESTABLISH PROMULGAiE
AND PROMULGATE
DI FF ER EN TLEVELS
DIFFERENT LE VE LSOF
OF STANDARDS S
ST AN DA RD AND iEC HH I-C 'ET
NH O TECHNICAL
REQUIREM-ENTSFOR
REQUIREMENTS ECONOMIC AND
FOR ECONOMIC SOtIAf'i;
AND SOCIALIZED
HO US IN GP-
HOUSING PROJECTS S
RO JE CT IN UR BA NAND
IN URBAN AN D RURAL AC EA S
RU ML AREAS
FROM PROVIDED UNDER
TH.OSE PROVIDED
FROM THOSE PRESIDENi}L
UNDER PRESIDENTIAL
SIrg _E RENINE
DE GR EENUMBERED
DECREES N| HU ND REFIFTY
DNEHUNDRED er ev iN ]
o rw -sSEVEN,
llll
Hg llg lF p SIXTEEN, , N HUNDRED
slx rE ENTEN NtDNi *l
HU ND RENINETY-
TW EL VE
TWELVE HUNDRED rE
EL EV EN
AN DELEVEN
SI XAND
SIX HUNDRED RE D
Ci CN
HU ND EIGHTY-FIVE rV .rr VC

BE
BEIT D
EN AC TEBY
ITENACTED TH EBATASANG
BYTHE PA MB AN SA
BA TA SA NG
PAMBANSA INSESSION
IN N SE MB LE D:
SE SS IOASSEMBLED:
AS

SECTION 1. It is hereby declared a policy of the government to promote and

encourage the development of economic and socialized housing projects, primarily
by the private sector, in order to make available adequate economic and socialized
housing units for average and low-income earners in urban and rural areas.

SECTION 2. As used in this Act, economic and socialized housing refers to

housing units which are within the affordability level of the average and low-income
earners which is thirty percent (30%) of the gross family income as determined by
the National Economic and Development Authority from time to time. It shall also
refer to the government-initiated sites and services development and construction of
economic and socialized housing projects in depressed areas.

SECTION 3. To carry out the foregoing policy, the Ministry of Human

Settlements is authorized to establish and promulgate different levels of standards
and technical requirements for the development of economic and socialized housing
projects and economic and socialized housing units in urban and rural areas from
those provided in Presidential Decree Numbered Nine hundred fifty-seven otherwise
known as the "Subdivision and Condominium Buyers Protective Decree",
presidential Decree Numbered Twelve Hundred and Sixteen, "Defining Open Space
in Residential Subdivision"; Presidential Decree Numbered Ten Hundred and Ninety-
Six, otherwise known as the "National Building Code of the Philippines"; and
Presidential Decree Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Five, otherwise known
as the "Fire Code of the Philippines" and the rules and regulations promulgated
hereunder, in consultation with the Ministry of Public Works and Highways, the
Integrated National Police, and other appropriate government units and
instrumnentalities and private associations.

sEc'oN 4.
SECTION srandardand
The standards
4' The sand technical r uirements
technicarequirements
req to be
to estabrished
be established
sectionThree hereof.s i r'# i.i, '"*" ,ec oro gy ,
pi""iJ"'i"for environmental ecology, hygiene,
n"rprovide hygieneand, d
underSection
under Threehereof shall an
cle an lin es
cleanliness, s,
ph vs ica r,
physical, cu ltu rar
cultural and Sp irit
spiritual"ir[ ;il; :"
development an andd pu bri
public c
sa fer
safety yan
and d may
ma y
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52
vary in
vary in each
each region, provinceor
region,province dependingon
city depending
or city on the availability
the availability indigenous
of indigenous
materials
materialsfor buildingconstruction
for building constructionand otherrelevant
and other factors.
relevantfactors.

SECTION
SECTION5. 5, The
The different
differentlevels
levels of standards and technical
standardsand requirements
technicalrequirements
that
that shall
shall be
be established
establishedand promulgatedby
and promulgated by the
the Ministry of Human
Ministryof Human Settlements
Settlements
after shall be in two newspapers
publishedin two newspapers
hearingshall be published
only after hearing
only of general
general circulation
circulation in-the
in the
Phiiippinesfor
Philippines for at least once
aileast once aa week
weekforfor two
two consecutive weeksand
consecutiveweeks and shall efiect
take effect
shalltake
thirty daysafter
thirtydays afierthe
the last publication.
last publication.

SECTION6.
SECTION 6. This
This Act
Act shall
shalltake effectupon
take effect its approval.
uponits approval.

