Volume 4 - The Zoning Ordinance

Republic of the Philippines
Province of Cavite
CITY OF DASMARIÑAS
VOLUME 4
ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF DASMARIÑAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
FOURTH CITY COUNCIL .................................................................................................................................... 1
ORDINANCE NO. 01-S-2019............................................................................................................................... 1
ARTICLE I .............................................................................................................................................................. 2
TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE ............................................................................................................................... 2
SECTION 1. TITLE. ........................................................................................................................................... 2
ARTICLE II ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................. 2
SECTION 2. AUTHORITY. ............................................................................................................................... 2
SECTION 3. PURPOSES. ................................................................................................................................ 2
SECTION 4. GENERAL ZONING PRINCIPLES............................................................................................. 2
ARTICLE III ............................................................................................................................................................ 3
DEFINITION OF TERMS ...................................................................................................................................... 3
SECTION 5. DEFINITION OF TERMS. ........................................................................................................... 3
SECTION 6. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS. ...................................................................................... 8
ARTICLE IV ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 9
SECTION 7. DIVISION INTO ZONES OR SUB-ZONES................................................................................ 9
SECTION 8. BASE ZONES. ............................................................................................................................. 9
SECTION 9. ZONING MAPS. ........................................................................................................................... 9
SECTION 10. ZONE BOUNDARIES. .............................................................................................................. 9
SECTION 11. INTERPRETATION OF ZONE BOUNDARIES. .................................................................... 13
ARTICLE V........................................................................................................................................................... 14
ZONE REGULATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 14
SECTION 12. GENERAL PROVISION. ......................................................................................................... 14
SECTION 13. REGULATIONS IN BASE ZONES. ........................................................................................ 15
Section 13.1. Regulations in Agriculture Zone ......................................................................................... 15
Section 13.2. Regulations in Water Zone ................................................................................................. 19
Section 13.3. Regulations in General Residential Zone (GRZ) .............................................................. 19
Section 13.4. Regulations in Socialized Housing Zone (SHZ)................................................................ 22
Section 13.5. Regulations in General Commercial Zone (GCZ)............................................................. 23
Section 13.6. Regulations in Industrial - 1 (I-1) Zone .............................................................................. 27
Section 13.7 Regulations in Industrial - 2 (I-2) Zone ............................................................................... 29
Section 13.8 Regulations in Industrial - 3 (I-3) Zone ............................................................................... 31
Section 13.9. Regulations in General Institutional Zone (GIZ) ............................................................... 33
Section 13.10. Regulations in Special Institutional Zone (SIZ) ............................................................... 33
Section 13.11. Regulations in Parks and Recreation Zone (PRZ) ......................................................... 34
Section 13.12. Regulations in Cemetery Zone (CemZ) ........................................................................... 34
Section 13.13. Regulations in Buffer/Greenbelts Zone (B/GZ) ............................................................... 34
Section 13.14. Regulations in Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone (UTSZ) ............................. 34
SECTION 14. ZONING INCENTIVES............................................................................................................ 35
ARTICLE VI ......................................................................................................................................................... 35
GENERAL REGULATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 35
SECTION 15. HEIGHT REGULATIONS. ...................................................................................................... 35
SECTION 16. AREA REGULATIONS. .......................................................................................................... 35
SECTION 17. EASEMENT. ............................................................................................................................ 36
SECTION 18. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE........................................ 36
SECTION 19. ADVERTISING, BILLBOARDS AND BUSINESS SIGNS. ................................................... 36
ARTICLE VII ........................................................................................................................................................ 36
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS........................................................................................................................ 36
SECTION 20. APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. .......................................................... 36
SECTION 21. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND STANDARDS. .................... 36
SECTION 22. AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION CRITERIA. .............. 37
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SECTION 23. NETWORK OF GREEN AND OPEN SPACES. .................................................................... 37
SECTION 24. SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. .................................................................................. 38
SECTION 25. INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITIES. ...................................................................................... 38
ARTICLE VIII ....................................................................................................................................................... 39
MITIGATING DEVICES ...................................................................................................................................... 39
SECTION 26. DEVIATION. ............................................................................................................................. 39
SECTION 27. PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING VARIANCES AND/OR EXCEPTIONS..................... 39
SECTION 28. SPECIAL PERMIT USE. ......................................................................................................... 40
ARTICLE IX ......................................................................................................................................................... 41
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT ..................................................................................................... 41
SECTION 29. APPROVED ZONING MAPS. ................................................................................................ 41
SECTION 30. LOCATIONAL CLEARANCE. ................................................................................................. 41
SECTION 31. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. ...................................................................... 41
SECTION 32. MAJOR AND/OR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS........................................................................ 41
SECTION 33. SUBDIVISION PROJECTS. ................................................................................................... 41
SECTION 34. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. .................................................................. 41
SECTION 35. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (ECC). ................................................ 42
SECTION 36. BUILDING PERMIT. ................................................................................................................ 42
SECTION 37. BUSINESS PERMIT................................................................................................................ 42
SECTION 38. OCCUPANCY PERMIT. ......................................................................................................... 42
SECTION 39. VALIDITY OF LOCATIONAL CLEARANCE. ........................................................................ 42
SECTION 40. NOTICE OF NON-CONFORMANCE. ................................................................................... 42
SECTION 41. EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. .................... 42
SECTION 42. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT................................. 43
SECTION 43. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR/ ZONING OFFICER. ............... 43
SECTION 44. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF A ZONING ADMINISTRATOR/ ZONING OFFICER. ... 43
SECTION 45. COMPLAINTS AND OPPOSITIONS. .................................................................................... 43
SECTION 46. FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
(LZBA). ............................................................................................................................................................. 43
SECTION 47. APPEALS TO LZBA DECISIONS. ......................................................................................... 44
SECTION 48. COMPOSITION OF THE LOCAL ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (LZBA). ...................... 44
SECTION 49. REVIEW OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. ............................................................................ 44
SECTION 50. COMPOSITION OF THE LOCAL ZONING REVIEW COMMITTEE (LZRC)...................... 44
SECTION 51. FUNCTIONS OF THE LOCAL ZONING REVIEW COMMITTEE (LZRC)........................... 45
SECTION 52. AMENDMENTS TO THE ZO. ................................................................................................. 45
SECTION 53. VIOLATION AND PENALTY................................................................................................... 45
SECTION 54. SUPPLETORY EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS AND DECREES. ........................................... 45
SECTION 55. NON-DIMINUTION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS. .............................................................. 45
SECTION 56. CONSISTENCY BETWEEN NATIONAL AND LOCAL PLANS, PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS. ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
SECTION 57. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. ...................................................................................................... 45
SECTION 58. REPEALING CLAUSE. ........................................................................................................... 46
SECTION 59. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE.......................................................................................................... 46
ANNEX 1. LAND USE CATEGORIES AND COLOR CODING ..................................................................... 46
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FOURTH CITY COUNCIL
EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 13 TH REGULAR SESSION HELD BY THE

SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF DASMARIÑAS, CAVITE ON APRIL 1,
2019 AT THE CITY SESSION HALL
PRESENT:
City Vice Mayor Raul Rex D. Mangubat - Presiding Officer
SPM Reynaldo C. Canaynay - Member
SPM Resty M. Encabo - “
SPM Roderick M. Atienza - “
SPM Martin John T. Reyes - “
SPM Nickanor N. Austria, Jr. - “
SPM Fulgencio C. dela Cuesta, Jr. - “
SPM Teofilo F. Campano - “
SPM Tagumpay P. Tapawan - “
SPM Angelo C. Hugo - “
SPM Aquino I. Garcia - “
SPM Eric S. Aledia - “
SPM Mamerto B. Noora, Jr. - “
SPM Medardo P. Hayag - President, CCLB
SPM Jerome Napoleon T. Gonzales - President, SK Federation
ABSENT:
None
ORDINANCE NO. 01-S-2019

ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF
DASMARIÑAS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION,
ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDMENT THEREOF AND FOR THE REPEAL OF
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH
Sponsored by: SPM Martin John T. Reyes

Chairman, Committee on Housing and Land Utilization
Co-sponsored by: All Sangguniang Panlungsod Members
WHEREAS, the implementation of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) would
require the enactment of regulatory measures to translate the planning goals and objectives into
reality;
WHEREAS, the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act 7160) authorizes Local
Government Units (LGUs) to enact zoning ordinances subject to and in accordance with existing
laws;
WHEREAS, this Zoning Ordinance is one such regulatory measure which is an important
tool for the implementation of the approved CLUP of the City of Dasmariñas;
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained as it is hereby ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of

Dasmariñas in a session duly assembled, that:
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ARTICLE I
TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. TITLE.
This Zoning Ordinance shall be known as the “ZONING ORDINANCE (ZO) OF THE CITY
OF DASMARIÑAS” and shall hereinafter be referred to as the Zoning Ordinance or ZO.
ARTICLE II
AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE
SECTION 2. AUTHORITY.
This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Code of
1991, Republic Act 7160 Section 458 (a) (2) paragraphs (vii) to (ix) dated 10 October 1991 which
states that, “Authorizing the City, through the Sangguniang Panlungsod, to adopt a Zoning
Ordinance subject to the provisions of existing laws” and in accordance with related laws such as
but not limited to Commonwealth Act 141, Republic Act 8850 (Fisheries Code of 1998), PD 705
(Forestry Reform Code), PD 1067 (Water Code), PD 1096 (National Building Code), and
Executive Order No. 72.
SECTION 3. PURPOSES.
The ZO is enacted for the following purposes:
a) Promote and protect the health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience and general
welfare of the inhabitants in the City;
b) Guide, control and regulate the growth and development of public and private lands in
City of Dasmariñas in accordance with its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP);
c) Provide the proper regulatory environment to maximize opportunities for creativity,
innovation and make ample room for development within the framework of good
governance and community participation; and
d) Enhance the character and stability of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional,
agricultural, open space and other functional areas within the City and promote the
orderly and beneficial development of the same.
SECTION 4. GENERAL ZONING PRINCIPLES.
These Zoning Regulations are based on the principles provided for in the approved
Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) as per Sangguniang Panlungsod Resolution No. 01-S-
2019 dated April 1, 2019, as follows:
a) The Ordinance reflects the City’s vision to be “A peaceful, environment-friendly and highly
urbanized city with service oriented, well-educated and skilled Dasmarineño”.
b) The local government unit recognizes that any land use is a use by right but provides however
that the exercise of such right shall be subject to the review standards of this Ordinance;
c) The Ordinance gives the free market the maximum opportunity to spur the City’s development
within a framework of environmental integrity and social responsibility;
d) The Ordinance has been designed to encourage the evolution of high-quality developments
rather than regulating against the worst type of projects;
e) The Ordinance has been crafted in a manner that is fully responsive to the ever-changing
conditions that the City continually face;
f) The Ordinance functions as a tool for informed decision-making on the part of land use
administrators by way of providing specific criteria to judge the acceptability of developments;
g) The Ordinance provides a direct venue for community empowerment where the stakeholders
become involved especially in critical development decisions; and
h) The regulations in the Zoning Ordinance are considered as land use management tools that
are necessary to provide a clear guidance to land development in order to ensure the
community’s common good.
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ARTICLE III
DEFINITION OF TERMS
SECTION 5. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
The definition of the terms used in this Zoning Ordinance shall carry the same meaning
given to them in already approved codes and regulations, such as but not limited to the National
Building Code, Water Code, Philippine Environmental Code and other Implementing Rules and
Regulations promulgated by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board. The words, terms and
phrases enumerated hereunder shall be understood to have the corresponding meaning indicated
as follows:
Absolute Majority Vote – means that the “in favor” votes represent more than fifty percent (50%)
of the valid votes. This is also called the fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) vote.
Accessory Use – pertains to those that are customarily associated with the Principal Use
application (such as a garage is accessory to a house).
Agricultural Activity – per the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 (Republic Act
6657), means the cultivation of the soil, planting of crops, growing of fruit trees, raising of livestock,
poultry or fish, including the harvesting of such farm products, and other farm activities and
practices performed by a farmer in conjunction with such farming operations done by persons
whether natural or juridical.
Agricultural Land – per Republic Act 6657, refers to land devoted to agricultural activity and not
classified as mineral, forest, residential, commercial or industrial land.
Agricultural Zone (AGZ) – an area within a city intended for cultivation/ fishing and pastoral
activities, e.g. fishing, farming, cultivation of crops, goat/ cattle raising, etc.
Agri-Industrial Zone – an area within a city or intended primarily for integrated farm operations
and related product processing activities such as plantation for bananas, pineapple, sugar, etc.
Allowable Uses – uses that conform to those allowed in a specific zone.
Base Zones – refers to the primary zoning classification of areas within the City and that are
provided with a list of allowable and conditional uses, as applicable.
Buffer Area/ Greenbelts Zone – are yards, parks or open spaces intended to separate
incompatible elements or uses to control pollution/nuisance and for identifying and defining
development areas or zones where no permanent structures are allowed.
Building Height Limit (BHL) – per the National Building Code, this is “the maximum height to be
allowed for buildings/structure…and shall be generally measured from the established grade line
to the topmost portion of the proposed building/ structure. If applicable, the BHL may be subject
to clearance requirements of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) or the
concerned military/security authorities”. BHL is expressed as the number of allowable
storeys/floor above established grade and/or meters above highest grade.
Cemetery Zone – an area in cities intended for the interment of the dead.
Certificate of Non-Conformance – certificate issued to owners of non-conforming uses as

