City Hall
City Hall
City Hall
A city is a place, in particular a large town, where many people live and work near
each other. In most parts of the world a city is a specific geographic and political entity. A
city which in Tagalog is Lungsod or siyudad is one of the local government units in the
Philippines.
A city is entitled to and at least have one representative (which will be the Mayor and
Councilors) in the House of Representatives if its population reaches 250,000. Cities can use
a common seal. And as a corporate entity, cities have the power to take, purchase, receive,
hold, lease, convey, and dispose of real and personal property for its general interests,
condemn private property for public use, contract and be contracted with, sue and exercise
all the powers conferred to it by Congress.
A city's local government is headed by a mayor elected by popular vote. The vice
mayor serves as the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council), which
serves as the city's legislative body. Cities also receive a full complement of executive
departments to better serve their constituents.
A City Hall is a municipal building, and is the chief administrative building of a city,
town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city or town council, its associated
departments, and their employees. It also usually functions as the base of the Mayor of a city.
In the mid-century, a single large open chamber hall formed an integral part of the
building housing the council. The hall may be used for council meetings and other significant
events. This large chamber has become synonymous with the whole building, and with the
administrative body housed in it.
As symbols of local government, city and town halls have distinctive architecture, and
the buildings may have great historical significance. City hall buildings may also serve as
cultural icons that symbolize each city.
Difference between Component City and Main City
Component City
o Cities which do not meet the preceding requirements are deemed part of the province
in which they are geographically located.
o If a component city is located along the boundaries of two or more provinces, it shall
be considered part of the province of which it used to be a municipality.
o Examples of component cities are Laoag City, Tuguegarao City, Tarlac City, Batangas
City, Legazpi City, and Roxas City.
o Component cities has a second-level administrative divisions for educational
convenience and simplicity.
o A component city, while enjoying relative autonomy on some matters compared to a
regular municipality, is still considered part of a province.
o Some component cities form their own congressional representation, separate from
their province.
o Being part of an administrative region different from the province; for example,
Isabela City functions as a component city of Basilan: its tax revenues are shared with
the provincial government, its residents are eligible to both vote and run for
provincial offices, and it is served by the provincial government and the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan of Basilan with regard to provincially devolved services.
Main city
Big areas of parking and servicing is highly required in a large public building like City
Hall. It that attracts the substantial visitor that can make an impression of a public realm.
This is very important because a car park is the first area that visitors and even the
employees will encounter when arriving. Most city halls don’t have enough spaces for the
car parks, most of the employees were leaving their cars far from the city hall and still
pay a fee for it. It is one of a hustle things in a City halls or even other public buildings
here in the Philippines.
Public buildings can form an important part in the identity of a town or city. Adaptive
reuse of significant existing buildings, through skillful combination of new and old
elements, it helps preserves the cultural memory and character of a place that is known
in a town or city. And City hall is one of the best examples of this because City hall is the
main public space in every city, it is one of the oldest building in a specific region. It is
important to preserve the cultural identity of the building to create a unique and fluid
architecture and really preserves surrounding environment.
Solutions
1. Balancing interests of vehicles and pedestrians
• Consider providing air-conditioned buses and jeepneys. This way, not only
accessibility is improved but comfort, as well, especially that the Philippines is a
tropical and humid country. These vehicles must always be on excellent running
condition to minimize delay affecting traffic situations.
Modern Jeepney in the City of Taguig
2. The open green spaces also become a strategy of sustaining our cities in the long run.
• Open space can either be public or private. We’d want to disabuse people’s minds
— public space is not only government-owned, but also not only public land. One
of the best examples is the Ilo-ilo City Hall which the capital city has just
inaugurated its first green building.
• PWD PARKING SLOT AND AREA PER SQUARE METERS OF THE USERS
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