March25,
Approved,March
Approved, 1982.
25, 1982.
PRS-032-0022
PRS-032-0022

s3
53
 Rrrrblicof
Republic ofthe
rl\cPhilippines
Philimincs
Office
Office of the
thc President
Prcsidenr
Housing and
Housing and Urban Development
Development Coordinating Council
HOUSINGAND
HOUSING USE REGULATORY
AND LAND USE REGULATORYBOARD
BOARD

RESOLUT'ON
RESOLUTION NO. 725
NO._7@5
Series of 2002
Series 2002

AMENDINGTHE
AMENDING THEREVISED
REVISEDIMPLEMENTING
IMPLEMENTING RULES
RUTES
AND REGULATIONS
AND REGULATIONS FORPRESIDENTIAL
FOR PRESIDENTIALOECREENO.
DECREE NO.957
957 AND
ANO
BATASPAMBANSA
BATAS PAMBANSANO.
NO.22O
220

WHEREAS,the
WHEREAS, the HLURB
HLURBBoard
Boardapproved
approvedthe
the revised
revisedImplementing
lmplementing (lRRs)
Rules(IRRs)
Rules
and Regulations
and Regulationsforfor PD
PD 957
957 and
and BP 220 through
BP 220 throughRes.
Res. Nos.
Nos. 699
699 and 700,
and 700,
respectively,both
respectively, bothSeries
Series of
of 2001;
2001;

WHEREAS;in
WHEREAS; in the
the light
light of
of the
the mandates
mandatesof the HLURB,
of the HLURB,this
this Board
Board and
and the
the
HUDCC jointly
HUDCC jointly conduct· continuingdialogue/consultation
conduct.continuing dialogue/consultation
with stakeholders
with stakeholderstoto
harmonize housing
harmonize policies, rules
housing policies, rules and
and standards
standards in support of
in support of recent policy
recent policy
pronouncements
pronouncements of the administration;
of the administration;

pursuantto
WHEREAS,pursuant
WHEREAS, existinglaws,
to existing particularlyPD
laws, particularly PD 1308,
1308,otherwise
otherwiseknown
knownas as
the Law
the Regulatingthe
Law Regulating the Practice of Environmental
Practice of EnvironmentalPlanning Professionin
PlanningProfession in the
the
Philippines,and
Philippines, and the Rules and
the Rules and Regulations promulgatedby
Regulationspromulgated the Professional
by the Professional
Regulations
Regulations Commission
Commission pursuantthereto,
pursuant thereto,the
the scope
scopeof practiceof
of practice of environmental
environmental
planningincludes,
planning includes,among othersthe
amongothers preparationof
the preparation of conceptual
conceptualschemes
schemesand site
and site
development
developmentplansplans for
for subdivision projectsfor
subdivisionprojects residentialand
for residential and other
other urban uses;
urban uses;
and
and the licensedenvironmental
signatureof licensed
tfie signature plannersis
environmentalplanners is required
requiredtoto be
be affixed
affixedonon
said
said plans;
plans;

WHEREAS,this
WHEREAS, this Board
Boardfully supportsthe
fultysupports immediateimplementation
the immediate of Executive
implementationof Executive
Order
Order No.No. 45, prescribing time
45, prescribing periods for
time periods for issuance
issuance of
of housing
housing related
related
certifications, clearances
certifications,clearances and
and permits
permits and
and imposing
imposing sanctions
sanctions for
for failure
failure to
to
observethe
observe same:
the same;

groups of
various groups
WHEREAS, various
WHEREAS, real estate
of real estate developers have brought
developers have brought to the
to the
attention
attentionof HUDCCand
of HUDCC and this Boardissues
this Board issuesrelative
relativeto the implementation
to the implementation of the
of the
revisedlRRs for PD 957 and BP 220:
revised IRRs for PD 957 and BP 220;

WHEREAS,upon
WHEREAS, thorough review
upon thorough review and
and evaluation
evaluationof
of the
the issues
issues raised
raised by the
by the
group,as
developers'group,
developers' as well
well as
as the rationaland
the rational and basis
basis of their concerns,
of their concerns,this Board
this Board
findssome
finds someof their
theirrequests
requestsreasonable;
reasonable;

WHEREFORE,
WHEREFORE, be itit RESOLVED,
be RESOLVED,as as itit is
is hereby
herebyRESOLVED,
RESOLVED,that thatthe
the following
foltowing
amendmentsto
amendments to the revised implementing
the revised implementingrules
rules and
and regulations
regulationsfor
for PD
PD 957
957 and
and
BP 220
BP 22Oapproved
approvedby virtue of
by virtue of HLURB
HLURBResolution
ResolutionNos. R-699,and R-700,
Nos. R-699, and R-700,S. of
S. of
2001.be
2001, be APPROVED.
APPROVED.