provided in this Zoning Ordinance.
Central Business District (CBD) – shall refer to areas designated principally for trade, services
and business purposes.
Commercial 1 (C-1) Zone – a low density commercial area within a city intended for
neighborhood or community scale trade, service and business activities.
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Commercial 2 (C-2) Zone – a medium to high density commercial area within a city intended for
trade, service and business activities performing complementary/ supplementary functions to the
CBD.
Commercial 3 (C-3) Zone – a high density commercial area within a city intended for regional
shopping centers such as large malls and other commercial and business activities which are
regional in scope or where market activities generate traffic and require utilities and services that
extend beyond local boundaries and requires metropolitan level development planning and
implementation. High rise hotels, sports stadium or sports complexes area are also allowed in this
zone. This zone may also be called as the Central Business District (CBD).
Commercial Garage – a garage where automobiles and other motor vehicles are housed, cared
for, equipped, repaired or kept for remuneration, for hire or sale.
Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) – a document embodying specific proposals for guiding,
regulating growth and/or development. The main components of the CLUP in this usage are the
sectoral studies i.e. Demography, Socio-Economic, Infrastructure and Utilities, Local
Administration and Land Use.
Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) – a unitary development plan/site plan that
permits flexibility in planning/urban design, building/structure siting, complementary of building
types and land uses, usable open spaces for general public uses services and business activities
and the preservation of significant land features.
Conforming Use – a use that is in accordance with the zone regulations as provided for in this
Ordinance.
Deed of Restrictions – written agreements that place limitations on the use of property in order
to maintain the intended character of a neighborhood.
Easement – open space imposed on any land use/activities sited along waterways, fault lines,
road-rights-of-way, cemeteries/memorial parks, utilities and the like.
Established Grade – the finish ground level of a proposed development which shall be
determined according to the provisions of the latest edition of the National Building Code.
Environmentally Critical Areas (ECA) – refers to those areas which are environmentally
sensitive and are listed in Presidential Proclamation 2146 dated December 1981, as follows:
a) All areas declared by law as national parks, watershed reserves, wildlife preserves
and sanctuaries;
b) Areas set aside as aesthetic potential tourist spots;
c) Areas which constitute the habitat for any endangered or threatened species of
indigenous Philippine Wildlife (flora and fauna);
d) Areas of unique historic, archaeological, or scientific interests;
e) Areas which are traditionally occupied by cultural communities or tribes;
f) Areas frequently visited and/or hard-hit by natural calamities (geologic hazards,
floods, typhoons, volcanic activity, etc.);
g) Areas with critical slopes;
h) Areas classified as prime agricultural lands;
i) Recharge areas of aquifers;
j) Water bodies characterized by one or any combination of the following conditions:
 tapped for domestic purposes;
 within the controlled and/or protected areas declared by appropriate authorities;
and
 which support wildlife and fishery activities.
 on which people are dependent on their livelihood.
k) Coral reef characterized by one or any combination of the following conditions:
 with 50% and above live coralline cover;
 spawning and nursery grounds of fish; and
 which acts as natural breakwater of coastlines.
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Proponents of Project within ECAs are required to submit Initial Environmental
Examinations to DENR Regional Offices. They may later be required by the DENR to submit an
EIS, if necessary.
Environmentally Critical Projects (ECP) – refers to those projects which have high potential for
negative environmental impacts and are listed in Presidential Proclamation 2146 dated December
14, 1981, as follows:
a) Heavy industries
 non-ferrous metal industries;
 iron and steel mills;
 petroleum and petro-chemical industries including oil and gas; and
 smelting plants.
b) Resource extractive industries
 major mining and quarrying projects; and
 fishery projects (dikes for/and fishpond development projects)
c) Infrastructure projects
 major dams;
 major power plants (fossil-fuelled, nuclear-fuelled, hydroelectric or geothermal);
 major roads and bridges.
d) Golf course projects
 Proponents of ECPs are required to submit an EIS to the Environmental
Management Bureau (EMB) of the DENR.
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System – pursuant to PD 1586 of 1978, refers to the
entire process of organization, administration and procedure institutionalized for the purpose of
assessing the significance of the effects of physical developments on the quality of the
environment. Projects that fall within the purview of the EIS System include Environmentally
Critical Projects and projects located in Environmentally Critical Areas.
Exception – a device which grants a property owner relief from certain provisions of this
Ordinance where because of the specific use would result in a particular hardship upon the owner,
as distinguished from a mere inconvenience or a desire to make more money.
Fisheries Code – shall refer to the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 (Republic Act 8550).
General Commercial Zone (GCZ) – an area within a city intended for trading, services or
business purposes.
General Institutional Zone (GIZ) – an area within a city intended principally for general types of
institutional establishments, e.g. government offices, hospitals/clinics, academic/research and
convention centers.
General Residential Zone (GRZ) – an area within a city intended principally for dwelling/ housing
purposes.
Heritage Zone – shall refer to historical, anthropological, archaeological, artistic geographic areas
and settings that are culturally significant to the country as declared by the National Museum and/
or the National Historic Institute.
Industrial 1 (I-1) Zone – an area within cities intended for light manufacturing or production
industries that are:
a) non-pollutive/non-hazardous; and
b) non-pollutive/hazardous.
Industrial 2 (I-2) Zone – an area within cities intended for medium intensity manufacturing or
production industries that are:
a) pollutive/non-hazardous; and
b) pollutive/hazardous.
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Industrial 3 (I-3) Zone – an area within cities intended for heavy manufacturing or production
industries that are:
a) highly pollutive/non-hazardous
b) highly pollutive/hazardous
c) highly pollutive/extremely hazardous
d) pollutive/extremely hazardous
e) non-pollutive/extremely hazardous
Irrigable Agricultural Land Sub-Zone – an area in cities “which display marked characteristics
justifying the operation of an irrigation system” (AFMA, 1997).
Irrigated Agricultural Land Sub-Zone – an area in cities which are “serviced by natural irrigation
or irrigation facilities. These include lands where water is not readily available as existing irrigation
facilities need rehabilitation or upgrading, or where irrigation water is not available year-round”
(AFMA, 1997).
Local Zoning Board of Appeals (LZBA) – a local special body created by virtue of this
Ordinance mandated to, among others, handle appeals for Variances and Exceptions.
Locational Clearance (LC) – a clearance issued by the Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer to
a project that is allowed under the provisions of this Ordinance.
Mitigating Device – a means to grant relief in complying with certain provisions of this Ordinance.
New Town – a planned urban community that combines residential, commercial, and recreational
areas.
Non-Conforming Use – uses existing prior to the approval of this Zoning Ordinance that are not
in conformity with its provisions but are allowed to operate subject to the conditions of this Zoning
Ordinance.
Notice of Non-Conformance – certificate issued to owners of all uses existing prior to the
approval of this Ordinance which do not conform to the provisions herein provided.
Official Zoning Map – a duly authenticated map delineating the different zones into which the
whole City is divided.
Parks and Recreation (PR) Zone – an area designed for diversion/amusements and for the
maintenance of ecological balance in the community.
Planned Unit Development (PUD) – a land development scheme wherein the project site is
comprehensively planned as an entity via unitary site plan which permits flexibility in planning/
design, building siting, complementarity of building types and land uses, usable open spaces and
the preservation of significant natural land features.
Rainfed Agricultural Land Sub-Zone – an area within the Agriculture Zone of the City that are
neither irrigated nor irrigable.
Reclassification of Agricultural Lands – the act of specifying how agricultural lands shall be
utilized for non-agricultural uses such as residential, industrial, and commercial as embodied in
the CLUP.
Residential 1 (R-1) Zone – an area within cities intended for low density residential use of twenty
(20) dwelling units per hectare. Per the National Building Code, R-1 Zone is characterized mainly
by low-rise single-detached and duplex residential buildings for exclusive use as single (nuclear)
family dwellings.
Residential 2 (R-2) Zone – an area within cities intended for medium density residential use of
twenty-one (21) to sixty-five (65) dwelling units per hectare. Per the National Building Code, R-2
Zone is characterized mainly by low-rise single-attached, duplex or multi-level structures
residential buildings for exclusive use as multi-family dwellings.
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Residential 3 (R-3) Zone – an area within cities intended for medium to high density residential
use of sixty-six (66) or more dwelling units per hectare. Per the National Building Code, R-3 Zone
is characterized mainly by low-rise or medium-rise residential buildings for exclusive use as multi-
family dwellings with mixed housing types.
Residential 4 (R-4) Zone – an area within cities intended for townhouses. Per the National
Building Code, R-4 Zone is characterized mainly by low-rise townhouse buildings for exclusive
use as multiple-family dwellings.
Residential 5 (R-5) Zone – an area within cities intended for very high density residential use.
Per the National Building Code, R-5 Zone is characterized mainly by medium-rise or high-rise
condominium buildings for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings.
Rezoning – a process of introducing amendments to or change in the text and maps of this
Ordinance. It also includes amendment or change in view of reclassification under Section 20 of
Republic Act 7160.
Socialized Housing Zone (SHZ) – shall be used principally for socialized housing/ dwelling
purposes for the underprivileged and homeless as defined in Batas Pambansa 220.
Socialized Housing – in accordance with the UDHA, this refers to housing programs and projects
covering houses and lots or home lots only undertaken by the Government or the private sector
for the underprivileged and homeless citizens.
Special Institutional Zone (SIZ) – an area within a city intended principally for particular types
of institutional establishments e.g. welfare homes, orphanages, home for the aged, rehabilitation
and training centers, military camps, reservation, bases, training grounds, etc.
Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone (UTSZ) – an area in cities designated for “a range
of utilitarian/functional uses or occupancies, characterized mainly as a low-rise or medium-rise
building/structure for low to high intensity community support functions, e.g. terminals, inter-
modals, multi-modals, depots, power and water generation/ distribution facilities,
telecommunication facilities, drainage/wastewater and sewerage facilities, solid waste handling
facilities and the like.” (NBC)
Variance – a device which grants a property owner relief from certain provisions of the Zoning
Ordinance where, because of the particular physical surrounding, shape or topographical
condition of the property, compliance on applicable Building Bulk and Density Regulations,
Building Design Regulations and Performance Standards would result in a particular hardship
upon the owner, as distinguished from a mere inconvenience or a desire to make more money.
Warehouse – refers to a storage and/or depository of those in business of performing warehouse

services for others, for profit.
Water Zone (WZ) – an area within cities comprising bodies of water such as rivers, streams,
lakes, seas, deltas, estuaries and foreshore.
Yard – as defined in the National Building Code, this is “the required open space left between the
outermost face of the building/structure and the property lines, e.g. front, rear, right and left side
yards. The width of the yard is the setback.”
Zone/Sub-Zone – an area within a city for specific land use as defined by manmade or natural
boundaries.
Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer – a City Government employee responsible for the

implementation/enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance in a community.
Zoning Certificate – a document issued by the Zoning Administrator citing the zoning
classification of the land based on this Ordinance.
Zoning Map – a duly authenticated map delineating the different zones to which the whole City
is divided into.
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SECTION 6. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS.
AGZ Agricultural Zone

AgInd-SZ Agri-industrial Sub-Zone
B/GZ Buffer/ Greenbelt Zone
BHL Building Height Limit
BP Batas Pambansa
C-1 Zone Commercial 1 Zone
CA Commonwealth Act
CAAP Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
CARL Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (RA 6657) of 1988
CCA Climate Change Adaptation
CBD Central Business District
CDMP Comprehensive Development Master Plan
Cem Zone Cemetery Zone
CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan
DA Department of Agriculture
DAO Department Administrative Order
DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DRRM Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EO Executive Order
Fisheries Code Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 (RA 8550)
GCZ General Commercial Zone
GIZ General Institutional Zone
GRZ General Residential Zone
HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
I-1 Zone Industrial 1 Zone
IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations
Irrigable AL-SZ Irrigable Agricultural Land Sub-Zone
Irrigated AL-SZ Irrigated Agricultural Land Sub-Zone
LC Locational Clearance
LGU Local Government Unit
LZBA Local Zoning Board of Appeals
NBC National Building Code
n.e.c. not elsewhere classified
NEDA National Economic and Development Authority
PD Presidential Decree
PR Zone Parks and Recreation Zone
PUD Planned Unit Development
R-1 Zone Residential 1 Zone
R&C-SZ Rivers & Creeks Sub-Zone
RA Republic Act
Rainfed AL-SZ Rainfed Agricultural Land Sub-Zone
SHZ Socialized Housing Zone
SIZ Special Institutional Zone
SP Sangguniang Panlungsod/Panlalawigan
T/R-SZ Tourism/ Recreation Sub-Zone
UDHA Urban Development and Housing Act (RA 7279) of 1992
UTSZ Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone
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WZ Water Zone
ZO Zoning Ordinance
ARTICLE IV
ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
SECTION 7. DIVISION INTO ZONES OR SUB-ZONES.
To effectively carry out the provisions of this Ordinance, the City is hereby divided into the
following zones or districts as shown in the Official Zoning Maps (Refer to Annex 1 for appropriate
color codes).
SECTION 8. BASE ZONES.
The following are designated as Base Zones:
1. Agriculture Zone (AZ)

Protection
 Irrigated Agricultural Land Sub-Zone (Irrigated AL-SZ)
 Irrigable Agricultural Land Sub-Zone (Irrigable AL-SZ)
Production
 Rainfed Agricultural Land Sub-Zone (Rainfed AL-SZ)
 Agri-Industrial Sub-Zone (AgInd-SZ)
2) General Residential Zone (GRZ)
3) Residential – 1 (R-1) Zone
 Basic R-2 Sub-Zone
 Maximum R-2 Sub-Zone
 Basic R-3 Sub-Zone
 Maximum R-3 Sub-Zone
8) Socialized Housing Zone (SHZ)
9) General Commercial Zone (GCZ)
10) Commercial – 1 (C-1) Zone
13) Industrial – 1 (I-1) Zone
16) General Institutional (GI) Zone
17) Special Institutional (SI) Zone
18) Parks and Recreation (PR) Zone
19) Cemetery (Cem) Zone
20) Buffer/ Greenbelt Zone (B/GZ)
21) Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone (UTSZ)
SECTION 9. ZONING MAPS.
It is hereby adopted as an integral part of this Ordinance, the duly authenticated and
Official Zoning Maps of the City showing location and boundaries of the Base Zones herein
established. (Refer to Annex 2 for Zoning Map)
SECTION 10. ZONE BOUNDARIES.
The locations and boundaries of the above mentioned various zones into which the City
has been subdivided are hereby identified and specified as follows:
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A. General Residential Area
1) Areas in Brgys. San Jose and Sabang bounded on the north by Imus-Dasmariñas City
boundary, on the east by commercial strip at Placido Campos Avenue, on the south by
Brgy. Zone II and on the west by Ylang-Ylang River, except the agricultural lot of Saulog
Property.
2) Areas in Brgy. San Jose and Sabang bounded on the north by Dasmariñas-Imus City
boundary, on the east by Tobong Creek and Pasong Tala Creek, on the south by Brgy.
Zone I, on the west commercial strip along Placido Campos Avenue.
3) Areas in Brgys. Salitran I and Salitran II bounded on the north by Imus-Dasmariñas City
boundary, on the east by commercial strip along Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, on the
south and west by Tobong Creek except the occupied industrial area.
4) Areas in Brgy. Salitran I bounded on the north by Imus-Dasmariñas City boundary, on the
east by Imus River, on the south by commercial strip along Jose Abad Santos Avenue, on
the west by commercial strip along Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Highway.
5) Areas in Brgys. Salitran II and Burol Main bounded on the north by commercial strip along
Jose Abad Santos Avenue, on the east by Imus River, on the south by commercial strip
along Gov. Dominador Mangubat Avenue and on the west by Tobong Creek and
commercial strip along Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Highway.
6) All areas in Brgys. Salitran III and Salitran IV except those areas identified as commercial
areas and institutional areas.
7) Areas in Brgys. Salawag and Paliparan III bounded on the north by commercial strip along
Jose Abad Santos Avenue, on the east by commercial strip along Paliparan-Molino Road,
on the south by road leading to Island Park and on the west by a creek besides Paliparan
Site and Baluctot River except those commercial/commercial strip at Paliparan Site and
all institutional areas.
8) Areas in Brgys. Paliparan I, II and III bounded on the north by Paliparan Relocation Site,
on the east by commercial strip along Paliparan-Molino Road and industrial area, on the
south by commercial strip at Governor’s Drive and on the west by Baluctot River.
9) Areas in Brgy. Salawag bounded on the north by Mixed-Use 1, on the east by Doncella
River, on the west by commercial strip along Paliparan-Molino Road and on the south by
Mabuhay City and Bahay Katuparan/Karangalan except Mabuhay Commercial Center.
10) All areas in Brgy. Paliparan I bounded on the north by commercial strip along Governor’s
Drive, on the east by NIA Road going to Municipality of Silang, on the south by Municipality
of Silang and on the west by Baluctot River.
11) All areas in Brgy. Sampaloc III except those identified as commercial strip along
Governor’s Drive and all identified agricultural and institutional areas.
12) Areas in Brgys. Sampaloc II and V bounded on the north by PCU Property at Brgy.
Sampaloc I and Providence Memorial Park, on the east by Imus River, on the south until
Washington Subdivision and on the west by commercial strip along Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo
Highway.
13) All areas at Brgy. Sampaloc II occupied by Blessed Ville Subdivision.
14) All areas in Brgys. Sampaloc I and II bounded on the north by Robinsons Mall, on the east
by commercial strip along Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, on the south by Municipality of
Silang and on the west by Dasmariñas River.
15) All areas in Brgy. Sampaloc II owned by Jaka.
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16) All areas in Brgy. Langkaan I bounded on the north by commercial strip along Governor’s
Drive, on the east by Hasaan Creek, on the south up to Abot Kamay Subdivision and on
the west by barangay road.
17) Areas in Brgy. Langkaan I bounded on the north by commercial strip of Governor’s Drive,
on the east by barangay road, on the south by Brgy. Langkaan II and on the west by First
Cavite Industrial Estate and a creek.
18) All barangay in Dasmariñas Bagong Bayan (DBB) and including Brgys. Sampaloc I and
IV except those identified as commercial, institutional and industrial area.
19) All areas in Brgy. San Agustin I occupied by Robinson Vineyard, Vine Village.
20) Areas in Brgys. San Agustin I, San Agustin II and Langkaan II bounded on the north by
Brgy. Zone III, on the east by commercial strip of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, on the
south by Governor’s Drive commercial strip and First Cityland Heavy Industrial Estate and
on the west by Ylang-ylang River.
21) All areas in Brgys. San Agustin II and Burol Main bounded on the north by Brgy. Zone IV
and commercial strip at Gov. Dominador Mangubat Avenue, on the east by Imus River
and Sto. Niño Creek, on the south by Brgy. San Agustin I and on the west by commercial
strip at Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Highway.
22) All areas in Brgy. San Agustin III except areas occupied by commercial strip at Placido
Campos Avenue and institutional areas.
B. Commercial
1) Area of about one hundred meters (100 m.) on both sides of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo
Highway running the whole stretch of said road from Dasmariñas-Imus City boundary, on
the north up to the Dasmariñas-Silang boundary, except existing industrial and institutional
areas.
2) Area of about seventy-five meters (75 m.) on both sides of Gov. Dominador Mangubat
Avenue excluding those occupied by institutional areas.
3) Area of seventy-five meters (75 m.) on both sides of Paliparan-Molino Road excluding
those occupied by industrial and institutional areas.
4) Area of seventy-five meters (75 m.) on both sides of Governor’s Drive and Governor’s
Drive Extension except those occupied by industrial and institutional areas.
5) Area of seventy-five meters (75 m.) on both sides of Jose Abad Santos Avenue except
those areas occupied by Planned Unit Development.
6) Area of fifty meters (50 m.) on both sides of Placido Campos Avenue.
7) Area of about fifty meters (50 m.) on both sides of Estanislao M. Carungcong Street from
the corner of Gov. Dominador Mangubat Avenue up to Burol Main-Salitran II boundary.
8) Area of one (1) block deep or fifty meters (50 m.) on both sides of Congressional Avenue.
9) Area of twenty-five meters (25 m.) on both sides of Francisco E. Barzaga Street.
10) Area of twenty-five meters (25 m.) both sides of Fulgencio V. dela Cuesta Street and
Emiliano dela Cruz Street except those areas occupied by institutional.
11) Area of twenty-five meters (25 m.) on both sides of Tomas Hembrador Street.
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C. Institutional
1) All areas occupied by existing government offices, school (public and private), hospitals,
chapels, churches, religious institutions and the like.
2) Institutional expansion area allowed at Brgys. Burol Main, Salawag, Salitran IV and within
the radius of two kilometers (2 km.) from Governor’s Drive.
D. Central Business District (CBD)
This area covers the whole Poblacion namely Brgys. Zone I, Zone I-A, Zone II, Zone III and
Zone IV.
E. Mixed Use (Residential - Industrial - Institutional - Commercial)
1) Mixed-use 1 – Areas in Brgys. Paliparan I and Paliparan II bounded on the north by two
kilometer (2 km.) radius from Governor’s Drive, on the west by Embarcadero River, on the
south by Governor’s Drive and on the west by Paliparan-Molino Road.
2) Mixed-use 2 – Areas in Paliparan I bounded on the north by Governor’s Drive, on the east
by Embarcadero River, on the south up to Lot 7411-D and on the west by NIA Road.
3) Mixed-use 3 – Areas in Brgys. Sampaloc I and Langkaan I bounded on the north by

Governor’s Drive, on the east by Dasmariñas River, on the south by two kilometer (2 km.)
radius from Governor’s Drive and on the west by Hasaan Creek except those occupied by
industrial areas.
F. Planned Unit Development (Residential - Institutional - Commercial)
1) Planned Unit Development 1 (PUD 1) – Areas in Brgy. Salawag bounded on the north
by Dasmariñas-Bacoor City boundary, on the east by San Pedro City and Muntinlupa City,
on the south by imaginary straight line going east from the junction of Jose Abad Santos
Avenue and Paliparan-Molino Road, and on west by Paliparan-Molino Road, except those
areas occupied by industrial.
2) Planned Unit Development 2 (PUD 2) – Areas in Brgy. Salawag bounded on the north
by Dasmariñas-Bacoor Boundary, on the east by Paliparan-Molino Road, on the south by
Jose Abad Santos Avenue and on the west by Baluctot River.
3) Planned Unit Development 3 (PUD 3) – Areas occupied by the Orchard Residential

Estates and Golf and Country Club.
G. Industrial Areas and Agri-Industrial Areas
1) Industrial
a) All areas occupied by existing industrial establishment not mentioned at the time of
adoption of this Ordinance.
b) Areas occupied by Hella Lights and adjacent industries at Brgy. Sampaloc I.
c) Areas occupied by First Cityland Heavy Industrial Subdivision at Brgy. Langkaan II.
d) Areas occupied by First Cavite Industrial Estate (FCIE) at Brgys. Langkaan I and II.
e) Areas occupied by Euromed Laboratories.
f) Areas occupied by PhilFlex.
g) Areas occupied by Camville.
2) Agri-Industrial Areas
a) All areas occupied by Jaro Development Corporation Farms.
b) All areas in Sitio Humayao bounded on the north by FCIE, Lot 3860-B and Lot 6894,
and Abot-Kamay Subdivision, on the east by Brgy. Langkaan I, on the south by
Municipality of Silang and on the west by Ylang-ylang River except those areas
covered by ACES Gyro Port Villas and existing residential areas.
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H. Agricultural Areas
1) Areas in Brgys. Paliparan II and Paliparan III bounded on the north by Mabuhay
Commercial, Bahay Katuparan/Pangarap, Mabuhay City Subdivision, Lots 6617 and
6611, on the east, Embarcadero River, on the south by Lots 6594-X, 6594-Y, 6594-J,
6594-I, 6594-G, 6594-H, 6594-F, 6594-E, 6594-D, 6594-B, 6594-C and 7138-B, on the
west by commercial strip and lot owned by Ultramega.
2) Areas in Brgys. Paliparan III and Salawag bounded on the west by Doncella River and
Mabuhay City, on the north by Planned Unit Development 2 and Muntinlupa City, on the
east by City of San Pedro and on the south by Lots 7769, 6619 and 6836 except residential
lots (Lot Nos. 7006, 7030, 7031, 7606, 5754-B, 5754-C, 5738, 5791-B-2) and St. Joseph
Ridgeview Subdivision.
3) Areas in Brgy. Burol III bounded on the north by Orchard Golf Course and Country Club
Phase 5-B, on the east by Baluctot River, on the south by Acacia Homes and Windsor
Homes, and on the west by Zaballero Property residential area.
4) Areas in Brgy. San Jose bounded on the north by Brgy. Sabang, on the east by a creek,
Emerald Crest Subdivision, Fiesta Homes Subdivision and Satellite Homes 1 and 2, on
the south by Satellite Homes 3 and on the west by Ylang-ylang River.
5) Areas in Brgy. Langkaan I bounded on the north by two kilometer (2 km.) radius from
Governor’s Drive, on the east by Calamias Creek, on the south by Dasmariñas City-Silang
boundaries and on the west by Brgy. Langkaan II.
6) Areas in Brgy. Sampaloc II bounded on the north by Washington Place Subdivision, on

the east by Imus River, on the south by International Institute for Rural Reconstruction
(IIRR) and Blessed Ville Subdivision and on the west by commercial strip along Gen.
Emilio Aguinaldo Highway.
7) Areas in Sitio Manalo, Brgy. Sampaloc III bounded on the north by Cityland Cityview
Dasma III, on the east by Lot Nos. 6182-A, 6182-J, 6182-L, 6182-S, 6182-AA, 7340-A,
7340-B, Cityview Dasma II-B and a creek, on the south by Dasmariñas City-Silang
boundary and on the west by Imus River except residential Lots 6182-II, 6182-M, 7361-A-
1-A and 6182-W and existing residential area.
8) Areas in Brgy. Paliparan I bounded on the north by Lot 7411-D, on the east by
Embarcadero River, on the south by Dasmariñas City-Silang boundaries and on the west
by a barangay road (old NIA road).
I. Conversion Areas
All water bodies, tributaries and easement of about three meters (3 m.) on both sides of
rivers and creeks must not be converted to other uses.
The General Land Use Map shall be drawn to the scale of 1:20,000 meters and 1:10,000
meters.
SECTION 11. INTERPRETATION OF ZONE BOUNDARIES.
The following rules shall apply in the interpretation of the boundaries indicated on the
Official Zoning Map:
a) Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the center of
streets or highway, the street or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be the
boundaries.
b) Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the lot lines, such
lot lines shall be construed to be the boundaries.
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c) Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the center
lines or right-of-way lines of streets and highways, such zone boundaries shall be
construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated in the
zoning map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the use of the
scale shown in said zoning map.
d) Where the boundary of a zone follows a stream, lake or other bodies of water, said
boundary line should be deemed to be at the limit of the political jurisdiction of the
community unless otherwise indicated. Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall
be construed to follow such shorelines and in the event of change in the shorelines, shall
be construed as moving with the actual shorelines.
e) Where a lot of one ownership, as of record the effective date of this Ordinance, is divided
by a zone boundary line, the lot shall be construed to be within the zone where the major
portion of the lot is located. In case the lot is bisected by the boundary line, it shall fall in
the zone where the principal structure falls.
f) Where zone boundary is indicated as one-lot deep, said depth shall be construed to be
the average depth of lots involved within each particular City block. Where, however, any
lot has a depth greater than said average, the remaining portion of said lot shall be
construed as covered by the one-lot deep zoning district provided the remaining portion
has an area of less than fifty percent (50%) or more of the total area of the lot then the
average lot depth shall apply to the lot which shall become a lot divided and covered by
two or more different zoning districts, as the case may be.
g) In case of any remaining doubt as to the location of any property along zone boundary
lines, such property shall be considered as falling within the less restrictive zone.
h) The textual description of the property in consideration shall prevail over that of the Official
Zoning Maps.
ARTICLE V
ZONE REGULATIONS
SECTION 12. GENERAL PROVISION.
Zone regulations refer to Use, Density and Bulk, and Building/Structure Design
Regulations as described below:
A. Allowable Uses
1) The uses enumerated in the succeeding sections are not exhaustive nor all inclusive. The
Local Zoning Board of Appeals (LZBA) may allow other uses subject to the requirements
of the Mitigating Devices provision of this Ordinance.
2) Specific uses/activities of lesser density within a particular zone (R-1) may be allowed
within the zone of higher density (R-2, R-3) but not vice versa, nor in another zone and its
subdivisions (e.g. GC, C-1, C-2), except for uses expressly allowed in said zones, such
that the cumulative effect of zoning shall be intra-zonal and not inter-zonal.
B. Building Density and Bulk Regulations

Density regulations pertain to Building Height Limits and, for certain residential zones, to
the number of allowed dwelling units per hectare. The application of Building Height Limit
shall be in consonance with the related provisions of the NBC.
C. Building/Structure Design Regulations