HLURB Bldg..
Bldg., Kalayaan
KalnyaanAvenue
Averruccorner MilyalnirnStreet,
corncr Mayaman Strcct,Diliman,
Dilinran, Quezon
euczon City
City
(Page22 of
(Page Board
of Board Rrs.No.
Res. 725,
No. Ts zooz)
of 2002)
s. of

1. That,the
1 . That, price ceiling
the price provisi on iin
ceiling provision n the revisediimplem
the revised enting
mplementing rules
rules
and regula tions
and regulations (lRR)
(IRR) for
for both
both PD
PD 957
957 and
and BP
BP 220
220 be
be delete
deleted but
dbut
standards
standa rdsas prescr ibedtherein
as prescribed thereinshall remain ;
shall remain;

2. That, the
2. That, provisi on in
the provision in the
the IRRs requiri ng subdiv
lRRs requiring ision
subdivision
owner/ develo
owner/developer perto
to registe
register r as
as dealer
dealer be
be delete
deleted d and
and that
that
registr ation as
registration as subdivision owner/ develo
subdiv ision owner/developer per be deemedd
be deeme
registration as
registration dealer;
as dealer;

3. That, allocat ion of area

the allocation
That, the area requirement parks and
for parks
require ment for and
playgr oundand
playground commu nity facilities
and community prescr ibed
facilitie s prescribed for economicic
econom
housin g be
housing amend edto
be amended readas
to read follows .
as follows:

ll, Section
RuleII,
Rule 5.C.1. b.1
Sectio n5.C.1.b.1

Allocation of Area
b.l Allocation
b.1 Parks and
Area for Parks playgrounds
and Playgrounds

x x xX
XX

T a b l e1:' lParks
Table s Plavarounds Allocation
: P a r kand
ano AJlocation
ECONO MIC
ECONOMIC HOUSIN G
HOUSING SOCIAL IZED
SOCIALIZED HOUSIN G
HOUSING
Density
Density Allocatio n
Allocation Density
Density Allocatio n
Allocation
(No.of
(No. lots/Dut
of lots/DU (o/oof
(% grossarea
of gross area (No.of
(No. lots/Du '
of lots/DU (% of
(% grossarea
of gross area
per hectare)
per hectare) for
for pp·y
PP") perhectare)
per hectare ) for PP")
for PP .. )
t50 and
150 and below
below 3,5%
3.5% 150and
150 below
andbelow 3 . 5%
3.5%
151 - 160
1 5 1-- 160 1%
4% 1 5 1- 160
151- 160 4%
4%
161
161--- 175
175 5%
5% 1 6 1- 175
161- 175 5 o/o
5%
176 -
176-- 200
200 6%
6% 176-- 200
176 200 6%
6%
201
201- - 225
225 7%
7% 201 -
201 - 225
225 7%
7
Above
Above 225225 9%
9% Above225
Above 225 9%
9%
•' Dwelling
Dyvellingunits
units
*' Parksand
•• parks Playgrou nds
and Playgrounds

Rule ll, Section

RuleII, Sectio n5.C.1.b.2
5.C.1. b.2

Alloca tedfor Community

AreaAllocated
b.2 Area
b.2 Faciliti es
Comm unityFacilities

XXX
XXX

Tabfe3:
Table FacilitiesAllocation
? . Communitv Facilities Allocation
E C O N O M I CHOUSING
ECONOMIC HOUSING SOCIALIZED
SOCIAL IZEDHOUSING
HOUSIN G
Density
Density Allocatio n
Allocation Density
Density Allocation
Allocation
(No.of
(No. lots/Du .
of lots/DU (o/oof
(% grossarea
of gross area (No.of
(No. IoWDU '
of lots/DU (% of
(% grossarea
of gross area
perhectare)
per hectare ) for CF .)
for Qp""y per
F€r hectare
hectare) ) for CF")
Cr·"
150and
150 and below
below 1.0
1.0 150and
150 and below
below 1.0
1.0
151- -
151 225225 1.5
1.5 151 -
15't-225
225 'l
1.5.5
Above
Above 225
225 2.0
2.0 Above
Above 225225 2.O
2.0
•. Dwelling units
Dwellingunits
Facilitie s
"Commu nityFacilities
·Community
(PagE
(Page 33o/ .No. 725. s.
ResNo._[,
BoadRes.
ol Board S.of 2OO2)
ot2002)

a. That,
4. provisionrequiring
T,ha!,provision .
plan ting of trees
requiringplanting trees in
in areas designatedas
areas designated as
ting
ptan strip
planting strip be
be deleted;
dele ted;

year validity
(21year
the two (2)
S. That, the
5. derretopmenrpermit
vatidity of development prescribed
permit prescribed
lnlt,
in the
in the revi sed
revised s
lRR be incr
IRRs be eaie
increasedd to three j yea rs;
ttrree'1i
(3) years;