The design of buildings/structures shall also be regulated to ensure harmony with the
desired character of the zone in consideration.
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SECTION 13. REGULATIONS IN BASE ZONES.
Section 13.1. Regulations in Agriculture Zone
A. Irrigated Agricultural Land Sub-Zone
Allowable Uses
1) Cultivation, raising and growing of staple crops such as rice, corn, camote, cassava and
the like
2) Growing of diversified plants and trees, such as fruit and flower bearing trees, coffee,
tobacco, etc.
3) Silviculture, mushroom culture and the like
4) Single detached and duplex residential units of landowners/ tenants
5) Pastoral activities such as goat and cattle raising
6) Customary support facilities such as palay dryers, rice threshers and storage barns and
warehouses
7) Ancillary dwelling units/farmhouses for tillers and laborers
8) Backyard raising of livestock and fowl, provided that:
a) For livestock – maximum of ten (10) heads
b) For fowl – a maximum of ten (10) birds
9) Customary accessory uses incidental to any of the principal uses provided that such
accessory uses shall not include any activity conducted for monetary gain or commercial
purposes such as:
a) Servants’ quarters
b) Private garage
c) Guardhouse
d) Laundries
e) Non-commercial garages
f) Houses for pets such as dogs, birds, rabbits and the like of not more than four square
meters (4 sq.m.) in floor area
g) Pump houses
h) Generator houses
10) Home occupation for the practice of one’s profession such as offices of physicians,
surgeons, dentists, architects, engineers, lawyers, and other professionals or for engaging
home business such as dressmaking, tailoring, baking, running a sari-sari store and the
like provided that:
a) The number of persons engaged in such business/industry shall not exceed five (5),
inclusive of owner;
b) There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building premises;
c) No home occupation shall be conducted in any customary accessory uses cited above;
d) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volume than would
normally be expected in a residential neighborhood and any need for parking
generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall be met off the street and in
a place other than the required front yard; and
e) No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise,
vibration, glare, fumes, odors and electrical interference detectable to the normal
senses and visual or audible interference in any radio or television receiver or causes
fluctuations in line voltage off the premises.
11) Home Industry Classified as cottage industry provided that:
a) Such home industry shall not occupy more than thirty percent of the floor area of the
dwelling unit. There shall be no change or alteration in the outside appearance of the
dwelling unit and shall not be a hazard or nuisance;
b) Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the capitalization as set by the Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI); and
c) Such shall consider the provisions pertaining to customary accessory uses, traffic and
equipment as enumerated under Home Occupation of this Section.
12) Recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the members of the family residing within
the premises, such as:
a) Swimming pool
b) Tennis courts
c) Basketball courts
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Building Density and Bulk Regulations
1) Building Height Limit: fifteen meters (15 m.) above established grade.
B. Irrigable Agricultural Land Sub-Zone
Allowable Uses
the like
tobacco, etc.
4) Pastoral activities such as goat raising and cattle fattening
warehouses
8) Backyard raising of livestock and fowl, provided that:
a) For livestock – maximum of ten (10) heads
b) For fowl – a maximum of ten (10) birds
purposes such as:
b) Private garage
c) Guardhouse
d) Laundries
g) Pump houses
h) Generator houses
10) Home occupation for the practice of one’s profession such as offices of physicians
like provided that:
inclusive of owner;
c) That in no case shall more than twenty percent (20%) of the building be used for said
home occupation;
d) No home occupation shall be conducted in any customary accessory uses cited above;
e) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volume than would
f) No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise,
b) Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the capitalization as set by the DTI; and
equipment as enumerated under Home Occupation of this Section.
a) Swimming pool
b) Tennis courts
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C. Rainfed Agricultural Land Sub-Zone
Allowable Uses
the like
tobacco, etc.
warehouses
8) Raising of livestock and fowl, provided that it can secure ECC, Brgy. Clearance, and
clearance from other National Agency.
purposes such as:
b) Private garage
c) Guardhouse
d) Laundries
f) Houses for pets such as dogs, birds, rabbits and the like of not more than 4.00 sq. m.
in floor area
g) Pump houses
h) Generator houses
10) Home occupation for the practice of one’s profession such as offices of physicians
like provided that:
a) The number of persons engaged in such business/industry shall not exceed five,
inclusive of owner;
c) That in no case shall more than 20% of the building be used for said home occupation;
b) Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the capitalization as set by the DTI; and
equipment as enumerated under Home Occupation of this section.
a) Swimming pool
b) Tennis courts
13) Rice/corn mill (single pass)
14) Rice/corn warehouses and solar dryers
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15) Agricultural research and experimentation facilities such as breeding stations, fish farms,
nurseries, demonstration farms, etc.
16) Community social centers such as neighborhood-scale multi-purpose halls, clubhouses
and similar uses.
17) Community service facilities such as neighborhood-scale retail stores, beauty shops,
barber shops, drug stores, health service facilities, food stores, restaurants, coffee shops,
audio-video and computer rental shops and similar uses.
18) Preparatory schools provided that they do not exceed three (3) classrooms and shall be
located not less than 500 meters from the nearest existing school offering similar course.
19) Neighborhood-scale recreational facilities such as tennis courts, basketball courts,
swimming pools and similar uses.
20) Parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways, promenades and playlots
21) Plant nursery
22) Religious use such as churches or similar places of worship
23) Barangay hall
24) Clinic, nursing and convalescing home, health center
25) Agri-tourism uses

D. Agri-Industrial Zone
Allowable Uses
the like
tobacco, etc.
6) Rice/corn mills (single pass)
7) Drying, cleaning, curing and preserving of meat and its by-products and derivatives
8) Drying, smoking and airing of tobacco
9) Flour mill
10) Cassava flour mill
11) Manufacture of coffee
12) Manufacture of unprepared animal feeds and other grain milling
13) Production of prepared feeds for animals
14) Cigar and cigarette factory
15) Curing and re-drying tobacco leaves
16) Miscellaneous processing of tobacco leaves n.e.c.
17) Weaving hemp textile
18) Jute spinning and weaving
19) Manufacture of charcoal
20) Milk processing plants (manufacturing filled, reconstituted or recombined milk, condensed
or evaporated)
21) Butter and cheese processing plants
22) Natural fluid milk processing (pasteurizing, homogenizing, vitaminizing, bottling of natural
animal milk and cream related products)
23) Other dairy products n.e.c.
24) Canning and preserving of fruits and fruit juices
25) Canning and preserving of vegetables and vegetable juices
26) Canning and preserving of vegetable sauces
27) Miscellaneous canning and preserving of fruit and vegetables n.e.c.
28) Fish canning
29) Patis factory
30) Bagoong factory
31) Processing, preserving and canning of fish and other seafood n.e.c.
32) Manufacture of desiccated coconut
33) Manufacture of starch and its products
34) Manufacture of wines from juices of local fruits
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35) Vegetable oil mills, including coconut oil
36) Muscovado sugar mill
37) Cotton textile mill
38) Manufacture/processing of other plantation crops e.g. pineapple, bananas, etc.
39) Other commercial handicrafts and industrial activities utilizing plant or animal parts and/or
products as raw materials
40) Other accessory uses incidental to agro-industrial activities
41) Customary accessory uses incidental to allowed residential uses provided that such
purposes such as:
a) Servant’s quarters
b) Private garage
c) Guardhouse
d) Laundries
g) Pump houses
h) Generator houses
42) Sugarcane milling (centrifugal and refined)
43) Sugar refining

Section 13.2. Regulations in Water Zone
A. Rivers & Creeks Sub-Zone
Allowable Uses
1) Open space

1) Structures shall not be allowed.
B. Tourism/ Recreation Sub-Zone
Allowable Uses
1) Eco-tourism
2) Water-oriented recreation/ sports activities

1) Ecotourism facilities such as resorts should have heights of no greater than ten meters
(10 m.) from highest grade to roof apex line.
2) No permanent structures shall be allowed except for navigation structures (ports, harbors,
fish landing and the like) and emergency/evacuation routes.
Building/Structure Density Regulations

1) Ecotourism facilities such as resorts should be made of light indigenous materials.
Section 13.3. Regulations in General Residential Zone (GRZ)
Allowed Uses
1) Single-detached dwelling units
2) Semi-detached family dwelling units, e.g. duplex
3) Townhouses
4) Apartments
5) Residential condominium
6) PD 957 Subdivisions and Condominiums
7) Boarding houses
8) Dormitories
9) Pension houses
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10) Hotel apartments or apartels
11) Museums and libraries
purposes such as:
b) Private garage
c) Guardhouse
d) Laundries
f) Houses for pets such as dogs, birds, rabbits and the like of not more than 4.00 sq. m.
in floor area
g) Pump houses
h) Generator houses
like, provided that:
inclusive of owner;
home occupation;
14) Home Industry classified as cottage industry, provided that:
a) Such home industry shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the floor area
of the dwelling unit. There shall be no change or alteration in the outside appearance
of the dwelling unit and shall not be a hazard or nuisance;
b) It shall be classified as non-pollutive/non-hazardous as provided in this ZO.
c) Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the capitalization as set by the DTI; and
d) Such shall consider the provisions pertaining to customary accessory uses, traffic and
equipment/ process under Home Occupation of this section.
a) Swimming pool
b) Tennis courts
16) Parks and Open Spaces
17) Nursery/Elementary school
18) High school
19) Vocational school
20) Sports club
21) Religious Use
22) Multi-purpose/Barangay hall
24) Plant nurseries
Building Density and Bulk Controls

1) Per the relevant provisions of the latest edition of the NBC and PD 957.
A. Regulations in Residential - 1 (R-1) Zone
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Allowable Uses
1) Single-detached dwelling units
2) Semi-detached family dwelling units (e.g. duplex)
3) PD 957 Subdivisions
purposes such as:
b) Private garage
c) Guardhouse
d) Laundries
g) Pump houses
h) Generator houses
like, provided that:
inclusive of owner;
home occupation;
6) Home Industry classified as cottage industry, provided that:
a) Such home industry shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the floor area
of the dwelling unit. There shall be no change or alteration in the outside appearance
of the dwelling unit and shall not be a hazard or nuisance;
b) It shall be classified as non-pollutive/non-hazardous as provided in this Zoning
Ordinance;
c) Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the capitalization as set by the DTI; and
d) Such shall consider the provisions pertaining to customary accessory uses, traffic and
equipment/ process under Home Occupation of this section.
a) Swimming pool
b) Tennis courts
8) Religious use
9) Multi-purpose/Barangay hall
10) Pre-school
11) Sports club
13) Plant nursery

1) Density: twenty (20) dwelling units and below per hectare
2) Number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade: three (3)
3) Building Height Limit: ten meters (10 m.) above highest grade
4) As applicable provisions of PD 957
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B. Regulations in Residential - 2 (R-2) Zone
Allowable Uses
1) All uses allowed in R-1 Zone
2) Apartments
3) Boarding houses
4) Dormitories
6) Elementary School
7) High School

1) Density: twenty-one (21) to sixty-five (65) dwelling units per hectare
2) Number of allowable storeys/floors above established grade: five (5)
3) Building Height Limit: fifteen meters (15 m.) above highest grade
C. Regulations in Residential - 3 (R-3) Zone
Allowable Uses
1) All uses allowed in R-1 and R-2 Zones
3) Pension house
4) Hotel apartments or apartels
5) Hotels
6) High school and vocational schools
7) Parking buildings (aboveground/ underground)

1) Density: 66 or more dwelling units per hectare
2) Number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade: twelve (12)
3) Building Height Limit: 36.00 meters above highest grade
D. Regulations in Residential - 4 (R-4) Zone
Allowable Uses
1) Townhouses

1) Number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade: three (3)
2) Building Height Limit: 10.00 meters from highest grade.
E. Regulations in Residential - 5 (R-5) Zone
Allowable Uses
1) All uses allowed in R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Zones

1) Number of allowable storeys/floors above established grade: thirty-five (35)
2) Building Height Limit: one hundred eight (108) from highest grade
3) As applicable provisions of PD 957.
Section 13.4. Regulations in Socialized Housing Zone (SHZ)
Allowable Uses
1) All uses allowed according to the provisions of BP 220.

1) As applicable provisions of BP 220.
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Section 13.5. Regulations in General Commercial Zone (GCZ)
Allowable Uses
1) Office like:
a) Office building
b) Office condominium
2) General retail stores and shops like:
a) Department store
b) Bookstore and office supply shop
c) Home appliance store
d) Car shop
e) Photo shop
f) Flower shop
3) Food market and shops like:
a) Bakery and bakeshop
b) Wine store
c) Grocery
d) Supermarket
4) Personal service shops like:
a) Beauty parlor
b) Barber shop
c) Sauna bath and massage clinic
d) Dressmaking and tailoring shops
5) Recreational center/establishments like
a) Movie house/theatre
b) Play court (e.g. tennis court, bowling lane, billiard hall)
c) Swimming pool
d) Day and night club
e) Stadium, coliseum, gymnasium
f) Other sports and recreational establishment
6) Restaurant and other eateries
7) Short term special education like:

a) Dancing schools
b) Schools for self-defense
c) Driving school
d) Speech clinics
8) Storerooms/warehouse but only as be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business
9) Commercial condominium (with residential units in upper floors)
10) Commercial housing like:
a) Hotel
b) Apartment
c) Apartel
d) Boarding house
e) Dormitory
f) Pension house
g) Club house
h) Motel
11) Embassy/consulate
12) Library/museum
13) Filling station/service station
14) Clinic
15) Vocational/technical school
16) Convention center and related facilities
17) Messengerial services
18) Security agency
19) Janitorial service
20) Bank and other financial institutions
21) Radio and television station
22) Building garage, parking lot
23) Bakery and baking of bread, cake, pastries, pies and other similar perishable products
24) Custom dressmaking shop
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25) Custom tailoring shop
26) Commercial and job printing
27) Typing and photo engraving services
28) Repair of optical instrument and equipment and cameras
29) Repair of clocks and watches
30) Manufacture of insignia, badges and similar emblems except metal
31) Transportation terminals/garage with and without repair
32) Repair shops like:
a) House appliances repair shops
b) Motor vehicles and accessory repair shops
c) Home furnishing shops
33) Printing/publishing
34) Machinery display shop/center
35) Gravel and sand
36) Lumber/hardware
37) Manufacture of ice, ice blocks, cubes, tubes, crush except dry ice
38) Printing and publishing of books and pamphlets, printing cards and stationery
39) Manufacture of signs and advertising displays (except printed)
40) Chicharon factory
41) Manufacture of wood furniture including upholstered
42) Manufacture of rattan furniture including upholstered
43) Manufacture of box beds and mattresses
44) Welding shops
45) Machine shop service operation (repairing/ rebuilding or custom job orders)
46) Medium scale junk shop
47) Repair of motorcycles
48) Lechon or whole pig roasting
49) Biscuit factory – manufacture of biscuits, cookies, crackers and other similar dried bakery
products
50) Doughnut and hopia factory
51) Other bakery products not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
52) Repacking of food products e.g. fruits, vegetables, sugar and other related products
53) Plant nursery
54) Funeral parlors, mortuaries and crematory services and memorial chapels
55) Parking lots, garage facilities
56) Parking buildings (aboveground/underground)
57) Other commercial activities not elsewhere classified

1) Per the relevant provisions of the latest edition of the NBC:
a) Number of allowable storeys/floors above establish grade: thirty (30)
b) Building height limit above establish grade: one hundred meters (100 m.)
A. Regulations in Commercial - 1 (C-1) Zone
Allowable Uses
1) General retail stores and shops like:
a) Department stores
b) Bookstore and office supply shops
c) Art supplies and novelties
d) Home appliance stores
e) Photo shops
f) Flower shops
g) Curio or antique shops
h) Pet shops and aquarium stores
i) Jewelry shops
2) Food market and shops like:
a) Bakery and bakeshops
b) Liquor and wine stores
c) Groceries
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d) Supermarkets
e) Convenience stores
3) Showroom/ display store
4) Personal service shops like:
a) Beauty parlor
b) Barber shop
c) Spa
d) Wellness center
e) Sauna bath and massage clinic
f) Dressmaking and tailoring shop
5) Recreational center/establishments like
a) Play court (e.g. tennis court, bowling lane, billiard hall)
b) Swimming pool
c) Gymnasium
d) Other sports and recreational establishments
6) Parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways, promenades and play lots
7) Restaurants, canteens, eateries, delicatessen shops, confectionery shops and
automats/fast foods
8) Laundries and Laundromats
9) Short term special education like:
a) Dancing schools
b) Schools for self-defense
c) Driving school
d) Speech clinics
10) Vocational/technical school
11) Commercial housing like:
a) Hotel
b) Apartment
c) Apartel
d) Boarding house
e) Dormitory
f) Pension house
g) Club house
h) Motel
12) Financial institutions/services like:
a) Banks/stand-alone automated teller machines
b) Insurance
c) Foreign exchange
d) Money lending
e) Pawnshops
13) Courier services
14) Embassy/consulates
16) Medical, dental, optical and similar clinics
17) Security agency
18) Janitorial services
19) Travel agencies
20) Photo and portrait studios, shoeshine/ repair stands
21) Retail drugstores
22) Commercial job printing
23) Typing and photo engraving services
24) Repair of optical instrument and equipment and cameras
25) Repair of clocks and watches
27) Plant nurseries
28) Scientific, cultural and academic centers and research facilities except nuclear,
radioactive, chemical and biological warfare facilities
29) Stores for construction supplies and building materials such as electrical and electronics,
plumbing supplies, ceramic, clay cement and similar products except CHBs, gravel and
sand and other concrete products
30) Transportation terminal/garage
31) Garage for jeepneys and taxis not greater than six (6) units in number
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32) Garage for bus and trucks not greater than three (3) units in number
33) Parking buildings (aboveground/underground)
35) Customary accessory uses incidental to any of the above uses such as:
a) Staff houses/ quarters
b) Building garage
c) Storerooms and warehouses but only as be necessary for the efficient conduct of the
business
d) Pump houses
e) Generator houses

1) Number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade: three (3
2) Building Height Limit: 10 meters above highest grade.
B. Regulations in Commercial - 2 (C-2) Zone
Allowable Uses:
1) All uses allowed in C-1 Zone
2) Wholesale and retail stores
3) Wet and dry markets
4) Shopping centers, malls and supermarkets
5) Warehouse/storage facility
6) Restaurants, drinking and dining establishments
7) Dance halls and ballrooms
8) Amusement halls and parlors
9) Billiard halls, pool rooms and bowling alleys
10) Golf clubhouses
11) Cocktail lounge, disco, dance hall, KTV/ music bar
12) Physical fitness gyms/ centers
13) Gymnasia, pelota courts and sports complex
14) Lotto terminals, off-fronton, on-line bingo outlets and off-track betting stations
15) Bars, cocktails, sing-along lounges, bistros, pubs, beer gardens
16) Massage and sauna parlors
17) Employment/ recruitment agencies, news syndicate services and office equipment and
repair shops and other offices
18) Watch sales and services, locksmith and other related services
19) Other stores and shops for conducting retail business and local shopping establishments
20) Computer stores and video shops, including repair
21) Internet café and cyber stations
22) Repair shops like:
a) House appliances
b) Motor vehicles and accessory
c) Home furnishing
23) Radio, television and other electrical appliance repair shops
24) Furniture, repair and upholstering job
25) Garment manufacturing with no more than twenty (20) machines
26) Battery shops and repair shops
27) Motorcycles/bicycles repair shops
28) Transportation terminals/ garage with repair
29) Parking lots, garage facilities
30) Commercial parking lots and garages
31) Commercial garage and parking buildings, display for cars, tractors, etc.
32) Car barns for jeepneys and taxis not more than six (6) units
33) Auto repair, tire, vulcanizing shops and carwash with minimum 100 sq.m. service area
34) Vehicle emission testing center
35) Motorpool
36) Hauling services and garage terminals for trucks, tow trucks and buses not exceeding
three (3) units
37) Auto sales and rentals, automotive handicraft, accessory and spare parts shops, marine
craft, aircraft and sales yards
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38) Aircraft hangars
39) Storage garage and boat storage
40) Gasoline filling and service stations
41) Printing and publishing plants and offices
42) Engraving, photo developing and printing shops
43) Glassware and metalware stores, household equipment and appliance shops
44) Machinery display shop/ center
45) Hardware
46) Gravel and sand
47) Paint stores without bulk handling
48) Gardens and landscaping supply/contractors
50) Photographer and painter studios, tailoring and haberdashery shops
52) Signboard and streamer painting and silk screening
53) Printing/ typesetting, copiers and duplicating services
54) Photo supply and developing
55) Recording and film laboratories
56) Chicharon factory
57) Lechon stores
products
60) Bakeries, pastry and bake shops
61) Factory for other bakery products not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
62) Shops for repacking of food products e.g. fruits, vegetables, sugar and other related
products
63) Manufacture of ice, ice blocks, cubes, tubes, crush except dry ice
64) Telephone and telegraph exchanges
65) Police and fire stations
66) Radio and television station

1) Number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade: thirty (30)
2) Building Height Limit: one hundred meters (100 m.) above highest grade.
C. Regulations in Commercial - 3 (C-3) Zone
Allowable Uses
1) All uses allowed in C-1 and C-2 Zones
2) Department stores, shopping malls/ centers, commercial and sports complexes/ areas
3) Commercial condominiums

1) Number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade: thirty (30)
2) Building Height Limit: 100 meters above highest grade
Section 13.6. Regulations in Industrial - 1 (I-1) Zone
Allowable Uses
Non-Pollutive/Non-Hazardous Industries
1) Drying fish
products
4) Manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli and other noodles
5) Other bakery products not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
6) Life belts factory
7) Manufacture of luggage, handbags, wallets and small leather goods
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8) Manufacture of miscellaneous products of leather and leather substitute and n.e.c.
9) Manufacture of shoes except rubber, plastic and wood
10) Manufacture of slipper and sandal except rubber and plastic
11) Manufacture of footwear parts except rubber and plastic
12) Printing, publishing and allied industries and those n.e.c.
13) Manufacture or assembly of typewriters, cash registers, weighing, duplicating and
accounting machines
14) Manufacture or assembly of electronic data processing machinery and accessories
15) Renovation and repair of office machinery
16) Manufacture or assembly of miscellaneous office machines and those n.e.c.
17) Manufacture of rowboats, bancas and sailboats
18) Manufacture of animal-drawn vehicles
19) Manufacture of children vehicles and baby carriages
20) Manufacture of laboratory and scientific instruments, barometers, chemical balance, etc.
21) Manufacture of measuring and controlling equipment, plumb bob, rain gauge, taxi meter,
thermometer, etc.
22) Manufacture or assembly of surgical, medical, dental equipment and medical furniture
23) Ice plants and cold storage buildings
24) Quick freezing and cold packaging for fish and other seafood
25) Quick freezing and cold packaging for fruits and vegetables
26) Popcorn/rice factory
27) Manufacture of medical/surgical supplies, adhesive tapes, antiseptic dressing, sanitary
napkins, surgical gauge, etc.
28) Manufacture of orthopedic and prosthetic appliances (abdominal supporter, ankle
supports, arch support, artificial limb, kneecap supporters, etc.)
29) Manufacture of photographic equipment and accessories
30) Manufacture or assembly of optical instruments
31) Manufacture of eyeglasses and spectacles
32) Manufacture of optical lenses
33) Manufacture of watches and clocks
34) Manufacture of pianos
35) Manufacture of string instruments
36) Manufacture of wind and percussion instruments
37) Manufacture or assembly of electronic organs
38) Manufacture of sporting gloves and mitts
39) Manufacture of sporting balls (not of rubber or plastic)
40) Manufacture of gym and playground equipment
41) Manufacture of sporting tables (billiards, Ping-Pong, pool)
42) Manufacture of other sporting and athletic goods n.e.c.
43) Manufacture of toys and dolls except rubber and mold plastic
44) Manufacture of pens, pencils and other office and artist materials
45) Manufacture of umbrella and canes
46) Manufacture of buttons except plastic
47) Manufacture of brooms, brushes and fans
48) Manufacture of needles, pens, fasteners and zippers
49) Manufacture of insignia, badges and similar emblems (except metal)
51) Small-scale manufacturing of ice cream
52) Dairies and creameries
Non-Pollutive/Hazardous Industries:
1) Manufacture of house furnishing
2) Textile bag factories
3) Canvass bags and other canvass products factory
4) Jute bag factory
5) Manufacture of miscellaneous textile goods, embroideries and weaving apparel
6) Manufacture of fiber batting, padding and upholstery filling except coir
7) Men’s and boys’ garment factory
8) Women’s and girls’ and ladies’ garments factory
9) Manufacture of hats, gloves, handkerchief, neckwear and related clothing accessories
10) Manufacture of raincoats and waterproof outer garments except jackets
11) Manufacture of miscellaneous wearing apparel except footwear
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12) Manufacture of miscellaneous fabricated mill work and those n.e.c.
13) Manufacture of wooden and cane containers
14) Sawali, nipa and split cane factory
15) Manufacture of bamboo, rattan and other cane baskets and wares
16) Manufacture of cork products
17) Manufacture of wooden shoes, shoe lace and other similar products
18) Manufacture of miscellaneous wood products and those n.e.c.
19) Manufacture of miscellaneous furniture and fixture except primarily of metals and those
n.e.c.
20) Manufacture of paper stationery, envelopes and related articles
21) Manufacture of dry ice
22) Repackaging of industrial products e.g. paints, varnishes and other related products
23) Pumping plants (water supply, storm drainage, sewerage, irrigation and waste treatment
plants)