6.
6. That, prov isio non
Tha t, provision lice nse d professionals allowed to sign Site
on licensed
elop
Development
Dev men tplan
Plan Sub r
or Subdivision Development Plan remain,
and architects who are not licensed environmental
that architects
and that
plan ners may
planners may in in the
the meantime
mea be allowed to sign the said
plans for aa period
plans (l years from the date of effectivity
period of two (2)
of the revisedrules
the revised rulesand reguii
and regulations;

That,the
7. That,
7. the minimum requtreme tor a 3-meter right-of-way of alley
mjnimumrequirement
be reduced to 22 meters
be reduced rneters but
b the same shall not be used as
ess
access
acc to prop erty ;and that I 3-meter pathwalk be maintained
to property; and that the
whi ch-_
which maymaybe use d only
be used only as
as pedestrian access to property for
soc ializ edhousing
socialized proj ects ;
hou singprojects;

8.
8. The requirementthat
The requirement thal.stru ctural design
structural -' rfuture
design consider
con-side provision
future provision
ed
socializ housing
of loft for socialized housing bele deleted;
Cef6ieJ ;

9. Tha t,DAR
9. That, Exe mpt ionClearance
DAR Exemption Cle ari be deleted as a requirement
for the issuance of Development
the issuance Dev elo Permit for subdivision and
condom iniu
condominium m proj ects
projects, , and
an( that in lieu thereof, a zoning
certification issued
certification issued by the thr HLURB Regional Officer be
submifted indicating
submitted indicating that
th;t the project site
the project site is within the
is within the area
area
zon ed
zoned for urba n use
urban use (i.e.
(i.e. otherr
othe iha; agri cult
than ural
agricultural) )prio
prior r to .fun e
to June
198 8;
1988;

10.
1o.T hat,all
That, provisions In
all provisions in the revised IRRs
the revised lRRs for both pD 957
both PD g57 and Bp
and BP
220 affected and/or
220 affected and/or in flicUinconsistent with
conflict/inconsistent
in con witn the above
the above -
cited ents
amendments
cite d ame ndm be rovi sedana lor renu
be revised and/or mU ereO
renumbered orO inlty
accordingly.
acc .

APPROVEDthis
APPROVED llfuday of
this 19{hay June2002,
of June 2002,Quezon
euezon City
City

/T.DEFENSOR
MIC HAET.
MICHA DEF ENS OR
Chairmnan, HUDCC

ROMUA
ROMULO FA8
• 0 Commissioner
Commissioner and
and
missioner Chief Executive
ChiefExecutive Officer
Officer
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(Page Boardres. tlo 725 gsS of 2002)
rer.Ne 2oo2)

EDUARDOR.
EDUARDO SOLIMAN,JR.
R. SOLIMAN, JR. TERE�RTO
Undersecretary,
Undersecretary, DILG
DILG Commissioner
Commissioner
Ex-Officio
Ex-Officio Commissioner
Commissioner

US' B. SANTOS
B. SANTOS
Dep. ir. General, NEDA
Ex-Officio Commissioner
Ex-Officio Commissioner
FRAN Si
5es#
Commr:/.sione�
AK ALAN

5ails%s
DPWH
DPWH
Ex-Officio Commissioner
Ex-Officio Commissioner
gzz±a..,
t:.
 A JOINT PROJECT OF THE
RULES AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT GROUP
AND THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
ON THE REVISION OF THE IRR
isT 2
AUGUST 001
2001

T ECHNICAI'W
TECHNICAL ORKINGG
WORKING ROUP
GROUP

R OQU
ROQUE
"THffiMAGN
ARRIETA MAGNO
Chairman O
Members:

Gracia M. Ang Donna R. Lsdao

Wilfredo I. Imperial Arturo Dublado
Octavio D.G. Cata Jose O. Pena
Judith Cacacho Manuel Gipo
Aquino Dancel Jemima M. Ragudo
Nemiah R. Hernandez Angelita A. Agustin

RULES AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT GROUP

GRACIA M. ANG
Group Head

Technical Stant

Marissa R. Felizardo
Jemima M. Ragudo
Nemiah R. Hernandez

Angelit! A.
Angelita
Jutie A.
Julie
ilLloyd
A' T
A' Agustin
Agustin
Torres
orres
A" $
oYd A. Sioson
wont
ffil:*."JiH"
Anabelle F. Guanzon
Josefina R. de Lara