1) Building Height Limit: fifteen meters (15 m.) above highest grade.
Section 13.7 Regulations in Industrial - 2 (I-2) Zone
Allowable Uses
Pollutive/Non-Hazardous Industries
1) Manufacturing and canning of ham, bacon and native sausage
2) Poultry processing and canning
3) Large-scale manufacturing of ice cream
4) Ice plants and cold storage
5) Corn mill/rice mill
6) Chocolate and cocoa factory
7) Candy factory
8) Chewing gum factory
9) Peanuts and other nuts factory
10) Other chocolate and confectionery products
11) Manufacturing of flavoring extracts
12) Manufacture of food products n.e.c. (vinegar, vetsin)
13) Manufacture of fish meal
14) Oyster shell grading
15) Manufacture of medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations
16) Manufacture of stationery, art goods, cut stone and marble products
17) Manufacture of abrasive products
18) Manufacture of miscellaneous non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.
19) Manufacture of cutlery, except table flatware
20) Manufacture of hand tools
21) Manufacture of general hardware
22) Manufacture of miscellaneous cutlery hand tools and general hardware n.e.c.
23) Manufacture of household metal furniture
24) Manufacture of office, store and restaurant metal furniture
25) Manufacture of metal blinds, screens and shades
26) Manufacture of miscellaneous furniture and fixture primarily of metal n.e.c.
27) Manufacture of fabricated structural iron and steel
28) Manufacture of architectural and ornamental metal works
29) Manufacture of boilers, tanks and other structural sheet metal works
30) Manufacture of other structural products n.e.c.
31) Manufacture of metal cans, boxes and containers
32) Manufacture of stamped coated and engraved metal products
33) Manufacture of fabricated wire and cable products
34) Manufacture of heating, cooking and lighting equipment except electrical
35) Sheet metal works generally manual operation
36) Manufacture of other fabricated metal products except machinery and equipment n.e.c.
37) Manufacture or assembly of agricultural machinery and equipment
38) Native plow and harrow factory
39) Repair of agricultural machinery
40) Manufacture or assembly of service industry machines
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41) Manufacture or assembly of elevators and escalators
42) Manufacture or assembly of sewing machines
43) Manufacture or assembly of cooking ranges
44) Manufacture or assembly of water pumps
45) Refrigeration industry
46) Manufacture or assembly of other machinery and equipment except electrical n.e.c.
47) Manufacture or assembly of electrical apparatus
48) Manufacture or assembly of electrical cables and wires
49) Manufacture of other electrical industrial machinery and apparatus n.e.c.
50) Manufacture or assembly of electric equipment – radio, television, tape recorder, stereo
51) Manufacture or assembly of radio and television transmitting, signaling and detection
equipment
52) Manufacture or assembly of telephone and telegraphic equipment
53) Manufacture of other electronic equipment and apparatus n.e.c.
54) Manufacture of industrial and commercial electrical appliances
55) Manufacture of household cooking, heating and laundry appliances
56) Manufacture of other electrical appliances n.e.c.
57) Manufacture of electric lamp fixtures
Pollutive/Hazardous Industries
1) Flour mill
2) Cassava flour mill
3) Manufacture of coffee
4) Manufacturing of unprepared animal feeds, other grain milling n.e.c.
5) Production prepared feeds for animals
6) Grains and cement silos
7) Cigar and cigarette factory
8) Curing and re-drying tobacco leaves
9) Miscellaneous processing tobacco leaves n.e.c.
10) Textile and fiber spinning mills
11) Weaving hemp textile
12) Jute spinning and weaving
13) Miscellaneous spinning and weaving mills n.e.c.
14) Hosiery mill
15) Underwear and outwear knitting mills
16) Garment and undergarment factories
17) Fabric knitting mills
18) Miscellaneous knitting mills n.e.c.
19) Manufacture of mats and mattings
20) Manufacture of carpets and rugs
21) Manufacture of cordage, rope and twine
22) Manufacture of related products from abaca, sisal, henequen, hemp, cotton, paper, etc.
23) Manufacture of linoleum and other surface coverings
24) Manufacture of artificial leather, oil cloth and other fabrics except rubberized
25) Manufacture of coir
26) Manufacture of miscellaneous textile n.e.c.
27) Manufacture of rough lumber, unworked
28) Manufacture of worked lumber
29) Re-sawmills
30) Woodworking establishments, lumber and timber yards
31) Planning mills and sawmills, veneer plants
32) Manufacture of veneer, plywood and hardwood
33) Manufacture of doors, windows and sashes
34) Treating and preserving of wood
35) Wood drying kilns
36) Manufacture of charcoal
37) Manufacture of wood and cane blinds, screens and shades
38) Pulp, paper and paperboard factories
39) Manufacture of containers and boxes of paper and paper boards
40) Wood and cardboard box factories
41) Manufacture of miscellaneous pulp and paper products n.e.c.
42) Manufacture of perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet preparations
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43) Manufacture of waxes and polishing preparations
44) Manufacture of candles
45) Manufacture of inks
46) Manufacture of miscellaneous chemical products n.e.c.
47) Tire retreating and rebuilding
48) Manufacture of rubber shoes and slippers
49) Manufacture of industrial and molded rubber products
50) Manufacture of plastic footwear
51) Manufacture of plastic furniture
52) Manufacture of other fabricated plastic products n.e.c.
53) Manufacture of table and kitchen articles
54) Manufacture of pottery, china and earthen ware n.e.c.
55) Manufacture of flat glass
56) Manufacture of glass containers
57) Manufacture of miscellaneous glass and glass products n.e.c.
58) Manufacture of clay bricks, clay tiles and hollow clay tiles
59) Manufacture of miscellaneous structural clay products n.e.c
60) Manufacture of structural concrete products
61) Manufacture of asbestos products
62) Manufacture of engines and turbines except motor vehicles, marine and aircraft
63) Manufacture of metal cutting, shaving and finishing machinery
64) Manufacture of wood working machinery
65) Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of food and beverage making machinery
66) Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of textile machinery and equipment
67) Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of paper industry machinery
68) Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of trade machinery and equipment
69) Manufacture of rice mills
70) Manufacture of machines for leather and leather products
71) Manufacture of construction machinery
72) Manufacture of machines for clay, stove and glass industries
73) Manufacture, assembly, repair and rebuilding of miscellaneous special industrial
machinery and equipment n.e.c.
74) Manufacture of dry cells, storage battery and other batteries
75) Boat building and repairing
76) Ship repairing industry, dock yards, dry dock, shipways
77) Miscellaneous shipbuilding and repairing n.e.c.
78) Manufacture of locomotives and parts
79) Manufacture of railroad and street cars
80) Manufacture or assembly of automobiles, cars, buses, trucks and trailers
81) Repair garages and shops
82) Factories for engines and turbines and attached testing facilities
83) Hangars
84) Manufacture and assembly plants of aircraft engine
85) Repair and testing shops for aircraft engines and parts
86) Manufacture of wood furniture including upholstered
87) Manufacture of rattan furniture including upholstered
88) Manufacture of box beds and mattresses
89) Dry cleaning plants using flammable liquids
90) Paint stores with bulk handling
91) Paint shops and spray painting rooms
92) Signs and billboards painting shops
93) Warehouses where highly combustible materials are stored
94) Factories where loose combustible fiber or dirt are manufactured, processed or generated

1) Building Height Limit: twenty-one meters (21 m.) above highest grade
Section 13.8 Regulations in Industrial - 3 (I-3) Zone
Allowable Uses
Highly Pollutive/Non-Hazardous Industries
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1) Meat processing, curing, preserving except processing of ham, bacon, sausage and
chicharon
2) Milk processing plants (manufacturing filled, reconstituted, or recombined milk, condensed
or evaporated)
3) Butter and cheese processing plants
4) Natural fluid milk processing (pasteurizing, homogenizing, vitaminizing, bottling of natural
animal milk and cream-related products)
5) Other dairy products n.e.c.
6) Canning and preserving of fruits and fruit juices
7) Canning and preserving of vegetables and vegetable juices
8) Canning and preserving of vegetable sauces
9) Miscellaneous canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables n.e.c.
10) Fish canning
11) Patis factory
12) Bagoong factory
13) Processing, preserving and canning of fish and other seafood n.e.c.
14) Manufacture of desiccated coconut
15) Manufacture of starch and its products
16) Manufacture of wines from juices of local fruits
17) Manufacture of malt and malt liquors
18) Manufacture of soft drinks carbonated water
19) Manufacture of instant beverages and syrups
20) Other non-alcoholic beverages n.e.c.
21) Other slaughtering, preparing and preserving meat products n.e.c.
22) Cooking oil and soap processing plants
Highly Pollutive/Hazardous Industries

1) Vegetable oil mills, including coconut oil
2) Manufacture of refined cooking oil and margarine
3) Manufacture of fish, marine and other animal oils
4) Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats n.e.c.
5) Sugar cane milling (centrifugal and refined)
6) Sugar refining
7) Muscovado sugar mill
8) Distilled, rectified and blended liquors n.e.c.
9) Cotton textile mill
10) Ramie textile mill
11) Rayon and other man-made fiber textile mill
12) Bleaching and drying mills
13) Manufacture of narrow fabrics
14) Tanneries and leather finishing plants
15) Pulp mill
16) Paper and paperboard mills
17) Manufacture of fiberboard
18) Manufacture of inorganic salts and compounds
19) Manufacture of soap and cleaning preparations
20) Manufacture of hydraulic cement
21) Manufacture of lime and lime kilns
22) Manufacture of plaster
23) Products of blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mills
24) Products of iron and steel foundries
25) Manufacture of smelted and refined non-ferrous metals
26) Manufacture of rolled, drawn or astruded non-ferrous metals
27) Manufacture of non-ferrous foundry products
Highly Pollutive/Extremely Hazardous Industries

1) Manufacture of industrial alcohols
2) Factories for highly flammable chemicals
3) Other basic chemicals n.e.c.
4) Manufacture of fertilizers
5) Manufacture of pesticides
6) Manufacture of synthetic resins, plastic materials and man-made fibers except glass
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7) Plastics resin plants [monomer and polymer
8) Plastics compounding and processing plants
9) Petroleum refineries
10) Manufacture of reclaimed, blended and compound petroleum products
11) Manufacture of miscellaneous products of petroleum and coal, n.e.c.
Pollutive/Extremely Hazardous Industries

1) Manufacture of paints
2) Manufacture of varnishes, shellac and stains
3) Manufacture of paint removers
4) Manufacture of other paint products
5) Manufacture of matches
6) Manufacture of tires and inner tubes
7) Manufacture of processed natural rubber not in rubber plantation
8) Manufacture of miscellaneous rubber products n.e.c.
9) Water and power generation complexes
10) Liquid and solid waste management complexes
11) Power plants (thermal, hydro or geothermal)
12) All other types of complexes for public utilities
Non-pollutive/Extremely Hazardous Industries

1) Manufacture of compressed and liquefied gases
2) Storage tanks, buildings for storing gasoline, acetylene, liquefied petroleum gas, calcium,
carbides, oxygen, hydrogen and the like
3) Armories, arsenals and munitions factories
4) Match and fireworks factories
5) Acetylene and oxygen generating plants

1) Building Height Limit: twenty-five meters (27 m.) above highest grade
Section 13.9. Regulations in General Institutional Zone (GIZ)
Allowable Uses
1) Government or civic centers to house national, regional or local offices in the area
2) Police and fire stations
3) Other types of government buildings
4) Colleges, universities, professional business schools, vocational and trade schools,
technical schools and other institutions of higher learning
5) Learning facilities such as training centers, seminar halls and libraries
6) Scientific, cultural and academic centers and research facilities except nuclear,
radioactive, chemical and biological warfare facilities
7) Museums, exhibition halls and art galleries
8) Convention center and related facilities
9) Civic centers, clubhouses, lodges, community centers
10) General hospitals, medical centers, multi-purpose clinics
11) Churches, mosques, temples, shrines, chapels and similar places of worship
12) Seminaries and convents
13) Embassies/ consulate
14) Parking buildings (aboveground and underground)

1) Building Height Limit: forty-five meters (45 m.) above highest grade
Section 13.10. Regulations in Special Institutional Zone (SIZ)
Allowable Uses
1) Welfare home, orphanages, boys and girls town, homes for the aged and the like
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2) Rehabilitation and vocational training centers for ex-convicts, drug addicts, unwed
mothers, physically, mentally and emotionally handicapped, ex-sanitaria inmates and
similar establishments
3) Military camps/reservations/bases and training grounds
4) Jails, prisons, reformatories and correctional institution
5) Mental hospitals, mental sanitaria and mental asylums
6) Parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways, promenades and play lots

1) Building Height Limit: fifteen meters (15) above highest grade
Section 13.11. Regulations in Parks and Recreation Zone (PRZ)
Allowable Uses
2) All types of resort complexes
3) Open air or outdoor sports activities and support facilities, including low rise stadia, gyms,
amphitheaters and swimming pools
4) Ball courts, skating rinks and similar uses
5) Memorial/ Shrines monuments, kiosks and other park structures
6) Sports club
7) Underground parking structures/facilities
8) Open space buffers and easements

1) Building Height Limit: twenty-five meters (25 m.) above highest grade
Section 13.12. Regulations in Cemetery Zone (CemZ)
Allowable Uses
1) Memorial Parks
2) Cemetery
3) Columbarium
4) Crematorium
5) Customary accessory uses such as crypts, parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways,
promenades, chapels and parking facilities

1) Building Height Limit: twenty meters (20 m.) above highest grade
Section 13.13. Regulations in Buffer/Greenbelts Zone (B/GZ)
Allowable Uses
1) Open space
2) Parks and park structures such as playgrounds, jogging trails, bicycle lanes
3) Small-scale retail shops and restaurants
4) Commercial plant nurseries
5) Ground-level or underground parking structures/facilities
6) Agriculture and silviculture

1) Building Height Limit: six meters (6 m.) above highest grade
Section 13.14. Regulations in Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone (UTSZ)
Allowable Uses
1) Bus and railway depots and terminals
2) Port facilities
3) Airports and heliport facilities
4) All other types of transportation complexes
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5) Pumping plants (water supply, storm drainage, sewerage, irrigation and waste treatment
plants)
6) Liquid and solid waste management facilities
7) All other types of large complexes for public services

1) Building Height Limit: fifteen meters (15 m.) above highest grade
SECTION 14. ZONING INCENTIVES.
Density bonuses, such as through allowable building height increases, may be provided
as incentives for projects that use CCA/DRRM technology or innovations, i.e. use of solar panels,
rainwater harvesting, smart urban drainage systems, green architecture/ building systems.
Similar incentives may also be given to projects that provide wider setbacks, increased
ground level open spaces, provides public infrastructure or conserve heritage sites.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 15. HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
Notwithstanding the Building Height provisions of this ordinance, building heights should
also conform to the height restrictions and requirements of the Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines (CAAP).
Exempted from the imposition of height regulations in residential zones are the following:
towers, church, steeples, water tanks and other utilities and such other structures not covered by
the height regulations of the National Building Code and/or the CAAP.
SECTION 16. AREA REGULATIONS.
Area regulations in all zones shall conform to the applicable minimum requirements of
existing laws, codes and regulations such as:
a) PD 957, “Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’ Protective Law” and its revised
implementing rules and regulations.
b) Batas Pambansa 220, “Promulgation of Different Levels of Standards and Technical
Requirements for Economic and Socialized Housing Projects” and its revised
implementing rules and regulations.
c) PD 1096 – National Building Code
d) PD 1185 – Fire Code
e) PD 856 – Sanitation Code
f) Republic Act 6541 – Structural Code
g) Batas Pambansa 344 – Accessibility Law
h) Rules and Regulations – HLURB Town Planning and Zoning Program
i) CA 141 or Public Land Act – public lands, including foreshore and reclaimed lands;
j) PD 1076 or Water Code of the Philippines – inland and coastal waters, shorelines and
riverbank easements;
k) Republic Act 6657 or Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law – agrarian reform lands.
l) Republic Act 7279 or Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) – socialized housing
and settlements development;
m) Republic Act 7942 or Philippine Mining Act – mining areas;
n) Republic Act 8435 or Agri-Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) – SAFDZs and prime
agricultural lands;
o) Republic Act 8550 or Revised Fisheries Code – City waters and coastal zones;
p) Republic Act 9593 or Philippine Tourism Act – tourism zones and estates;
q) Republic Act 9729 or Philippine Climate Change Act;
r) Republic Act 10066 or Philippine Cultural Heritage Act – cultural and heritage
zones/areas; and,
s) Republic Act 100121 or Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act – disaster-prone
and geo-hazard areas.
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t) Other relevant guidelines promulgated by the national agencies concerned.
SECTION 17. EASEMENT.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Water Code, the following regulations are hereby
adopted:
a) The banks of rivers and streams and the shores of the seas and lakes throughout their entire
length within a zone of three (3) meters in urban areas and twenty (20) meters in agricultural
areas are subject to easements of public use in the interest of recreation, navigation, floatage,
fishing and salvage.
b) No person shall be allowed to stay in this zone longer than what is necessary for space or
recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing or salvage or to build structures of any kind.
SECTION 18. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
Specific provisions stipulated in the National Building Code (P.D. 1096), as amended
thereto, relevant to traffic generators, advertising and business signs, erection of more than one
principal structure, dwelling on rear lots, access yard requirements and dwelling groups, which
are not in conflict with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, shall be observed.
SECTION 19. ADVERTISING, BILLBOARDS AND BUSINESS SIGNS.
No advertising, billboards or business signs whether on or off premises of an

establishment shall be displayed or put up for public view without clearance from the Zoning
Administrator/ Zoning Officer. Clearance for such signs or billboards may be granted only when
the same is appropriate for the permitted use for a zone and the size thereof is not excessive,
taking into account the bulk or size of the building or structure and the business practices or
usages of the locality and the same shall in no case obstruct the view of any scenic spot.
Obnoxious signs that would constitute nuisance to adjoining property owners, distract
motorists or constitute as hazards to public safety shall not be allowed in any area. No sign should
project to public property. Temporary signs and billboards for not more than two months may be
allowed by the Zoning Officer/Administrator upon payment of corresponding fees to the City. The
permit for such sign shall indicate the location, size, slope, contents and type of construction.
It shall be unlawful to maintain an obsolete sign by reason of discontinuance of business,

service or activity for more than sixty (60) days therefrom.
ARTICLE VII
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
SECTION 20. APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
The following performance standards are intended to ensure land use and neighborhood
compatibility. All developments shall exhibit compliance to these standards which shall form part
of the requirements for Locational Clearance. These standards are by no means exhaustive or all
inclusive. The Local Zoning Board of Appeals (LZBA) may require other standards, when deemed
necessary, to ensure land use and neighborhood compatibility.
SECTION 21. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND STANDARDS.
In order to achieve this objective, all developments shall comply with the following
regulations:
a) Heavy water using industrial (e.g. soft drink bottling), recreational (golf courses, water theme
parks and the like) and other facilities that will cause excessive and non-sustainable draw-out
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of groundwater shall not be allowed to locate within the City unless the proponent proves that
their water requirement will not be detrimental to the residents;
b) Land use activities shall not cause the alteration of natural drainage patterns or change the
velocities, volumes, and physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of storm water.
Streams, watercourses, wetlands, lakes or ponds shall not be altered, regraded, developed,
piped, diverted or built upon;
c) All developments shall limit the rate of storm water runoff so that the rate of runoff generated
is no more than that of the site in its natural condition;
d) All developments shall undertake the protection of rivers, streams, lakes and ponds from
sedimentation and erosion damage. All developments must be subjected to an environment
impact assessment (PD 1586) and the same must have an Environmental Compliance
Certificate (ECC);
e) The internal drainage systems of developments shall be so designed as not to increase

turbidity, sediment yield, or cause the discharge of any harmful substances that will degrade
the quality of water. Water quality shall be maintained according to DENR DAO No. 34 –
Revised Water Usage and Classification/Ambient Water Quality Criteria;
f) City and industrial wastewater effluents shall not discharge into surface and groundwater
unless it is scientifically proven that such discharges will not cause the deterioration of the
water quality. Effluents shall be maintained according to DENR DAO No. 35-91 – Establishing
Effluent Quality Standards for Class “C” Inland Waters;
g) Developments that generate toxic and hazardous waste shall provide appropriate handling
and treatment facilities which should be in accordance with the provisions under RA 6969 and
its IRR 2004-36;
h) Floodplains shall not be altered, filled and/or built upon without proper drainage design and
without proper consideration of possible inundation effects on nearby properties;
i) All developments, particularly those in sloping areas, shall undertake adequate and
appropriate slope and erosion protection as well as soil conservation measures;
j) Facilities and operations that cause the emission of dust, dirt, fly ash, smoke or any other air
polluting material that may have harmful effects on health or cause the impairment of visibility
are not permitted. Air quality at the point of emission shall be maintained at specified levels
according to RA 8749 and IRR 2001-81 and DAO No. 14 series of 1992.
k) Industrial processes/activities should not cause negative impacts to the environment. The
Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer may request for descriptions of these as part of the
requirements for Locational Clearance.
SECTION 22. AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION CRITERIA.
Agricultural lands are recognized as valuable resources that provide employment, amenity
and bio-diversity. All agricultural lands in the City shall not be prematurely reclassified. Requests
for reclassification shall be evaluated on the merits of conditions prevailing at the time of
application, subject to the provisions of the Memorandum Circular No. 54 Prescribing the
Guidelines Governing Section 20 of Republic Act 7160 authorizing the City to reclassify
Agricultural Lands into Non-Agricultural Uses.
SECTION 23. NETWORK OF GREEN AND OPEN SPACES.
All residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use subdivisions, having total contiguous
land areas of five hectares (5 ha.) or less are respectively required to provide tree-planted strips
along its internal roads having a spacing of not more than ten meters (10 m.) per tree.
Similar developments with total contiguous land areas greater than five hectares (5 ha.)
are required to provide, in addition to the above, landscaped tree parks with areas not less than
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ten percent (10%) of the total land area of the property, for the use of the occupants and/or the
general public. These tree parks may be made part of the open space requirements mandated
by PD 957, BP 220 and related laws.
These open spaces, along with parks, playgrounds, roads, alleys and sidewalks shall be
classified as non-alienable public lands and non-buildable. Upon completion of the project, these
open spaces shall be donated by the owner or developer to the City Government or to a duly
organized homeowners association with the prior written consent of the City Government. These
shall hereinafter be zoned as parks and recreation zones. No portion of these donated open
spaces may thereafter be converted to any other purpose or purposes.
Roof decks of all buildings shall be landscaped, as applicable.
SECTION 24. SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
The City considers it in the public interest that all projects are designed and developed in
a safe, efficient and aesthetically pleasing manner. Site development shall consider the
environmental character and limitations of the site and its adjacent properties. All project elements
shall be in complete harmony according to good design principles and the subsequent
development must be visually pleasing as well as efficiently functioning especially in relation to
the adjacent properties and bordering streets.
The quality of every neighborhood shall always be enhanced. The design, construction,
operation and maintenance of every facility shall be in harmony with the existing and intended
character of its neighborhood. It shall not change the essential character of the said area but will
be a substantial improvement to the value of the properties in the neighborhood in particular and
the community in general.
Further, designs should consider the following:
a) Sites, buildings and facilities shall be designed and developed with regard to safety,
efficiency and high standards of design. The natural environmental character of the
site and its adjacent properties shall be considered in the development of each building
and facility.
b) The height and bulk of buildings and structures shall be so designed that it does not
impair the entry of light and ventilation, cause the loss of privacy and/or create
nuisances, hazards or inconveniences to adjacent developments.
c) Abutments to adjacent properties shall not be allowed without the neighbor’s prior
written consent which shall be required by the Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer
prior to the granting of a Locational Clearance.
d) The capacity of parking areas/lots shall be per the minimum requirements of the
National Building Code. These shall be located, developed and landscaped in order to
enhance the aesthetic quality of the facility. In no case shall parking areas/lots
encroach into street rights-of-way.
e) Developments which attract a significant volume of different modes of transportation,
such as tricycles, PUJs, buses, etc., shall provide on-site parking for the same. These
should also provide vehicular loading and unloading bays so as through street traffic
flow will not be impeded.
f) Buffers, silencers, mufflers, enclosures and other noise-absorbing materials shall be
provided to all noise and vibration-producing machinery. Noise levels shall be
maintained according to levels specified in DENR DAO No. 30 - Abatement of Noise
and other Forms of Nuisance as Defined by Law.
g) Glare and heat from any operation or activity shall not be radiated, seen or felt from
any point beyond the limits of the property.
SECTION 25. INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITIES.
All developments shall not cause excessive requirements at public cost for public facilities
and services and will not be detrimental to the economic welfare of the community. All
developments shall exhibit that their requirements for public infrastructure (such as roads, water
supply and the like) are within the capacities of the system/s serving them.
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The Zoning Administrator shall require the following:
a) Drainage Impact Assessment Study

All development proposals in flood prone areas and all major proposals likely to affect
the existing drainage regime, including commercial-residential buildings, shopping
centers, office areas and business parks, residential areas, schools, universities and
industrial estates, shall be required to submit Drainage Impact Assessment Studies.
These should be prepared, signed and sealed by duly licensed Civil Engineers,
Sanitary Engineers or Environmental Planners.
b) Traffic Impact Statement

Major, high intensity facilities such as commercial-residential buildings having four (4)
floors and above, shopping centers, public markets, transportation terminals/garages,
schools, universities, industrial estates, cockfighting stadia, sports stadia and other
similar developments shall be required to submit Traffic Impact Statements. Other
traffic generating developments, as determined by the Zoning Administrator/Zoning
Officer, shall be required to submit the same.
ARTICLE VIII
MITIGATING DEVICES
SECTION 26. DEVIATION.
Variances and/or Exceptions from the provisions of this Ordinance may be allowed by the
Local Zoning Board of Appeals (LZBA) only when the following terms and conditions exist:
a) Variance (deviation from applicable Bulk and Density Regulations, Building Design
Regulations and Performance Standards). Variance may be allowed provided that proposals
satisfy all of the following provisions:
1) Conforming to the provisions of this Ordinance will cause undue hardship on the part of
the owner of the property due to physical conditions of the property (topography, shape,
etc.), which is not self-created.
2) The proposed variance is the minimum deviation necessary to permit reasonable use of
the property.
3) The variance will not alter the intended physical character of the zone and adversely affect
the use of the other properties in the same zone such as blocking-off natural light, causing
loss of natural ventilation or encroaching in public easements and the like.
4) That the variance will not weaken the general purpose of the Ordinance and will not
adversely affect the public health, safety or welfare.
5) The variance will be in harmony with the spirit of this Ordinance.
b) Exceptions (deviations from allowed use provisions). Exceptions may be allowed provided
that proposals satisfy all of the following conditions:
1) The exception will not adversely affect the public health, safety and welfare and is in
keeping with the general pattern of development in the community.
2) The proposed project shall support economic based activities/provide livelihood, vital
community services and facilities while at the same time posing no adverse effect on the
zone/community.
3) The exception will not adversely affect the appropriate use of adjoining properties in the
same zone such as generating excessive vehicular traffic, causing overcrowding of people
or generating excessive noise and the like.
4) The exception will not alter the essential character and general purpose of the zone where
the exception sought is located.
SECTION 27. PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING VARIANCES AND/OR EXCEPTIONS.
The procedure for evaluating applications for Variances and/ or Exceptions is as follows:
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a) The project proponent shall file a written application for Variance and/or Exception with the
LZBA citing the section/s of this Ordinance under which the same is sought and stating the
ground/s thereof.
b) Upon filing of application, a visible project sign, (indicating the name and nature of the
proposed project) shall be posted at the project site. This sign shall be maintained until the
LZBA has rendered a decision on the application.
c) The LZBA shall conduct preliminary studies on the application. These application papers shall
be made accessible to the public.
d) A written affidavit of no objection to the project by the owners of the properties immediately in
front of and abutting the project site shall be filed by the applicant with the LZBA within fifteen
(15) days upon filing of application.
e) The LZBA shall hold public hearing/s.
f) At the hearing, any party may appear in person, or be represented by agent/s. All interested
parties shall be accorded the opportunity to be heard and present evidences and testimonies.
g) The LZBA shall render a decision within thirty (30) days from the filing of the application,
exclusive of the time spent for the preparation of written affidavit of non-objection and the
public hearing/s.
h) All expenses to be incurred in evaluating proposals for Variances and/or Exceptions shall be
shouldered by the owner/developer.
SECTION 28. SPECIAL PERMIT USE.
Uses or structures that require the issuance of Special Use Permit before they may be permitted
are those which:
a) have significant impact on health, safety and the environment;

b) are generally supportive of the uses in other zones and the structures allowed therein but
have significant physical and environmental effects that would make the unregulated
allowance of such uses undesirable; and
c) have significant of strategic economic, social or environmental impacts on the area but are
numerous enough to warrant their inclusion or incorporation into a specific zone, or such
incorporation is not desirable on account of the need for evaluation of each particular
application for the same class of the use according to its merits.
In consonant with the foregoing criteria, the use for Filling Station shall be subject to specific use
permit as follows:
a) They shall not be located within at least fifty (50) meters from the nearest schools, churches,
hospitals and other similar buildings;
b) They shall not constitute safety hazards in a community developed entirely into residential
purposes;
c) The premise shall not be used for overnight parking of transport vehicles and utility terminals
or body building purposes;
d) The number of stations allowed must conform with the standards set by the Energy Regulatory
Board;
e) Filling stations shall be located at least one hundred (100) meters from each other and should
have adequate firefighting equipment;
f) As per City Ordinance No. 02-S-2011, owners and operators of the filling station shall provide
sanitary comfort room, uniformed security guards and/or install its own closed-circuit television
(CCTV) camera; and
g) Pursuant to City Ordinance No. 06-S-2011, they shall provide for a distance of at least fifty
(50) meters from actual or potential ground water resources, banks of rivers, or other bodies
of water traversing or adjoining their gasoline stations.
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ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 29. APPROVED ZONING MAPS.
The Approved City Zoning Maps, with sizes of 2.40m × 2.40m, shall be posted at
conspicuous locations at the City Hall.
Zoning Maps for each barangay shall be posted at barangay halls for public information
and guidance of barangay officials. These shall be printed in standard color codes and of sizes
similar to the City Zoning Maps.
SECTION 30. LOCATIONAL CLEARANCE.
All owners/developers shall secure Locational Clearance from the Zoning

Administrator/Zoning Officer or, in cases of Variances and/ or Exceptions, from the LZBA prior to
conducting any activity or construction on their property/land. This will include property/ land
located in Special Economic Zones and other areas administered by national and special
agencies, except for facilities for national security as certified by the Department of National
Defense.
SECTION 31. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
Projects may be declared by the NEDA Board as Projects of National Significance

pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order (EO) No. 72. When a project is declared by the NEDA
Board as a Project of National Significance, the Locational Clearance shall be issued by HLURB
pursuant to EO 72.
SECTION 32. MAJOR AND/OR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.
The Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer or the LZBA, as the case may be, may seek the
assistance of the HLURB or external consultants in the evaluation of proposed Major and/or
Innovative Projects such as shopping malls, environmentally-critical projects, special economic
zones, tourism enterprise zones, new towns and the like.
SECTION 33. SUBDIVISION PROJECTS.
All owners and/or developers of subdivision projects shall, in addition to securing a

Locational Clearance, be required to secure a Development Permit pursuant to the provisions of
PD 957 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations or BP 220 and its Implementing Rules and
Regulations and in accordance with the procedures laid down in EO 71, Series of 1993.
Proposed subdivision projects shall prepare their respective Deed of Restrictions to

include, among others, regulations pertaining to allowable uses within their project sites. The list
of allowable uses within subdivisions shall be within the list of allowable uses within the Zone.
Proof of compliance of future projects with the provisions of Deeds of Restriction for the said
subdivision shall form part of the requirements for Locational Clearance.
SECTION 34. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Applications for Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) shall be accompanied by

Comprehensive Development Master Plans (CDMPs) showing, at the minimum, proposed land
uses, building density and bulk, road network layout, road and sidewalk section details, and
master layouts of all utilities such as those for potable water, storm drainage, sewerage, power
supply, telecommunication and solid waste management.
CDMPs shall also be provided with Deed of Restrictions where, upon approval of the
Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer or LZBA, as the case may be, proof of compliance of future
projects on the said PUD site shall form part of the requirements for Locational Clearance.
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SECTION 35. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (ECC).
No Locational Clearance shall be issued to proposals covered by the EIS System unless
the requirements of ECC have been complied with.
SECTION 36. BUILDING PERMIT.
No Building Permit shall be issued by the City Building Official without a valid Locational
Clearance in accordance with the ZO.
SECTION 37. BUSINESS PERMIT.
The Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) shall not issue a Business Permit
unless a valid Locational Clearance has been issued.
SECTION 38. OCCUPANCY PERMIT.
No Occupancy Permit shall be issued by the City Building Official without certification from
the Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer that the building has complied with the conditions stated
in the Locational Clearance.
SECTION 39. VALIDITY OF LOCATIONAL CLEARANCE.
The Locational Clearance shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance. Should
there be any change(s) in the activity or expansion of the area subject of the Locational
Clearance, the owner/ developer shall apply for a new Locational Clearance.
SECTION 40. NOTICE OF NON-CONFORMANCE.
Upon approval of this Ordinance, the Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer shall

immediately issues Notices of Non-Conformance to existing non-conforming uses, buildings or
structures. The said Notice of Non-Conformance shall cite provisions of this Ordinance to which
the existing use, building or structure does not conform to. The same Notice shall also inform the
owner of said non-conforming use, building or structure of the conditions for the continued use of
the same as provided in the following section.
SECTION 41. EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
The lawful uses of any building, structure or land at the time of adoption or amendment of
this Ordinance may be continued, although such uses do not conform to the provisions of the ZO,
provided:
a) That no such non-conforming use shall be enlarged or extended to occupy a greater area of
land than that already occupied by such use at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance or
moved in whole or in part, to any other portion of the lot or parcel of land where such non-
conforming use exists at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance.
b) That no such non-conforming use which has ceased operation for more than one (1) year be
again revived as non-conforming use.
c) A vacant/idle building or structure may not be used for non-conforming activity;
d) That any non-conforming building/structure under one ownership which has been damaged
maybe reconstructed and used as before provided that such reconstruction is not more than
fifty percent (50%) of the replacement cost.
e) That should such non-conforming portion of any building/structure be destroyed by any means
to an extent of more than fifty percent (50%) of its replacement cost at the time of destruction,
it shall not be reconstructed except in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance.
f) That no such non-conforming use maybe moved to displace any conforming use.
g) That no such non-conforming structure may be enlarged or altered in a way which increases
its non-conformity, but any structure or portion thereof may be altered to decrease its non-
conformity.
h) That should such structure be moved for any reason to whatever distance, it shall thereafter
conform to the regulation of the zone in which it is moved or relocated.
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i) That such non-conforming use and/or structure should not cause nuisance effects to its
neighborhood, such as but not limited to pollution of whatever form (air, noise, land, water,
etc.), undesirable traffic (whether vehicular or pedestrian) and the like and should further not
pose health and safety hazards and as further provided in the Performance Standards
provision of this Ordinance.
j) The owner of a non-conforming use shall program the phase-out and relocation of the non-
conforming use within ten (10) years from the effectivity of this Ordinance.
SECTION 42. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
This Ordinance shall be enforced and administered by the Local Chief Executive through
the Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer who shall be appointed by the former in in accordance
with existing rules and regulations on the subject.
SECTION 43. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR/ ZONING OFFICER.
The Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer should have at least five (5) years relevant
experience in the field of development planning, zoning and related fields and preferably with
background in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environmental Planning, and Law.
SECTION 44. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF A ZONING ADMINISTRATOR/ ZONING

OFFICER.
Pursuant to the provisions of EO 72 implementing Republic Act 7160 in relation to Sec. 5,

paragraph (a) and (d), and Section 7 of Executive Order No. 648 dated 07 February 1981, the
Zoning Administrator shall perform the following functions, duties and responsibilities:
a) Enforcement
1) Act on all applications for Locational Clearance.
i. Issuance of Locational Clearance for projects conforming with the zoning
regulations;
ii. Issuance of Notice of Non-Conformance to uses, buildings or structures that is
non-conforming to the applicable provisions of this Ordinance.
2) Monitor on-going/existing projects and issue notices of violation and show cause order to
owners, developers or managers of projects that are in violation of the provisions of this
Ordinance and if necessary, pursuant to Section 3 of EO No. 72 and Section 2 of EO 71.
3) Call and coordinate with the Philippine National Police (PNP) for enforcement of all
orders and processes issued in the implementation of this Ordinance.
4) Coordinate with the City Fiscal and/or City Legal Officer for other legal actions/remedies
relative to the foregoing.
b) Planning
1) Coordinate with the Regional Office of the HLURB regarding proposed amendments to
this Ordinance prior to adoption by the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
SECTION 45. COMPLAINTS AND OPPOSITIONS.
A complaint for violation of any provisions of the ZO or any clearance or permits issued
pursuant thereto shall be filed with the LZBA.
Oppositions to applications for Locational Clearance, Variance or Exception shall be

treated as a complaint and shall likewise be filed with the LZBA.
SECTION 46. FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL ZONING BOARD OF

APPEALS (LZBA).
There is hereby created an LZBA which shall perform the following functions and
responsibilities:
1) Act on applications of the following nature:
a. Variances
b. Exceptions
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c. Complaints and oppositions to application/s
2) Act on appeals on Grant or Denial of Locational Clearance by the Zoning
Administrator/Zoning Officer.
3) Act on appeals regarding the non-conformity of existing uses, buildings or structures to the
applicable provisions of this Ordinance.
4) Decisions of the LZBA shall be carried by an absolute majority vote (50% + 1) of its
members.
SECTION 47. APPEALS TO LZBA DECISIONS.
Decisions of the LZBA shall be appealable to the HLURB.
SECTION 48. COMPOSITION OF THE LOCAL ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (LZBA).
The LZBA shall be composed of the following:
Chairman - City Mayor

Members - Chairman, SP Committee on Housing and Land Utilizatio
- City Legal Officer
- City Assessor
- City Engineer
- City Planning and Development Coordinator (CPDC)
- City Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO)
- Two (2) Representatives of the private sector nominated by
their respective organizations
- Two (2) Representatives from the Non-Government
Organization (NGO) nominated by their respective
organizations
The City Planning and Development Officer (CPDO) shall serve as the Secretariat to the
LZBA. The LZBA may invite resource persons in the course of the performance of its functions.
SECTION 49. REVIEW OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
The Local Zoning Review Committee (LZRC) is hereby created under the City
Development Council, to review the ZO considering the CLUP, based on the following
reasons/situations:
a) Updating/Revision of the CLUP;

b) Introduction of projects of national and/ or local significance;
c) Force majeure events with City-wide land use implications;
d) Petition for re-zoning/ re-classification with City-wide implications; and
e) Increasing number of applications/ issuances invoking Variances and Exceptions.
SECTION 50. COMPOSITION OF THE LOCAL ZONING REVIEW COMMITTEE (LZRC).
The Local Zoning Review Committee (LZRC) shall be composed of the following:
Chairman - Chairman, SP Committee on Housing and Land Utilization

Vice Chairman - City Planning and Development Coordinator (CPDC)
Members - City Assessor
- City Legal Officer
- City Engineer
- City Agriculturist
- City Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO)
- President, City Chapter Liga ng mga Barangay (CCLB)
The City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) shall serve as the Secretariat to the
LZRC. The LZRC may invite resource persons in the course of the performance of its functions.
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SECTION 51. FUNCTIONS OF THE LOCAL ZONING REVIEW COMMITTEE (LZRC).
The Local Zoning Review Committee (LZRC) shall have the following powers and
functions:
a. Review the Zoning Ordinance for the following purposes:

1) Determine amendments or revisions necessary in the Zoning Ordinance because of
changes that might have been introduced in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
2) Recommend changes to be introduced in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan in the
light of permits given, variances and exceptions granted and increasing applications
for rezoning/ re-classification.
b. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod necessary legislative amendments on the
needed changes in the ZO as a result of the review conducted.
c. Inform HLURB of the recommended changes to the ZO as a result of its review.
SECTION 52. AMENDMENTS TO THE ZO.
Changes in the ZO, as a result of the review by the LZRC shall be treated as an
amendment, provided that any proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance or provisions
thereof shall be subject to public hearing and shall be carried out through a resolution/ordinance
of three-fourths (¾) vote of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Said amendments shall take effect only
after approval and authentication by HLURB or Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
SECTION 53. VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction, be
punished by a fine not lower than Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (Php 2,500.00) and not
exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (Php 5,000.00) or an imprisonment for a period of six (6) months
but not exceeding one (1) year or both at the discretion of the Court. In case of violation by a
corporation, partnership or association the penalty shall be imposed upon the erring officers
thereof.
SECTION 54. SUPPLETORY EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS AND DECREES.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall be without prejudice to the application of other laws,
presidential decrees, letters of instruction and other executive or administrative orders vesting
national agencies with jurisdiction over specific land areas, which shall remain in force and effect,
provided that land use decisions of the national agencies concerned shall be consistent with the
CLUP of the locality.
SECTION 55. NON-DIMINUTION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS.
The rules and standards provided in this ZO shall conform to the rules and standards
provided by national agencies and shall not in any way diminish those that have been set by
national laws and regulations.
SECTION 56. CONSISTENCY BETWEEN NATIONAL AND LOCAL PLANS, PROGRAMS

AND PROJECTS.
Plans, programs and projects of national agencies that will be implemented within the
locality shall as much as practicable, be consistent with the provisions of the ZO.
SECTION 57. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
Should any section or provision of this Ordinance be declared by the Court to be

unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole
or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
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SECTION 58. REPEALING CLAUSE.
All ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed, provided that the rights that are vested upon the effectivity of this Ordinance
shall not be impaired.
SECTION 59. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE.
This Ordinance takes effect upon approval by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and after compliance with the posting and
publication requirements.
ANNEX 1. LAND USE CATEGORIES AND COLOR CODING
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ANNEX 2. ZONING MAP
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Republic of the Philippines

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 13 TH REGULAR SESSION HELD BY THE

ORDINANCE NO. 01-S-2019

Sponsored by: SPM Martin John T. Reyes

Co-sponsored by: All Sangguniang Panlungsod Members

NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained as it is hereby ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of

The ZO is enacted for the following purposes:

SECTION 4. GENERAL ZONING PRINCIPLES.

SECTION 5. DEFINITION OF TERMS.

Allowable Uses – uses that conform to those allowed in a specific zone.

Certificate of Non-Conformance – certificate issued to owners of non-conforming uses as

Warehouse – refers to a storage and/or depository of those in business of performing warehouse

Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer – a City Government employee responsible for the

AGZ Agricultural Zone

SECTION 7. DIVISION INTO ZONES OR SUB-ZONES.

SECTION 8. BASE ZONES.

The following are designated as Base Zones:

1. Agriculture Zone (AZ)

SECTION 9. ZONING MAPS.

SECTION 10. ZONE BOUNDARIES.

13) All areas at Brgy. Sampaloc II occupied by Blessed Ville Subdivision.

15) All areas in Brgy. Sampaloc II owned by Jaka.

D. Central Business District (CBD)

E. Mixed Use (Residential - Industrial - Institutional - Commercial)

3) Mixed-use 3 – Areas in Brgys. Sampaloc I and Langkaan I bounded on the north by

F. Planned Unit Development (Residential - Institutional - Commercial)

3) Planned Unit Development 3 (PUD 3) – Areas occupied by the Orchard Residential

G. Industrial Areas and Agri-Industrial Areas

6) Areas in Brgy. Sampaloc II bounded on the north by Washington Place Subdivision, on

SECTION 11. INTERPRETATION OF ZONE BOUNDARIES.

SECTION 12. GENERAL PROVISION.

B. Building Density and Bulk Regulations

C. Building/Structure Design Regulations

Section 13.1. Regulations in Agriculture Zone

A. Irrigated Agricultural Land Sub-Zone

B. Irrigable Agricultural Land Sub-Zone

C. Rainfed Agricultural Land Sub-Zone

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

Section 13.2. Regulations in Water Zone

A. Rivers & Creeks Sub-Zone

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

B. Tourism/ Recreation Sub-Zone

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

Building/Structure Density Regulations

Section 13.3. Regulations in General Residential Zone (GRZ)

Building Density and Bulk Controls

A. Regulations in Residential - 1 (R-1) Zone

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

C. Regulations in Residential - 3 (R-3) Zone

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

D. Regulations in Residential - 4 (R-4) Zone

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

E. Regulations in Residential - 5 (R-5) Zone

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

Section 13.4. Regulations in Socialized Housing Zone (SHZ)

Building Density and Bulk Regulations

7) Short term special education like: