Volume III - Zoning Ordinance

City of Cauayan Volume 3 Zoning Ordinance
Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2018-2027
COMPREHENSIVE
LAND USE PLAN
ZONING ORDINANCE
2018-2027
Volume 3
CITY OF CAUAYAN
ISABELA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Benefits .............................................................................................................. i
Legal Basis .......................................................................................................... i - iv
ARTICLE I. TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE
Section 1. Title of the Ordinance ........................................................................ 1
ARTICLE II. AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE
Section 2. Authority ............................................................................................ 1
Section 3. Purposes ............................................................................................ 1
Section 4. General Zoning Principles .................................................................. 2
ARTCILE III. DEFINITION OF TERMS .................................................................... 2 – 16
ARTICLE IV. ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
Section 5. Division into Zones or Sub-Zones ........................................................ 16
Section 6. Base Zones .......................................................................................... 16
Section 7. Overlay Zones ..................................................................................... 17
Section 8. Zoning Maps ........................................................................................ 18
Section 9. Zone Boundaries ................................................................................. 18 - 26
Section 10. Interpretation of Zone Boundaries .................................................. 26 - 27
ARTICLE V. ZONE REGULATIONS
Section 11. General Provision ............................................................................... 27
Section 12. Regulations in Base Zones ………………………………………………………………. 27 - 58
Section 13. Regulations in Overlay Zones ............................................................ 58 - 65
Section 14. Zoning Incentives ............................................................................... 65
ARTICLE VI. GENERAL REGULATIONS
Section 15. Height Regulations ............................................................................ 65
Section 16. Area Regulations ............................................................................... 65
Section 17. Easement ............................................................................................ 66

Section 18. Buffer Regulations .............................................................................. 67
Section 19. Specific Provisions in the National Building Code ......................... 67
Section 20. Advertising, Billboards and Business Signs ...................................... 67
ARTICLE VII. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Section 21. Road Setback Regulations ............................................................ 67
Section 22. Application of Performance Standards ......................................... 68
Section 23. Environmental Conservation and Protection Standards ............. 68
Section 24. Agricultural Land Conservation and Preservation Criteria .......... 69
Section 25. Network of Green and Open Spaces ............................................ 69
Section 26. Site Development Standards ........................................................... 70
Section 27. Infrastructure Capacities .................................................................. 71
ARTICLE VIII. MITIGATING DEVICES
Section 28. Deviation............................................................................................ 71
Section 29. Procedures for Evaluating Variances and/ or Exceptions ................. 72
ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 30. Approved Zoning Maps ................................................................... 73
Section 31. Locational Clearance ...................................................................... 73
Section 32. Projects of National Significance .................................................... 73
Section 33. Major and/ or Innovative Projects .................................................. 74
Section 34. Subdivision Projects ........................................................................... 74
Section 35. Planned Unit Development Projects .............................................. 74
Section 36. Environmental Compliance Certificate ......................................... 74
Section 37. Barangay Clearance ........................................................................ 74
Section 38. Building Permit ................................................................................... 74
Section 39. Business Permit..................................................................................... 74
Section 40. Occupancy Permit ........................................................................... 75
Section 41. Validity of Locational Clearance .................................................... 75

Section 42. Schedule of Fees …………………………………………………………………………. 75
Section 43. Notice of Non-Conformance ........................................................... 75
Section 44. Existing Non-Conforming Uses, Buildings and Structures ............... 75
Section 45. Responsibility for Administration and Enforcement ....................... 76
Section 46. Qualifications of the Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer ............ 76
Section 47. Powers and Functions of a Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer........... 76
Section 48. Complaints and Oppositions ................................................................... 77
Section 49. Functions and Responsibilities of the Local/Zoning Board of Appeals .... 77
Section 50. Appeals to LZBA Decisions ............................................................. 77
Section 51. Composition of the Local Zoning Board of Appeals (LZBA) ........... 77
Section 52. Review of the Zoning Ordinance ................................................... 78
Section 53. Composition of the Local Zoning Review Committee (LZRC) ........ 78
Section 54. Functions of the Local Zoning Review Committee ........................ 79
Section 55. Amendments to the Integrated ZO ............................................... 79
Section 56. Violation and Penalty .................................................................... 79
Section 57. Suppletory Effect of Other Laws and Decrees .............................. 79
Section 58. Non-Diminution of National Standards ......................................... 80
Section 59. Consistency between National and Local Plans, Programs and Projects .... 80
Section 60. Separability Clause........................................................................... 80
Section 61. Repealing Clause ............................................................................. 80
Section 62. Effectivity Clause .............................................................................. 80
Annexes
Annex 1. Land Use Categories and Color Coding
Annex 2. Schedule of Fees
Annex 3. Zoning Maps
Annex 4. Public Hearing/Consultation

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
ADSDPP - Ancestral Domains Sustainable Development and Protection Plan
AGZ - Agricultural Zone AFMA Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 (RA 8435)
AgIndZ - Agri-industrial Zone
AL-OZ - Ancestral Lands Overlay Zone
Aq-SZ - Aquaculture Sub-Zone
B/GZ - Buffer/ Greenbelt Zone
BB-OZ - Billboards Overlay Zone
BFAR - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
BHL - Building Height Limit BP Batas Pambansa
BR2-SZ - Basic Residential-2 Sub-Zone
BR3-SZ - Basic Residential-3 Sub-Zone
BSWM - Bureau of Soils and Water Management
C1- Z - Commercial 1 Zone
C2- Z - Commercial 2 Zone
C3-Z - Commercial 3 Zone
CA - Commonwealth Act
CAAP - Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
CAD/T - Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title
CAL/T - Certificate of Ancestral Lands Title
CARL - Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (RA 6657) of 1988
CCA - Climate Change Adaptation
CBD - Central Business District
CDMP - Comprehensive Development Master Plan
CF-SZ - Commercial Fishing Sub-Zone
CH-OZ - Critical Habitat Overlay Zone
C/MP-Z - Cemetery/ Memorial Park Zone

CLUP - Comprehensive Land Use Plan
CMP - Community Mortgage Program
CR-SZ - Civil Reservation Sub-Zone
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
ECA - Environmentally Critical Area
ECC - Environmental Compliance Certificate
ECP - Environmentally Critical Project
Ect-OZ - Ecotourism Overlay Zone
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
EMB - Environmental Management Bureau EO Executive Order
FAR - Floor Area Ratio Fisheries Code Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 (RA 8550)
FB-SZ - Forest Buffer Sub-Zone Forestry Code Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines (PD 705)
FL-SZ - Foreshore Land Sub-Zone
FLD-OZ - Flood Overlay Zone
FLUP - Forest Land Use Plan
FLT-OZ - Fault Line Overlay Zone
FPE - Flood Protection Elevation
FR-SZ - Forest Reserve Sub-Zone
FRS-SZ - Fishery Refuge and Sanctuary Sub-Zone
FyR-SZ - Fishery Reserve Sub-Zone FZ Forest Zone
GCZ - General Commercial Zone
GFA - Gross Floor Area GI-Z - General Institutional Zone

GR-Z - General Residential Zone
HLURB - Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
HTG-OZ - Heritage Overlay Zone
HUC - Highly Urbanized City
I1-Z Industrial 1 Zone
I2-Z Industrial 2 Zone
I3-Z - Industrial 3 Zone
ICC - Indigenous Cultural Communities
IFP-SZ - Industrial Forest Plantation Sub-Zone
IP - Indigenous Peoples
IPRA - Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (RA 8371)
IRR KBA-OZ - Implementing Rules and Regulations Key Biodiversity Area Overlay Zone
LC - Locational Clearance
LC-E - Locational Clearance – Exception
LC-V - Locational Clearance – Variance
LC-VE - Locational Clearance – Variance & Exception
LGC of 1991- Local Government Code of 1991
LGU - Local Government Unit
LSD-OZ - Landslide Overlay Zone
LZBA - Local Zoning Board of Appeals
LZRC - Local Zoning Review Committee
MAPSO - Maximum Allowable Percentage of Site Occupancy
MMDA - Metro Manila Development Authority
MNR-SZ - Military Reservation Sub-Zone
MR2-SZ - Maximum Residential-2 Sub-Zone
MR3-SZ - Maximum Residential-3 Sub-Zone
NAMRIA - National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

NBC - National Building Code
NCIP - National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
N.E.C. - Not elsewhere classified
NEDA - National Economic and Development Authority
NHC - National Historical Commission
NIPAS - National Integrated Protected Areas Systems
NIPAS Act - National Integrated Protected Areas Systems Act of 1992 (RA 7586)
NMU-SZ - NIPAS: Multiple Use Sub-Zone
NPAAAD - Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and Agro-Industrial Development
NSCB - National Statistics Coordination Board
NP-SZ - National Park Sub-Zone
NSP-SZ - NIPAS: Strict Protection Sub-Zone
OBO - Office of the Building Official
OS - Open Space
OZ - Overlay Zone
PAGASA - Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, Astronomical Services Administration
PAMB - Protected Area Management Board
PAMP - Protected Area Management Plan
PD - Presidential Decree
PDA-SZ - Production Agricultural Sub-Zone
PEZA - Philippine Economic Zone Authority
PHIVOLCS - Philippines Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute
PNP - Philippine National Police
PRZ - Parks and Recreation Zone
PTA-SZ - Protection Agricultural Sub-Zone
PUD - Planned Unit Development
PUV - Public Utility Vehicle

Q-SZ-PUD PUV Q-SZ - Quarry Sub-Zone
R1-Z - Residential 1 Zone
RA - Republic Act
RFE - Regional Flood Elevation
SAFDZ - Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones
SB - Sangguniang Bayan
SCD-OZ - Scenic Corridor Overlay Zone
SH-Z - Socialized Housing Zone
SI-Z - Special Institutional Zone
Sl-SZ - Sealane Sub-Zone
SP - Sangguniang Panlungsod/ Panlalawigan
SP-SZ - Strict Protection Sub-Zone
SPED - Special Education
SsM-SZ - Small-scale Mining Sub-Zone
SU-SZ - Special Use Sub-Zone
SUDS - Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
TIEZA - Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority
TLA - Total Lot Area
TOD-OZ - Transit-Oriented Development Overlay Zone
UCD-OZ - Urban Corridor Overlay Zone
UDHA - Urban Development and Housing Act (RA 7279) of 1992
USA - Unpaved Surface Area
UTS-Z - Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone
ZO - Zoning Ordinance
I. INTRODUCTION
Zoning is the division of a city/municipality into zones or sub-zones (e.g. commercial,

residential, industrial, institutional, agricultural, forest, etc.) according to present and
potential uses of land to maximize, regulate and direct their use and development in
accordance with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. It takes the form of a locally enacted
ordinance which provides, among others, regulations affecting uses allowed or disallowed in
each zone or sub-zone, conditions for allowing them, and procedures on evaluating
deviations.
Zoning is concerned primarily with the use of land and the control of density of population
through imposition of building heights, bulk, open space, and density provisions in a given
area.
1.0 Benefits
The benefits attributed to zoning are as follows:
1. Optimized use of land based on, among others, suitability and capability, e.g. use
of prime agricultural land for agricultural purposes and high value areas for intense urban
developments.
2. Promotion of public health and safety through compatible arrangement of various

land uses, e.g. buffering between residential and industrial zones and through standards for
environmental protection and conservation.
3. Preservation of desirable character and real estate values of the zone or subzone
through standards intended to facilitate high quality and appropriate developments.
4. Promotion of the rational and orderly growth of the city by employing a system
that allows the adequate evaluation of development proposals in both public and private
lands.
1.1 Legal Basis
Local government’s authority to enact and apply zoning regulations is derived from the
state’s exercise of its police powers to make, ordain and establish reasonable laws, statutes
or ordinances which promote the general welfare. This authority is specified and defined in a
number of laws and directives.
1.2. 1987 Philippine Constitution:
Article XII, Section 6
“The use of property bears a social function and all economic agents shall contribute to the
common good. Individuals and private groups, including corporations, cooperatives and
similar collective organizations, shall have the right to own, establish and operate economic
enterprises subject to the duty of the state to promote distributive justice and to intervene
when the common good demands.”
Article XIII, Section 1
“The Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and
enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social and economic
inequalities…To this end, the state shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use and
disposition of property and its increments.”
1.3. Section 20 of RA 7160, “The New Local Government Code of the Philippines”
Reclassification of Lands
1. A city or municipality may, through an ordinance passed by the Sanggunian after

conducting public hearings for the purpose, authorize the reclassification of agricultural
lands and provide for the manner of their utilization or disposition in the following cases:
(1) when the land ceases to be economically feasible and sound for agriculture or
(2) where the land shall have substantially greater economic value for residential,
commercial or industrial purposes, as determined by the Sanggunian concerned; provided
that such reclassification shall be limited to the following percentage of total agricultural
land area at the time of the passage of the ordinance:
a. For Highly Urbanized and Independent Component Cities, fifteen percent (15%);
b. For Component Cities and First to Third Class Municipalities, ten percent (10%);
c. For Fourth to Sixth Class Municipalities, five percent (5%).
Provided, further, that agricultural lands distributed to Agrarian Reform

Beneficiaries pursuant to Republic Act No. 6657, otherwise known as “The Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Law,” shall not be affected by the said reclassification and the conversion of
such lands into other purposes shall be governed by Section 65 of said Act.
2. The President may, when public interest so requires and upon recommendation of the
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), authorize a city or municipality to
reclassify lands in excess of the limits set in the next preceding paragraph.
3. The local government units shall, in conformity with existing laws, continue to prepare
their respective Comprehensive Land Use Plans enacted through Zoning Ordinances which
shall be the primary and dominant basis for the future use of land resources: Provided, that
the requirements for food production, human settlements and industrial expansion shall be
taken into consideration in the preparation of such plans.
4. Where approval by a national agency is required for reclassification, such approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld. Failure to act on a proper and complete application for
reclassification within three (3) months from receipt of the same shall be deemed as
approval, thereof.
An individual landholding within an area already zoned as non-agricultural in the approved

CLUP and ZO, needs no further reclassification by the SB/SP. Instead, land conversion shall
be required in accordance with the provisions of RA6657 and EO129-A.
1.4. Section 447 A.2 (VI, VII-IX), Section 448 A.2 (VI) and Section 458 A.2 (VII-IX) of RA
7160
The Sangguniang Bayan, as the legislative body of the Municipality, shall:
(a) Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of property within the
jurisdiction of the municipality;
(b) Adopt a Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the Municipality: Provided, that the
formulation, adoption, or modification of said plan shall be in coordination with the
approved Provincial Comprehensive Land Use Plan;
c) Reclassify land within the jurisdiction of the Municipality, subject to the pertinent
provisions of this Code; (d) enact integrated Zoning Ordinances in consonance with the
approved Comprehensive Land Use Plan, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;
establish fire limits or fire zones, particularly in populous centers; and regulate the
construction, repair or modification of buildings within said fire limits in accordance with the
provisions of the Fire Code;
The Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the legislative body of the City, shall:
(a) Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of property within the
jurisdiction of the city;
(b) Adopt a Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the City: Provided, that in the case of
Component Cities, the formulation, adoption, or modification of said plan shall be in
coordination with the approved Provincial Comprehensive Land Use Plan;
(c) Reclassify land within the jurisdiction of the City, subject to the pertinent
provisions of this Code;
(d) Enact integrated Zoning Ordinances in consonance with the approved

Comprehensive Land Use Plan, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations; establish fire
limits or fire zones, particularly in populous centers; and regulate the construction, repair or
modification of buildings within said fire limits in accordance with the provisions of the Fire
Code.
1.5. P.D. 1396 (Amending P.D. 933), creating the Ministry of Human Settlements, renaming
the Human Settlements Commission as the Human Settlements Regulatory Commission
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of the government to foster the growth and renewal
of our communities, both rural and urban, in an integrative manner that promotes optimal
land use, adequate shelter, environmental protection, utilization of appropriate technology

and rational interdependence among self-reliant communities.”
1.6. Letter of Instruction No. 729
“Municipalities shall submit their land use plans, enforcement systems and implementing
guidelines, including zoning ordinance to the Ministry of Human Settlements thru the HLURB
for review and ratification.”
1.7. Section 5, Executive Order 648, Reorganizing the Human Settlements Regulatory
Commission
The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) shall:
1. “Promulgate zoning and other land use control standards and guidelines which shall
govern land use plans and zoning ordinances of local governments units”
2. “Review, evaluate and approve or disapprove comprehensive land use development plans
and zoning ordinances of local governments units”
3. “Issue rules and regulations to enforce the land use policies on human settlements as
provided for in PDs No, 399, 815, 933, 957, 1216, 1344, 1396, 1517, LOIs No. 713, 729, 935
and other related laws regulating the use of land”
1.8. PD 933 and Executive Order 648, as amended by EO 90, empowering the HLURB to
review and approve or disapprove land use plans of cities and municipalities;
The aforesaid laws likewise authorize the HLURB to prescribe the standards and guidelines
governing the preparation of land use plans, to monitor the implementation of such plans
and to adjudicate and settle the disputes among LGUs over their land use plans and zoning
programs.
1.9. Executive Order 72
This provides for the preparation, review and approval process and implementation of
Comprehensive Land Use Plans and Zoning Ordinances of local government units pursuant
to the Local Government Code of 1991 and other pertinent laws.
CITY ORDINANCE NO. _____

Series of 2019
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF

CAUAYAN AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND
AMENDMENT THEREOF AND FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH.
Be it ordained/ enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Cauayan, Isabela.
WHEREAS, the implementation of Comprehensive Land Use Plans would require the
enactment of regulatory measures to translate the planning goals and objectives into reality;
and an integrated Zoning Ordinance is one such regulatory measure which is an important
tool for the implementation of the comprehensive land use plan;
WHEREAS, the Local Government Code authorizes local government units to enact zoning
ordinances subject to and in accordance with existing laws;
WHEREAS, this integrated Zoning Ordinance is one such regulatory measure which is an
important tool for the implementation of the approved Comprehensive Land Use Plan;
NOW THEREFORE, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Cauayan City in a session assembled

hereby adopts the following integrated Zoning Ordinance.
ARTICLE I
TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE
Section 1. Title of the Ordinance
This Zoning Ordinance shall be known as the (amended) integrated Zoning Ordinance (IZO)
of the City of Cauayan and shall hereinafter be referred to as the 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,
R.A. 7160 Sections 447, 448 and 458 a.2 (7-9) dated 10 October 1991, “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, RA 8550 Fisheries Code, PD 705 Forestry Code, PD 1067Water
Code, PD 1096 National Building Code, and Executive Order No. 72.
Section 3. Purposes
The ZO is enacted for the following purposes:
Promote and protect the health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience and general welfare of
the inhabitants in the City;
Guide, control and regulate the growth and development of public and private lands in
Cauayan City in accordance with its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP);
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
Enhance the character and stability of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional,

forestry, 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 as per SP Resolution No. __________ dated___________, as
follows:
1. The Ordinance reflects the City’s vision to be “The Ideal City of the North.”
2. 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;
3. The Ordinance gives the free market the maximum opportunity to spur the City’s
development within a framework of environmental integrity and social responsibility;
4. The Ordinance has been designed to encourage the evolution of high-quality

developments rather than regulating against the worst type of projects;
5. The Ordinance has been crafted in a manner that is fully responsive to the ever-changing
conditions that the City continually face;
6. 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;
7. The Ordinance provides a direct venue for community empowerment where the
stakeholders become involved especially in critical development decisions; and
8. 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.
ARTICLE III
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 50 percent of
the valid votes. This is also called the 50% + 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).
Actual Use – refers to the purpose for which the property is principally or predominantly
utilized by the person in possession of the property.
Adaptive Reuse – utilization of buildings, other built-structures, and sites of value for
purposes other than that for which they were originally intended, in order to conserve the
site, its engineering integrity and authenticity of design.
AFMA – shall refer to the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 or RA 8435.
Agricultural Activity – per the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 (RA 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 RA 6657, refers to land devoted to agricultural activity and not
classified as mineral, forest, residential, commercial or industrial land.
Agricultural Land Use Conversion – per RA 6657, refers to the process of changing the use of
agricultural land to non-agricultural uses.
Agricultural Zone (AGZ) - an area within a city/ municipality intended for the cultivation of
the soil, planting of crops, growing of trees, raising of livestock, poultry, fish or aquaculture
production, including the harvesting of such farm products, and other farm activities and
practices performed in conjunction with such farming operations… (AFMA)
Agri-Industrial Zone (AgIndZ) - an area within a city/municipality intended primarily for

integrated farm operations and related product processing activities such as plantation for
bananas, pineapple, sugar, etc.
Agri-Processing Activities – “refers to the processing of raw agricultural and fishery products
into semi-processed or finished products which include materials for the manufacture of
food and/or non-food products, pharmaceuticals and other industrial products.” (AFMA)
Agro-Forestry – land management which combines agricultural crops with tree crops and
forest plants and/or animals simultaneously or sequentially and applies management
practices which are compatible with the cultural patterns of the local population.
Allowable Uses - uses that conform to those allowed in a specific zone.
Ancestral Domains – per the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (RA 8371), these refer to
all areas generally belonging to Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples
(ICCs/IPs) comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources therein, held
under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs.
Ancestral Lands – refer to land occupied, possessed and utilized by individuals, families and
clans who are members of the ICCs/IPs…”(IPRA).
Ancestral Domain Overlay Zone (AD-OZ) – an area in a city/ municipality intended for the
preservation of the traditional way of life of indigenous people.
Aquaculture Sub-Zone (Aq-SZ) –an area within the Municipal Waters Zone of a city/
municipality designated for “fishery operations involving all forms of raising and culturing
fish and other fishery species in fresh, brackish and marine water areas” (Fisheries Code).
Aquasilviculture –an environment-friendly mangrove aquaculture system, aquasilviculture

promotes the harmonious co-existence between fishery species and mangrove trees in a
semi-enclosed system. In many regions, the trainees are taught pen design and construction
and mud crab culture. The culture system helps in providing alternative livelihood to fisher
folk while instilling in them the value of coastal protection and maintenance of the
ecosystem.
Base Flood Elevation – the elevation to which floodwater is expected to reach during flood
events as calculated by the regional office of the DPWH.
Base Zones – refers to the primary zoning classification of areas within the City/ Municipality
and that are provided with a list of allowable uses and regulations on building density and
bulk, among others.
Basic R-2 Sub-Zone – an area within the R-2 Zone of a city/ municipality where the number
of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is three (3) and the BHL is 10.00 meters
above highest grade (NBC).
Basic R-3 Sub-Zone – an area within the R-3 Zone of a city/ municipality where the number
of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is three (3) and the BHL is 10.00 meters
Billboards Overlay Zone (BB-OZ) – an area in a city/ municipality designated for the
regulated placement of billboards.
Buffer/ Greenbelt Zone (B/GZ) – an area within a city/ municipality that 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/ structures…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 storey’s/ floor above established grade and/ or meters above highest grade.
Cemetery/ Memorial Park Zone (Cem/MP-Z) – an area in a city/ municipality 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.
Civil Reservation Sub-Zone (CR-SZ) – an area within the Forest Zone of cities/ municipalities
that “refers to lands of public domain which have been proclaimed by the President of the
Philippines for specific purpose such as town sites, resettlement areas, ancestral lands, etc.”
(NSCB).
Commercial-1 Zone (C1-Z) – a low density commercial area within a city/ municipality
intended for neighborhood or community scale trade, service and business activities.
Commercial-2 Zone (C2-Z) – a medium to high density commercial area within a city/
municipality intended for trade, service and business activities performing complementary/
supplementary functions to the CBD.
Commercial-3 Zone(C3-Z) – a high density commercial area within a city/ municipality

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 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.
Compatible Uses – different uses capable of existing harmoniously within a zone, e.g.
residential and parks and playground uses subject to the conditions stipulated in the Zoning
Ordinance.
Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) – is a technical document embodying specific

proposals and strategies for guiding, regulating growth and/or development that is
implemented through the Zoning Ordinance. The main components of the Comprehensive
Land Use Plan in this usage are the land use plan and sectoral studies including Demography,
Ecosystems Analysis (Terrestrial and Coastal), and Special Area Studies such as Climate
Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Ancestral Domain,
Biodiversity, Heritage Conservation and Green Urbanism.
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 (NBC) and may also be
referred to as a Master Development Plan.
Commercial Fishing Sub-Zone (CF-SZ) –an area within the Municipal Waters Zone of a city/
municipality where commercial fishing, subject to the provisions of the Fisheries Code, is
allowed.
Conflicting Uses – uses or land activities with contrasting characteristics and adjacent to
each other e.g. residential units adjacent to industrial plants.
Conforming Use – a use that is in accordance with the zone regulations as provided for in
the Ordinance.
Deed Restrictions - written agreements that place imposes 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.
Ecotourism – a form of sustainable tourism within a natural and cultural heritage area where
community participation, protection and management of natural resources, culture and
indigenous knowledge and practices, environmental education and ethics, as well as
economic benefits are fostered and pursued for the enrichment of host communities and
the satisfaction of visitors.” (Tourism Act and DENR AO2013-19 Guidelines on Ecotourism
Planning and Management in Protected Areas)
Ecotourism Overlay Zone (ETM-OZ) –an area in a city/ municipality intended for ecotourism
uses.
Environmentally Constrained Areas – areas prone to natural hazards, such as those related
to weather, hydrologic, and geologic disturbances. These hazards cover those that are
weather and water-related, earthquake-induced, volcanic and erosion-related.
Environmentally Critical Areas (ECA) – refer 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.
k. Mangrove areas characterized by one or any combination of the following

conditions: with primary pristine and dense young growth;
- adjoining the mouth of major river systems;
- near or adjacent to traditional productive fry or fishing grounds;
- which act as natural buffers against shore erosion, strong winds and storm floods;
and on which people are dependent on their livelihood.
l. 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.
Proponents of Projects 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) – refer to those projects which have high potential
for negative environmental impacts and are listed in Presidential Proclamation 2146 dated
December 14, 1981, as follows:
➢ 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
- forestry projects such as logging, major wood processing, introduction of

fauna (exotic animals) in public/private forests, forest occupancy, extraction of
mangroves and grazing.
- fishery projects (dikes for/and fishpond development projects)
c. Infrastructure projects
- major dams; major power plants (fossil-fuelled, nuclear-fuelled,

hydroelectric or geothermal);
- major reclamation projects, and
- 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:
a. Environmentally Critical Projects
b. Projects located in Environmentally Critical Areas

Exception – a device which grants a property owner relief from certain provisions of the
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 (RA 8550).
Fish Pond - “a land-based facility enclosed with earthen or stone material to impound water
for growing fish.”(Fisheries Code).
Flood Overlay Zone (FLD-OZ) – an area in a city/ municipality that have been identified as
prone to flooding and where specific regulations are provided in order to minimize its
potential negative effect to developments.
Flood Protection Elevation – the minimum elevation to which developments are required by
this Ordinance to be elevated, with reference to the Base Flood Elevation, in order to be
flood proofed.
Floor Area Ratio or “FAR” – is the ratio between the gross floor area of a building and the
area of the lot on which it stands, determined by dividing the gross floor area of the building
and the area of the lot. The gross floor area of any building should not exceed the
prescribed floor area ratio (FAR) multiplied by the lot area. The FAR of any zone should be
based on its capacity to support development in terms of the absolute level of density that
the transportation and other utility networks can support.
Forest Buffer Sub-Zone (FB-SZ) – an area within the Forest Zone of a city/ municipality which
are “outside the boundaries and immediately adjacent to designated protected areas that
need special development control in order to prevent or minimize harm to the protected
area (NIPAS Act).”
Forest Lands –“include the public forest, permanent forest or forest reserves, and forest
reservations”(Revised Forestry Code).
Forest – refers to either natural vegetation or plantation of crops mainly of trees, or both,
occupying a definable, uninterrupted or contiguous area exceeding but not less than one
hectare with tree crown covering at least ten percent (10%) of the areas, exclusive of the
associated seedlings, saplings, palms, bamboos and other undercover vegetation. A natural
forest is a stand dominated by trees whose structure, functions and dynamics have been
largely the result of natural succession process. A natural forest is classified as either:
1) Primary or virgin forest which has not never been subjected to significant human
disturbance, or has not been significantly affected by the gathering of forest products such
that its natural structure, functions and dynamics have not undergone any major ecological
change; or
2) Secondary or residual forest that maybe classified into either degraded or

productive type (DENR DAO No. 99-53).
Forest Reservation – refers to forest lands which have been reserved by the President of the
Philippines for any specific purpose or purposes (Forestry Code).”
Forest Reserve Sub-Zone (FR-SZ) – an area within the Forest Zone of a city/ municipality,
which “refers to those lands of the public domain which have been the subject of the
present system of classification and determined to be needed for forest purposes. Also
called Permanent Forest” (Revised Forestry Code, PD 1559).
Forest Zone (FZ) – an area within a city/ municipality which are intended primarily for forest
purposes. This includes Forest Lands and areas outside of Forest Lands that are declared for
forest purposes by this Ordinance.
Forestry Code – refers to Presidential Decree No. 705 or the Revised Forestry Code of the
Philippines, as amended.
General Commercial Zone (GC-Z) – an area within a city/ municipality intended for trading/
services/ business purposes.
General Institutional Zone (GI-Z) – an area within a city/ municipality intended principally
for general types of institutional establishments, e.g. government offices, hospitals/ clinics,
academic/ research and convention centers.
General Residential Zone (GR-Z) – an area within a city/ municipality intended principally for
dwelling/ housing purposes.
Gross Floor Area (GFA) – the GFA of a building is the total floor space within the perimeter
of the permanent external building walls, occupied by:
- Office areas
- Residential areas
- Corridors
- Lobbies
- Mezzanine
- Vertical penetrations, which shall mean stairs, fire escapes, elevator shafts, flues,
pipe shafts, vertical ducts, and the like, and their enclosing walls
- Rest rooms or toilets
- Machine rooms and closets
- Storage rooms and closets
- Covered balconies and terraces
- Interior walls and columns, and other interior features

But excluding:
- Covered areas used for parking and driveways, including vertical

penetrations in parking floors where no residential or office units are
present
- Uncovered areas for AC cooling towers, overhead water tanks, roof
decks, laundry areas and cages, wading or swimming pools, whirlpools
or jacuzzis, gardens, courts or plazas.
Heritage Act – shall mean the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 or RA 10066.
Heritage Overlay Zone (HZ) – an area in a city/ municipality that refers “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.”(Heritage Act)
Historic Center –
1) Historic zone, district, core, precinct, town, legacy zone, heritage area, zone or
town;
2) A designated area with historical and other special significance, consisting of

buildings or group of buildings and their environs that collectively contribute to the area’s
importance and character;
3) A place where a significant event in history occurred;
4) Any town, district, or ancient settlement site with specific history and/ or cultural
significance. Historic centers are sometimes called living museums, outdoor museums, or
museum preserves. Whether inhabited or un-inhabited, historic centers are preservation
areas. (Heritage Act)
Impervious Surface – type of man-made surface which does not permit the penetration of
water.
Industrial-1 Zone – an area within cities/ municipalities intended for light manufacturing or
production industries that are:
a. non-pollutive/ non-hazardous; and
b. non-pollutive/ hazardous
Industrial-2 Zone – an area within cities or municipalities intended for medium intensity
manufacturing or production industries that are: a. pollutive/ non-hazardous; and b.
pollutive/ hazardous.
Industrial-3 Zone – an area within cities or municipalities 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-

polllutive/ extremely hazardous.
Inland Fishery – the freshwater fishery and brackish water fishponds ((Fisheries Code)
Innovative Design – introduction and/ or application of new/ creative designs and

techniques in development projects e.g. Planned Unit Development.
IPRA – shall mean the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (Republic Act 8371).
Key Biodiversity Area Overlay Zone (KBA-OLZ) –an area in a city/ municipality which are
determined to be “globally significant sites for biodiversity conservation” (DENR,
Conservation International Philippines & Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of
Nature).
Landslide Overlay Zone (LSD-OZ) – an area in a city/ municipality that have been identified
as highly susceptible to landslides and where specific regulations are provided in order to
minimize its potential negative effect to developments.
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.
Locational Clearance (Variance) (LC-V) – a clearance issued by the LZBA to a project that is
allowed under the Mitigating Device/ Variance provision of this Ordinance.
Locational Clearance (Exception) (LC-E) – a clearance issued by the LZBA to a project that is
allowed under the Mitigating Device/ Exception provision of this Ordinance.
Locational Clearance (Variance & Exception) (LC-V&E) – a clearance issued by the LZBA to a
project that is allowed under the Mitigating Device/ Variance and Exception provision of this
Ordinance. Delete
Mangrove Sub-Zone – an area in the Municipal Waters Zone of a city/ municipality defined
as “a community of intertidal plants including all species of trees, shrubs, vines and herbs
found on coasts, swamps, or border of swamps” (Fisheries Code).
Maximum R-2 Sub-Zone - an area within the R-2 Zone of a city/ municipality where the
number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is five (5) and the BHL is 15.00
meters above highest grade (NBC).
Maximum R-3 Sub-Zone – an area within the R-3 Zone of a city/ municipality where the
number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is twelve (12) and the BHL is
36.00 meters above established grade (NBC).
Mineral Land Zone – an area in a city/ municipality “where mineral resources and found”
and declared by the government as having mineral resources in accordance with the Mining
Act.
Mineral Reservation Sub-Zone (MR-SZ) – an area in a city/ municipality that are “mineral
reservations established by the President of the Philippines in order “to preserve strategic
raw materials for industries critical to national development, or certain minerals for
scientific, cultural or ecological value.” Per the same Act, these also include “all submerged
lands within the contiguous zone and in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.”
(Mining Act)
Mining Act –shall refer to the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 or RA 7942.
Military Reservation Sub-Zone –an area within the Forest Zone of a city/ municipality which
“refers to land of the public domain which has been proclaimed by the President of the
Philippines for military purposes such as Airbase, Campsite, Docks and Harbors, Firing
Ranges, Naval Base, Target Range, Wharves, etc.” (NSCB).
Mitigating Device – a means to grant relief in complying with certain provisions of the
Ordinance such as, but not limited to, those pertaining to use, building bulk and density, and
performance standards.
NIPAS Act – shall refer to the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 or RA
7586.
NIPAS: Multiple Use Sub-Zone (NMU-SZ) – an area within the Forest Zone of a city/
municipality “where settlement, traditional and/ or sustainable land use, including
agriculture, agroforestry, extraction activities and other income generating or livelihood
activities may be allowed to the extent prescribed in the management plan.” (NIPAS Act)
NIPAS: Strict Protection Sub-Zone (NSP-SZ) – an area within the Forest Zone of a city/
municipality that have “…high bio-diversity value which shall be closed to all human activity
except for scientific studies and/ or ceremonial or religious use by indigenous communities.”
(NIPAS Act)
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.
Non-NIPAS Areas – areas yet un-proclaimed by law, presidential decree, presidential

proclamation or executive order as part of the NIPAS Areas. Per the National Physical
Framework Plan, these areas should be given equal importance, as in NIPAS Areas, in terms
of conservation and protection. These include: a. Reserved second growth forests; b.
Mangroves; c. Buffer strips; d. Freshwater swamps and marshes; and e. Un-proclaimed
watersheds.
Notice of Non-Conformance – notice issued to owners of all uses existing prior to the
approval of the Ordinance which do not conform to the provisions herein provided.
Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and Agro-Industrial Development (NPAAAD) –

per AFMA, refers to agricultural areas identified by the Department of Agriculture in
coordination with the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority in order to
ensure the efficient utilization of land for agriculture and agro-industrial development and
promote sustainable growth. The NPAAAD covers the following:
a. All irrigated areas;
b. All irrigable lands already covered by irrigation projects with firm funding
commitments;
c. All alluvial plain land highly suitable for agriculture whether irrigated or not;
d. Agro-industrial croplands or lands presently planted to industrial crops that

support the viability of existing agricultural infrastructure and agro-based enterprises;
e. Highlands or areas located at an elevation of 500 meters or above and have the
potential for growing semi-temperate and high-value crops;
f. All agricultural lands that are ecologically fragile, the conversion of which will
result in serious environmental degradation; and
g. Mangrove areas and fish sanctuaries.
Official Zoning Map – a duly authenticated map delineating the different zones into which
the whole City/ Municipality is divided.
Open Space (OS) – as used in this Ordinance, an area where permanent buildings shall not
be allowed and which may only be used as forest, buffer/ greenbelts, parks and playgrounds.
Overlay Zones (OZ) – a “transparent zone” that is overlain on top of the Basic Zone or
another Overlay Zone that provides an additional set (or layer) of regulations.
Parks and Recreation (PR) Zone – an area in a city/ municipality designed for diversion/
amusements and for the maintenance of ecological balance.
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.
Port – an area with facilities for loading and unloading of ships and may include, among
others, harbor, docks, wharves, and piers.
Production Agricultural Sub-Zone (PDA-SZ) – an area within the Agricultural Zone of cities/
municipalities that are outside of NPAAAD and declared by the City/ Municipality for
agricultural use.
Production Forest – an area within a city/ municipality which are “forestlands tended
primarily for the production of timber. These are areas below 50% in slope and less than
1,000 meters in elevation. This includes natural and man-made forests.” (DENR DAO 95-15)
Protected Areas – areas declared as belonging to the NIPAS System per NIPAS Act. These
areas are those that have been designated or set aside pursuant to a law, presidential
decree, presidential proclamation or executive order. These include:
a. Strict nature reserves;

b. Natural parks;
c. National monuments;
d. Wildlife sanctuary;
e. Protected landscapes and seascapes;
f. Resource reserves;
g. Natural biotic areas; and
h. Other categories established by law, conventions or international agreements
which the Philippine Government is a signatory
Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) – per the NIPAS Act’s IRR, a board established
for NIPAS areas that shall, among others:
• Decide matters relating to planning, resource protection and general

administration of the area in accordance with the General Management
Planning Strategy (GMPS);
• Approve proposals, work plans, action plans, guidelines, for
management of the protected area in accordance with the approved
Management Plan;
• Delineate and demarcate protected area boundaries, buffer zones,
ancestral domains…
• Promulgate rules and regulations to promote development programs
and projects on biodiversity conservation and sustainable
development…
• Control and regulate the construction, operation and maintenance of
roads, trails, water works, sewerage, fire protection and sanitation
systems and other utilities within the protected area
Protected Area Management Plan (PAMP) – a document required for NIPAS areas that
“shall, as a minimum, promote the adoption and implementation of innovative management
techniques including if necessary, the concept of zoning, buffer zone management for
multiple use and protection, habitat conservation and rehabilitation, site-specific policy
development, pest management, and fire control…” (NIPAS Act)
Protection Agricultural Sub-Zone (APT-SZ) – an area within the Agricultural Zone of cities/
municipalities that include the NPAAAD which are “agricultural areas identified by the
Department (Agriculture) through the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) in
coordination with the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) in
order to ensure the efficient utilization of land for agriculture and agro-industrial
development and promote sustainable growth.”
Protection Forest – an area within a city/ municipality that are “forestlands outside NIPAS
obtained essentially for their beneficial influence on soil and water in particular and the
environment in general. (DENR DAO 95-15)
Quarry Sub-Zone (Q-SZ) – an area within the Mineral Land Zone of a city/ municipality that
are “declared by the Director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau as having “quarry resources
such as, but not limited to, andesite, basalt, conglomerate, coral sand, diatomaceous earth,
diorite, decorative stones, gabbro, granite, limestone, marble, marl, red burning clays for
potteries and bricks, rhyolite, rock phosphate, sandstone, serpentine, shale, tuff, volcanic
cinders, and volcanic glass.” (Mining Act)
Quarrying – shall mean “the process of extracting, removing and disposing quarry resources
found on or near the surface of private or public land” (Mining Act).
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” (LGC and MC 54)
Residential (R1) Zone - an area within a city/ municipality intended for low density
residential use. 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 (R2) – 2Zone – an area within cities or municipalities intended for medium
density residential use. 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.
Residential (R3) Zone – 3Zone – an area within cities or municipalities intended for medium
to high density residential use. Per the National Building Code, R3 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 (R4) Zone – an area within cities or municipalities intended for medium to
high density residential use. Per the National Building Code, R4 Zone is characterized mainly
by low-rise townhouse buildings/ structures for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings.
Residential–5 (R5) Zone – an area within cities or municipalities intended for very high
density residential use. Per the National Building Code, R4 Zone is characterized mainly by
medium-rise or high-rise condominium buildings/ structures for exclusive use as multiple
family dwellings.
Rezoning – a process of introducing amendments to or change in the existing zoning of a

particular area and reflected in the text and maps of the Ordinance. It also includes
amendment or change in view of reclassification under Section 20 of the LGC.
Scenic Corridor Overlay Zone (SCD-OZ) –an area in a city/ municipality that have high scenic
vistas and where specific regulations are provided in order to ensure that these vistas are
preserved for the enjoyment of the general public.
Socialized Housing – 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 (UDHA)
Socialized Housing Zone (SH-Z) – an area in a city/ municipality designated for socialized
housing projects.
Special Institutional Zone (SI-Z) – an area in a city/municipality 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.
Special Use Sub-Zone (SU-SZ) - an area within the Forest Zone of a city/ municipality where
“all types of legal uses of the forestlands other than the production of timber and non-
timber resources which are covered by other agreements, such as, but not limited to
Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA), Socialized Industrial Forest Management
Agreement, etc.” may be allowed”(DENR DAO 200459)
Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zone (SAFDZ) – refers to “areas within the
NPAAAD identified for production, agro-processing and marketing activities to help develop
and modernize, with the support of government, the agriculture and fisheries sectors in an
environmentally and socio-culturally sound manner” (AFMA).
Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) – a low impact system intended to drain surface
water run-off through a series of collection, storage and cleaning stages before it is released
back into the environment.
Tourism Act – shall mean the Tourism Act of 2009 or RA 9593.
Transit-Oriented Development Overlay Zone (TOD-OZ) – an area around transit centers in a

city/ municipality where commercial and residential growth are encouraged in order to
maximize access to public transit.
Tree Farm – “refers to any tract of forest land purposely and extensively planted to trees of
economic value for their fruits, flowers, leaves, barks or extractives, but not for the wood
thereof” (Forestry Code).
UDHA – shall mean the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 or RA 7279.
Urban Corridor Overlay Zone (UCD-OZ) - an area in a city/ municipality which are along
major transport routes and where specific regulations are provided that is intended to
minimize roadside friction, maintain pedestrian walkways, etc.
Urban Renewal – regeneration, modernization, or revitalization of an old, deteriorated or

blighted portion of a town or city, with the objective of preparing the town or city for
present and future demands of urban living. Urban renewal is also implemented to address
urban problems or upgrade existing conditions that are no longer compatible with modern
times, provided old buildings are adaptively re-used.
Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone (UTSZ) – an area in a city/ municipality

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 Code – shall mean the Water Code of the Philippines (Presidential Decree 1067)
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/ municipality for specific land use as defined by
manmade or natural boundaries.
Zoning Administrator/Zoning Officer – a city/ municipal government employee responsible

for the implementation/enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance.
Zoning Certificate – a document issued by the Zoning Administrator citing the zoning
classification of the land based on this Ordinance.
ARTICLE IV
ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
Section 5. Division into Zones or Sub-Zones
To effectively carry out the provisions of this Ordinance, the city/ municipality 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 6. Base Zones
The following are designated as Base Zones:
1. Forest Zone (FZ)
➢ Protection Forest Sub-Zones

• Forest Reserve
• Sub-Zone (FR-SZ)
• National Park Sub-Zone (NP-SZ)
• Military Reservation Sub-Zone (MR-SZ)
• Civil Reservation Sub-Zone (CR-SZ)
• NIPAS: Strict Protection Sub-Zone (NSP-SZ)
• NIPAS: Multiple Use Sub-Zone (NMU-SZ)
➢ Production Forest Sub-Zones
• Forest Buffer Sub-Zone (FB-SZ)
• Industrial Forest Plantation Sub-Zone (IFP-SZ)
• Special Use Sub-Zone (SU-SZ)
•
2. Agricultural Zone (AGZ)
• Protection Agricultural Sub-Zone (PTA-SZ)

• Production Agricultural Sub-Zone (PDA-SZ)
3. Agri-industrial Zone (AgIndZ)
4. Municipal Waters Zone (WZ)
➢ Protection Water Sub-Zones

➢ Production Water Sub-Zones
• Aquaculture Sub-Zone (Aq-SZ)
5. Mineral Land Zone (MLZ)
• Quarry Sub-Zone(Q-SZ)
6. Residential-1 Zone (R1-Z)
7. Residential–2 Zone (R2-Z)
• Basic R-2 Sub-Zone (BR2-SZ)

• Maximum R-2 Sub-Zone (MR2-SZ)
8. Socialized Housing Zone (SH-Z)
10. Commercial–1 Zone (C1-Z)
11. Commercial–2 Zone (C2-Z)
12. Industrial–1 Zone (I1-Z)
15. General Institutional Zone (GI-Z)
16. Parks and Recreation Zone (PR-Z)
17. Cemetery/Memorial Park Zone (C/MP-Z)
18. Buffer/Greenbelt Zone (B/G-Z)
19. Utilities, Transportation, and Services Zone (UTS-SZ)
Section 7. Overlay Zones
The following are designated as Overlay Zones:
1. Landslide Overlay Zone (LSD-OZ)
2. Flood Overlay Zone (FLD-OZ)
3. Scenic Corridor Overlay Zone (SCD-OZ)
4. Heritage Overlay Zone (HTG-OZ)
5. Ecotourism Overlay Zone (ETM-OZ)
6. Urban Corridor Overlay Zone (UCD-OZ)
7. Transit-Oriented Development Overlay Zone (TOD-OZ)
8. Billboards Overlay Zone (BB-OZ)
9. Key Biodiversity Area Overlay Zone (KBA-OZ)

Section 8. Zoning Maps
It is hereby adopted as an integral part of this Ordinance, the duly authenticated and Official
Zoning Maps of the city/ municipality showing location and boundaries of the Base Zones,
Sub-zones and Overlay Zones herein established (refer to Annex 3 for Sample Zoning Maps).
Section 9. Zone Boundaries
The locations and boundaries of the above mentioned various zones into which the City/
Municipality has been subdivided are identified and specified as follows:
Zone Boundaries. The locations and boundaries of the above mentioned various zones into
which the city has been divided are hereby identified and specified as follows:
1. The Urban Core shall be composed of the existing urban core barangays namely:
District I, District II, District III, Cabaruan , San Fermin, Turayong, Alicaocao,
Tagaran, Minante I, Minante II, Nungnungan II, Sillawit, Alinam, and Marabulig I.
A. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT:
A. 1 RESIDENTIAL SUB ZONE 1
TURAYONG
1. Bounded on the North by Barangay Alicaocao, on the East by
Barangay Gagabutan, on the West by Barangay Cabaruan and South
by Barangay District 3 except Agricultural, Commercial and
Institutional areas.
TAGARAN
2. Bounded on the North by Agri – Industrial area Cauayan Regional
Agro – Industrial Growth Center (CRAIGC), East by the Cagayan River
, West by AH 21, South by Agricultural area and Tagaran Creek
except Heavens Memorial Garden, Commercial and Institutional
areas.
3. Bounded on the North by Agri – Industrial area Cauayan Regional
Agro – Industrial Growth Center (CRAIGC), on the East by AH 21,
West by Agricultural areas except Agri – Component, Cauayan City
Sports Complex, Institutional areas and South by Tagaran Creek.
MINANTE 2
4. Bounded on the North by Minante Creek, on the East by Agricultural
areas, West by Agricultural area and on the South by Agricultural
area except Institutional and Commercial areas.
MARABULIG 1
5. Bounded on the North by Marabulig Creek, on the East by Marabulig
Creek, on the West by Barangay Marabulig 2, South by Minante
Creek and Barangay Nagrumbuan except Agri – Industrial and
Institutional areas.
NUNGNUNGAN 2
6. Bounded on the North by Barangay Minante 2, East by Barangay
Faustino, West by Barangay Nungnungan 1 and on the South by
Barangay Sillawit except Agri – Industrial, Institutional, Commercial

and Agricultural areas.
SILLAWIT
7. Bounded on the North by Nungnungan Creek, on the East by
Agricultural area, West by Agricultural area, South by Barangay
Sillawit except Commercial and Institutional areas.
ALINAM
8. Bounded on the North by Barangay Sillawit, on the East by
Agricultural area, West by Agricultural area, on the South by
Municipality of Alicia except by Commercial and Institutional areas.
9. All Built up areas in the different component Barangays of the City
shall form the nucleus for Residential development including other
uses supplemental and supportive to it.
A. 2 RESIDENTIAL SUB ZONE 2
DISTRICT 1
10. Bounded on the West by a 200 meter strip Commercial areas along
AH 21 except Benjamin Pua compound, Ropali Compound,
NAPOCOR, Jowelle’s Auto Supply, Cosmos Bottling Corporation; on
the North by Commercial areas along Don Jose Canciller Avenue
except Cauayan South Central School, C.D.C , District 1 Barangay
Hall, Jehova’s Witnesses Church and Iglesia ni Cristo Compound; on
the East by Marabulig Creek and J. Pamittan Street; and on the
South by Marabulig Creek Except Cauayan District Hospital, NIA
Stockyard and Family Hospital.
11. Bounded on the West by Commercial areas along AH 21 except
Cemeteries; on the North by Burgos Street ; on the East by Rizal
Avenue; on the South by Commercial areas along Don Jose Canciller
Avenue except Bucag Hospital and Petron Gasoline Station.
DISTRICT 2
AH 21; on the North by Commercial areas along Roxas Street except
B.I.R and Godswill Hospital; on the North by Commercial areas along
J. Africano Street except PCSO, District 2 Barangay Hall and Cauayan
City Water District; on the South by Commercial areas along Burgos
Street, F. L. Dy Street and Dalupang Street except Ladies Dormitory,
Saint Clare College of Region 2, Cauayan Specialist Hospital and
Mormon’s Compound.
DISTRICT 3
13. Bounded on the West by Commercial areas along Rizal Avenue and
Pamittan Street except Roman Catholic Church, F.L. Dy Coliseum,
Cauayan City Hall; on the North by Barangay Turayong; on the East
by Sipat Creek; on the South by Marabulig Creek.
SAN FERMIN
14. Bounded on the North by Airport Runway, on the East by Tactical
Operation Group II (TOG); on the West by Domestic Airport building,
and on the South by Marabulig Creek interspersed with Commercial
areas.
15. Bounded on the South by Airport Runway; on the East by
Commercial areas along the Maharlika Highway except the Marich
Compound, the O.L.P.C; C.S.C.S Annex; St. Elizabeth of Hungary ,

Children’s Playground; Chinese Cemetery; Church of Christ; on the
North by Commercial areas along Gov. Faustino N. Dy Avenue, the
Iglesia ng Dios, and on the West by Manuel Garcia Street;
16. Bounded on the South by Commercial areas along the F.N. Dy
Boulevard except the Grace Gospel Church, the San Fermin
Elementary School; Barangay Hall, NICA, Bible Baptist Church; on the
East by ISU – Cauayan Campus, and Commercial areas along Don
Juan Dacanay Street.; on the North by Golden Shower Avenue and
one lot deep bounded on the West by Roque Menor Street.
17. Bounded on the East by Roque Menor Street; on the North by
Barangay Cabaruan, on the West by Municipality of Luna, on the
South by Commercial areas along Gov. F.N Dy Boulevard except
Agricultural and Institutional areas.
CABARUAN
18. Bounded on the North by Barangay Tagaran, on the East by
Barangay Turayong and Alicaocao, on the West by a 200 meter strip
Commercial area along AH 21 and on the South by a 200 meter strip
along Rizal Avenue.
19. Bounded on the East by a 200 meter strip Commercial areas along
AH 21 except the Alvarez Ice Plant; on the North by Tagaran Creek
except Cabaruan Elementary School, Slaughter House, Cauayan City
Transport Terminal, the Philippine National Police Headquarter and
the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and on the
West by Agricultural area adjacent to the Luna Municipal Boundary;
and on the South bny Golden Shower Avenue.
TAGARAN
20. Bounded on the North by Municipality of Reina Mercedes and
Cauayan Agro – Industrial Growth Center (CRAIGC), on the East by
200 meter strip commercial area along AH 21, on the West by
Municipality of Luna except Institutional, Agricultural and Industrial
areas and on the South by Tagaran Creek except Agricultural area.
21. Bounded on the North by Municipality of Reina Mercedes and
CRAIGC except Heavens Memorial Garden, on the East by Cagayan
River except Agricultural and Institutional area, on the West by 200
meter strip Commercial along AH 21 except the proposed Financial
Center (Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas) and the Proposed Convention
Center, and on the South by Tagaran Creek.
MINANTE 1
22. Bounded on the East by a 200 meter strip Commercial areas along
AH 21 except Isabela Resort and UPHS Compound, part of
Bustamante Estate, Philippine Public Safety College, NIA Compound,
Minante 1 Elementary School and Barangay Hall of Minante 1; on
the North by Marabulig Creek; on the West by Agricultural area
except Bethany Church, Iglesia ni Cristo Church, Saint Clare School
and on the South by the Proposed Mega Market as part of
Bustamante Estate which is along Minante Creek.
AH 21 except Fortune Tobacco Compound; on the North by
Marabulig Creek except Agricultural areas, Open spaces, F.N. Dy
Memorial Elementary School and on the South by Minante Creek.
B. COMMERCIAL DISTRICT:
B. 1 COMMERCIAL SUB ZONE 1
ALICAOCAO
1. Bounded on the South by Norbero Columbano Street in Barangay
Turayong; on the East by an Open Space before the Cagayan River
which are particularly still known as the Tabacalera Tobacco
Warehouses and the La Insular Bodegas.
TAGARAN
2. A 200 meter strip on both side of AH 21 except Institutional area,
Heaven Memorial Garden and the Cauayan Regional Agro –
Industrial Growth Center (CRAIGC).
MINANTE 1
3. A 200 meter strip on both side of AH 21 including Bustamante Estate
except Institutional area.
MINANTE 2
4. A 300 meter strip on both side of AH 21 except portion of Woodside
Subdivision, Institutional, Agricultural areas, Military Housing Unit
and Agri – Industrial areas.
NUNGNUNGAN 2
5. A 300 meter strip on both side of AH 21 except Institutional and
Agricultural areas.
SILLAWIT
6. A 300 meter strip on both side of AH 21 except Camella Homes and
Institutional area.
ALINAM
7. A 300 meter strip on both side of AH 21 except Institutional areas.
B. 2. COMMERCIAL SUB ZONE 2
DISTRICT 1
8. One lot deep bounded on the South by Don Jose Canciller Avenue
except Bucag Hospital one lot deep on the East by Banigan Street
except Church of God; on the North by M. Bucag Street and on the
West by Ipil Street.
9. One lot deep bounded on the North by Don Jose Canciller Avenue
including the whole Hotel Andrea Compound; on the East by
Dalupang Street ; on the South by M. Bucag Street and on the West
by Banigan Street.
10. The entire block bounded on the North by M. Bucag Street; on the
East by F.L. Dy Street; on the South by Don Jose Canciller Avenue;
and on the West by Dalupang Street.
11. The entire block bounded on the East by Rizal Avenue; on the South
by Don Jose Canciller Avenue; on the West by F.L Dy Street and on
the North by M. Bucag Street.
12. The entire block bounded on the North by Don Jose Canciller
Avenue; on the East by Rizal Avenue; on the South by Mabini Street
and on the West by F.L Dy Street.
13. The entire block bounded on the East by F.L. Dy Street; on the South
by Mabini Street; on the West by Dalupang Street and on the North
by Don Jose Canciller Avenue.
Avenue; on the East by Dalupang Street; on the South by Mabini
Street and on the West by Nueza Street except CDC School.
15. The entire block bounded on the East by Nueza Street; on the South
by Mabini Street; on the West by Alcabedas Street; and on the
North by Don Jose Canciller Avenue.
Avenue; on the East by Alcabedas Street; on the South by Mabini
Street; and on the West by Angel Pua Street.
17. The entire block bounded on the East by Rizal Avenue; on the South
by M. Bucag Street; on the West by F. L. Dy Street and on the North
by Quezon Street.
18. The entire block bounded on the North by Quezon Street; on the
East by F. L. Dy Street; on the South by M. Bucag Street and on the
West by Dalupang Street.
19. The entire block bounded on the North by Quezon Street; on the
West by Banigan Street; on the South by M. Bucag Street; on the
East by Dalupang Street.
20. The entire block bounded on the North by Quezon Street; except
Mauricio Hospital ; on the East by Banigan Street; on the South by
M. Bucag Street and on the West by Ipil Street.
21. The entire block bounded on the Northeast by Ipil Street; on the
South by Roman Catholic Cemetery; and on the West by AH 21.
22. The entire block bounded on the West Ah 21; on the North by
Burgos Street; on the East by Africano Street ; and on the South by
Quezon Street.
23. The entire block bounded on the North by Burgos Street; on the East
by Dalupang Street; on the South by Quezon Street; and on the
West by Africano Street.
24. One lot deep bounded on the South by Quezon Street ; on the West
by Dalupang Street up to NSCV Compound; on the North by Burgos
Street; on the East by F.L Dy Street.
25. The entire block bounded on the North by Burgos Street; on the East
by Rizal Avenue; on the South by Quezon Street and on the West by
F.L Dy Street.
26. One lot deep bounded on the North by Mabini Street ; on the East
by Jacinto Pamittan Street; on the West by Dalupang Street
Extension ; on the West by Cauayan South Central School.
27. One lot deep bounded on West by Alcabedas Street; one lot deep on
the North by Mabini Street; up to Barangay Hall District 1 only, and
on the South by Zipagan Street.
28. A 200 meter strip bounded on the North by Don Jose Canciller
Avenue; on the East by Residential area; West by Barangay San
Fermin AH 21; on the South by Marabulig Creek except portion of
R.C Bañez Subdivision.
DISTRICT 2
29. One lot deep along Rizal Avenue on the West; Bounded on the
South by F. Ramirez Street; and on the North by Turayong Street.
30. The entire block on the East by Rizal Avenue; on the West by F.L Dy
Street; on the North by Barangay Boundary and South by Burgos
Street.
31. A 200 meter strip bounded on the North by Barangay Cabaruan; on
the East by Residential area; on the West by AH 21 and South by
Burgos Street including SM Prime Holding Inc. Compound except
Instituttional area.
DISTRICT 3
32. One lot deep bounded on the West by Pilar Street; one lot deep on
the South by Sipat Street and on the North by F. Bucag Street; and
on the East by S. Albano Street.
33. One lot deep bounded on the West by Pilar Street; on the South by
F. Bucag Street; on the North by E. R. Reyes Street; and on the East
by S. Albano Street.
34. The entire block bounded on the North by E. R Reyes Street; on the
South by F. Bucag Street; on the West by Rizal Avenue and on the
East by Pilar Street.
35. The entire block bounded on the North by P. Mallillin Street; on the
South by E. Reyes Street; on the West by Rizal Avenue and on the
East by Pilar Street.
36. One lot deep bounded on the West by Rizal Avenue; on the South by
P. Mallillin Street; on the North by F. Ramirez Street and on the East
by Sipat Creek.
37. One lot deep bounded on the West by Pilar Street; on the North by
Sipat Street; and on the South by Mabini Street; on the East by Sipat
Street.
38. One lot deep bounded on the North by Mabini Street; on the East by
Sipat Creek; on the West by J. Pamittan Street; on the South by Sitio
Ragpatan.
SAN FERMIN
39. A 300 meter strip on both side of Governor F.N. Dy Boulevard
including the area occupied by the Proposed City Entertainment
Center except Agri – Industrial, Cauayan Memorial Garden,
Department of Agrarian Reform, Isabela State University, Barangay
Hall and Churches.
40. A 200 meter strip bounded on the North by Barangay Cabaruan; on
the East by AH 21; on the West by Residential areas; on the South by
Barangay Minante 1 except portion of Cauayan Domestic Airport,
Industrial area and Cemeteries (Roman Catholic and Chinese)
41. The entire lot (JC Farm) bounded on the North by Agricultural
Protection Area on the South by Residential area on the East by
Residential area on the West by Protection Agricultural Area except
the area occupied by the wakeboarding (Tourism Development) and
the area of Proposed Site of Cauayan City Convention Center.
CABARUAN
42. A 200 meter strip on both side of AH 21 including RC Cola Bottling
Corporation Compound and Benjamin Pua property except
Institutional area, Barangay Hall and System Technology Institute

(STI).
43. A 100 meter strip on both side of Samuel Reyes Street going to City
Transport Terminal except Institutional areas, Utilities and Transport
Service Zone.
44. A 200 meter strip bounded on the North by Residential and
Commercial area; on the East by Residential areas; on the West by
Rizal Avenue Extension and on the South by Barangay District 3 and
Barangay Turayong.
45. A 100 meter strip bounded on the North by Lilac Street; on the East
by Rizal Avenue Extension; on the West by Residential area; on the
South by Barangay District 2 including the property of Robinson.
C. INSTITUTIONAL AREAS:
DISTRICT 1
1. The area occupied by the Cauayan District Hospital, N.I.A Stockyard,
Family Hospital, I.N.C. Compound, Jehovah’s Witnesses Church,
Cauayan South Central School, Barangay Hall of District 1, CDC
School, Bucag Hospital, Church of God, Ross Mauricio Hospital, and
the Children of Lourdes Academy.
DISTRICT 2
2. The areas occupied by CBEST, KangHa, Nan Sing School, Isabela
Colleges, National Government Offices, Barangay Hall and Center of
District 2, Bureau of Fire Protection, OSCA, Metro Cauayan City
Water District, PCSO; Cauayan Medical Specialist Hospital, God’s
Will Hospital, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Merry Sunshine
Montessori School, Saint Clare College of Region 2, the United
Methodist Church, and the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
DISTRICT 3
3. The areas occupied by the Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady of
Manaoag in Mabini Street; Barangay Hall and Community Center of
District 3, the Day Care Centers; Our Lady of Pilar – Old Site, F.L. Dy
Memorial Coliseum and the City Hall Compound.
SAN FERMIN
4. The area occupied by the Isabela State University Cauayan Campus;
the San Fermin Elementary School, Barangay Hall and Community
Center of San Fermin, DAR Provincial Office, National Food
Authority, Grace Gospel Church, National Bible Institute, Iglesia ng
Dios, Church of Christ, Sto. Niño Chapel, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,
Our Lady of the Pillar College, Secondary and Elementary; OLP
College and C.S.C.S Annex and Tactical Operation Group.
CABARUAN
5. The area occupied by the Cabaruan Elementary School, the
Slaughter House, Rural Health Unit 1, Philippine National Police
Headquarter, BJMP District Jail, the STI College and Barangay Hall
and Community Center of Cabaruan.
TURAYONG
6. The entire block occupied by the Cauayan North Central School
bounded on the North by Turayong Street; on the East by P. Albano
Street; on the South by Nieto Street; and on the West by H. Albano

Street.
7. The entire block occupied by the Cauayan City National High School
bounded on the North by Nieto Street; on the East by S. Orenia
Street; and on the West by Atty. Lindain Street; and on the South by
Residential area.
ALICAOCAO
8. The area occupied by Alicaocao Elementary School and Barangay
Hall and Community Center of Alicaocao bounded on the South by S.
Reyes Street.
TAGARAN
9. The area occupied by the G.S.I.S, City Motorpool, Isabela College of
Arts and Technology, DPWH 3rd Engineering Office, along AH 21
including the Tagaran Elementary School and Barangay Hall of
Tagaran.
MINANTE 1
10. The area occupied by the Philippine Public Safety College, N.I.A
Compound, Minante 1 Elementary School, Bethany School, Iglesia ni
Cristo Churches, Barangay Hall and Community Center of Minante 1,
F.N. Dy Memorial School and University of Perpetual Help System.
MINANTE 2
11. The area occupied by Barangay Hall and Community Center; Pulisya
ti Umili; Health Center and Day Care Center.
SILLAWIT
12. The area occupied by the CENRO Office Compound, the INC Chapel,
Barangay Hall and Community Center, the United Methodist Church,
the Elementary School and the Cauayan City National High School
Annex.
ALINAM
13. The area occupied by Barangay Hall and Community Center
including the School site and the 3rd Mobile Force Headquarter’s,
and the Proposed Mauricio’s Hospital.
14. All areas occupied by Day Care Centers, Rural Health Centers,
Barangay Hall’s and Community Center in Rural Areas.
D. AGRI - INDUSTRIAL AREAS:
TAGARAN
1. The area identified as the site of Cauayan Agro – Industrial Growth
Center (CRAIGC). Bounded on the North by the Municipality of reina
Mercedes.
MINANTE 1
2. Bounded on the North by Agricultural and Residential area of
Marabulig 1, on the East by Marabulig Creek, Agricultural and
Residential area and on the West by Barangay Nagrumbuan and
South by Minante Creek.
MINANTE 2
3. Bounded on the North by Agricultural area, on the East by Minante
Creek; on the West by Agricultural area and South by Agricultural
area.
NUNGNUNGAN 2
4. Bounded on the North by Agricultural area and Irrigation Canal; on

the East by Un named Creek, on the West by Commercial Area and
South by Agricultural area except Institutional area.
5. Bounded on the North by Agricultural area and Irrigation Canal; on
the East by Commercial area; West by Barangay Nungnungan 1 and
South by Agricultural area and portion of Nungnungan 1.
E. INDUSTRIAL AREAS:
E. 1 INDUSTRIAL SUB ZONE 2
DISTRICT 1
1. The area occupied by Nestle Compound and adjacent areas
including the Cosmos Bottling Corporation.
SAN FERMIN
2. The area occupied by Marich and Balolong Compound, Tonwood
Industries, and Villegas Rice Mill.
TURAYONG
3. The area occupied by ACT Machineries, Inc. and MTP Metal Craft
Corporation.
NUNGNUNGAN 2
4. The area occupied by Mines Ricemills and adjacent areas.
E. 2 INDUSTRIAL SUB ZONE 3
SAN FERMIN
5. The area occupied by East Pacific Star Bottler Philippines, Inc.
F. AGRICULTURAL AREAS:
1. The Area bounded on the north by the Cagayan River, on the west
by Sipat Creek, on the east by Barangay Gagabutan boundary, all in
Barangay Turayong.
2. The area bounded on the East by a proposed, unnamed road; on the
Northwest by the Municipality of Luna boundary, all in Brgy.
Tagaran.
3. The areas bounded on the west by Luna Municipal boundary; on the
Southeast by Tagaran Creek; on the east by new road, and on the
south by the existing Housing Subdivisions in Brgy. Cabaruan.
4. The areas bounded on the west by Luna Town boundary; on the
north by Luna Town boundary; on the south by FN Dy Blvd. along
the commercial areas and on the east by Roque Menor St., all in
Brgy. San Fermin.
5. The area bounded on the east by Brgy. Labinab boundary; on the
north by Marabulig Creek; on the south by Minante Creek, all in
Barangay Minante 1.
6. The areas bounded on the south by Marabulig Creek; on the west by
the Municipality of Luna boundary; on the east by socialized housing
area and the A.T.O. runway, on the north by Gov. FN. Dy Blvd. all in
Barangay San Fermin.
7. The areas bounded on the south by FN Dy Blvd. except the areas

occupied by N.F.A. and the D.A.R. Provincial Office, Memorial Parks
and the A-4 Rice Mill; on the west and north by the Luna Municipal
boundary, all in Barangay San Fermin.
8. All areas not classified as Agro-industrial, Mining and Quarrying,
Forest and Open Spaces in the General Land Use Map.
9. All areas not classified as institutional, commercial, residential, agro-
industrial, semi public use, & deferred land uses in the urban land
use map starting at Minante I Bridge up to Brgy. Alinam Bridge.
G. CEMETERIES:
1. The areas occupied by the Cauayan Memorial Park, bounded on the

West by the DAR Provincial Office; on the East by a commercial
bldng. in Brgy. San Fermin.
2. The areas occupied by the Roman Catholic Church Cemetery; The
City Cemetery, and the proposed memorial park in Brgy. Tagaran to
include the Chinese Cemetery in Brgy. District I and San Fermin.
3. The area occupied by Memorial Garden owned by Manuel Tio at
Barangay San Fermin.
4. The area occupied by Heavens Garden Memorial Park bounded on
the North by the Municipality of Reina Mercedes; on the West by AH
21 in Barangay Tagaran.
5. The public cemetery located at various barangay of the City .
H. URBAN PARKS AND RECREATION:
1. The areas adjacent to the residential land use area bounded on the
North and those bounded on the East and South by Tributary Creek
in Barangay Tagaran.
2. The areas located North Northeast of Minante Creek in Brgy.
Minante I, the area South of the Woodside Village in Brgy. Minante
II; areas bounded on the North along the Marabulig Creek and on
the South by residential lots in Brgy. Minante I, and along the
Marabulig Creek, all in Brgy. District I
I. INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES:

These are allowed in the General Commercial Zone, however for
specific identification purposes it is thus classified as such;
1. The areas occupied by the site of the NAPOCOR Relay
Station, all in Barangay District 1.
2. The area occupied by Bombo Radio compound in
Barangay Minante II, RMN Radio at District 2,
Northeastern Broadcast Center in Barangay Minante I;
Hot FM Radio & DWWC-FM in Barangay District 2.
3. The areas occupied by various Globe, Smart, and Sun
Cellular Cellsites.
4. The areas occupied by the Postal Corporation inside the
City Hall Compound in Barangay District 3 and the PLDT
in Barangay District 2.
5. The area occupied by the Airport Runway and Airport

Terminal Building; all in Barangay San Fermin.
6. The area occupied by the City Transport Terminal in
Barangay Cabaruan.
7. The area occupied by SM City Terminal in Barangay
District 2.
8. The area occupied by Cauayan City Water District Main
in Barangay District 2; the area occupied by Pumping
Stations in Barangay District 1, District 2, District 3,
Cabaruan, San Fermin and Tagaran.
9. The area occupied by Isabela Electric Cooperative I Main
Office in Barangay District 1; the area occupied by its
Sub Stations located in Barangay District 1 and San
Fermin.
J. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE:
10. The area identified as Special Economic Zone at

Barangay San Luis.
Section 10. Interpretation of Zone Boundaries
The following rules shall apply in the interpretation of the boundaries indicated on the
Official Zoning Map:
• Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the center
of streets or highway, the streets or highways right-of-way lines shall be construed
to be the boundaries.
• Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the lot lines,
such lot lines shall be construed to be the boundaries.
• 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.
• Where the boundary of a zone follows approximately a railroad line, such boundary
shall be deemed to be the railroad right-of-way.
• 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.
• 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.
• Where zone boundaries are indicated by Lot Parcels or said to be one-lot deep, this
should mean that the said zone boundaries are defined by the parcellary subdivision
existing at the time of the passage of this Ordinance.
• The textual description of the zone boundaries shall prevail over that of the Official
Zoning Maps.
ARTICLE V
ZONE REGULATIONS
V. Section 11. General Provisions
Zone regulations refer to Use and Building Regulations as described below:
5.1 Allowable Uses
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.
5.2 Building Regulations
Building regulations specify whether buildings/ structures may be allowed in specific

zones/ sub-zones. When allowed, buildings/ structures shall be designed, constructed and
operated in accordance with the requirements of each zone’s/ sub-zone’s governing
authority as well as with the relevant provisions of the National Building Code (NBC) and this
Ordinance.
In certain zones, the design of buildings/ structures may also be regulated by this
Ordinance according to Building Height Limit in consonance with the NBC and to
architectural design to ensure harmony with the desired character of the zone in
consideration.
V. Section 12. Regulations in Base Zones
Base Zones refer to the primary zoning classification of areas within the City/
Municipality and that are provided with a list of allowable uses and regulations on building
density and bulk, among others.
Section 12.1 Regulations in Forest Zone
The Forest Zone includes the Protection Forest and Production Forest. The following
regulations shall be applied in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Revised
Forestry Code, Revised Public Land Act of 1937, NIPAS Act of 1992, and specific
proclamations of Forest Reservations, and related issuances as well as with approved City /
Municipal Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP), if any.
Section 12.1.1 Forest Reserve Sub-Zone
Per the Revised Forestry Code, these are “lands of the public domain which have
been the subject of the present system of classification and determined to be needed for
forest purposes. Also called Permanent Forest”
Allowable Uses/ Activities
• Reforestation
• Religious ceremonies of Indigenous Peoples (IPs)
• Burial sites of IPs
• Scientific studies that do not involve gathering of species or any alteration in the
area
Building Regulations
• No permanent buildings or structures are allowed.
Section 12.1.2 National Park Sub-Zone
Per the NIPAS Act, this “refers to a forest land reservation essentially of primitive or
wilderness character which has been withdrawn from settlement or occupancy and set aside
as such exclusively to preserve the scenery, the natural and historic objects and the wild
animals or plants therein, and to provide enjoyment of these features in such a manner as
will leave them unimpaired for future generations.”
• Reforestation
• Religious ceremonies of Indigenous Peoples (IPs)
• Burial sites of IPs
• Scientific studies that do not involve gathering of species or any
alteration in the area
Section 12.1.3 Military Reservation Sub-Zone
This “refers to land of the public domain which has been proclaimed by the
President of the Philippines for military purposes such as Airbase, Campsite, Docks and
Harbors, Firing Ranges, Naval Base, Target Range, Wharves, etc.” (NSCB).
• As provided in the specific proclamation.
• Buildings and structures shall be designed, constructed and operated in accordance

with the requirements of the governing authority, NBC and with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 12.1.4 Civil Reservation Sub-Zone
This “refers to lands of public domain which have been proclaimed by the President
of the Philippines for specific purpose such as town sites, resettlement areas, ancestral
lands, etc.” (NSCB)
• As provided in the specific proclamation.
• Buildings and structures shall be designed, constructed and operated in accordance

with the requirements of the governing authority, NBC and with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 12.1.5 NIPAS: Strict Protection Sub-Zone
Per the NIPAS Act, this is an area that have “…high bio-diversity value which shall be
closed to all human activity except for scientific studies and/ or ceremonial or religious use
by indigenous communities.”
Allowed Uses/ Activities
Allowable uses/ activities shall be in accordance with the Protected Area

Management Plan (PAMP) as approved by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB).
These may include:
• Scientific studies
• Ceremonial or religious use by indigenous communities
Section 12.1.5 NIPAS: Multiple Use Sub-Zone
Per the NIPAS Act, this is an area “where settlement, traditional and/ or sustainable
land use, including agriculture, agroforestry, extraction activities and other income
generating or livelihood activities may be allowed to the extent prescribed in the (protected
area) management plan.”

Allowable uses/ activities shall be in accordance with the Protected Area Management
Plan (PAMP) as approved by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). These may
include:
• Settlement, traditional and/ or sustainable land use, including agriculture,

agroforestry, extraction activities and other income generating or livelihood
activities.
• Areas of high recreational tourism
• Areas of educational or environmental awareness values
• Areas consisting of existing installations of national significance/ interest such as
development of renewable energy sources, telecommunication facilities and electric
power lines
• When allowed, buildings and structures shall be designed, constructed and operated
in accordance with the requirements of the PAMP, NBC and with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 12.1.6 Forest Buffer Sub-Zone
Per the NIPAS Act, this is an area “outside the boundaries and immediately adjacent
to designated protected areas that need special development control in order to prevent or
minimize harm to the protected area.”
Per the NIPAS Act’s IRR, these are “areas outside the protected area but adjoining it
that are established by law (Section 8 of the Act) and under the control of the DENR through
the Park Area Management Board. These are effectively multiple-use zones that are to be
managed to provide a social fence to prevent encroachment into the protected area by
outsiders.
Allowable uses/ activities shall be in accordance with the Protected Area Management
Plan (PAMP) as approved by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). These may
include:
• Settlement, traditional and/ or sustainable land use, including agriculture,

agroforestry, extraction activities and other income generating or livelihood
activities.
in accordance with the requirements of the PAMP, NBC and with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 12.1.7 Industrial Forest Plantation Sub-Zone

Per DENR DAO No. 99-53, this “refers to any tract of land planted mainly to timber
producing tree species, including rubber, and/or non-timber species such as rattan and
bamboo, primarily to supply the raw material requirements of forest-based industries,
among others.”
Allowable uses/ activities shall be in accordance with the Comprehensive Development

Master Plan (CDMP) as approved by the DENR. These may include:
• Planting of timber- producing species compatible with the ecological and biophysical
characteristics of the area, but not excluding rubber, durian and/ or non-timber
species like rattan and bamboo;
• Agricultural activities on a suitable area of at most ten percent (10%) of the
plantation.
in accordance with the requirements of the CDMP, NBC and with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 12.1.8 Special Use Sub-Zone
Per DENR DAO No. 2004-59, this is an area where “all types of legal uses of the
forestlands other than the production of timber and non-timber resources which are
covered by other agreements, such as, but not limited to Integrated Forest Management
Agreement (IFMA), Socialized Industrial Forest Management Agreement, etc.” may be
allowed.
Allowed Uses/ Activities
• Bodega/ Warehouse site

• Drydock site/ shipbuilding/ ship breaking site
• Industrial Processing site
• Herbal/ Medicinal Plantation
• Nipa Plantation
• Fish drying site
• Communication Station site
• Landing site (air strip)
• Log Pond/ Log Depot site
• Lumberyard
• Mineral storage and/ or crushing site (outside MPSA area)
• Mining Waste Disposal site (outside MPSA area)
• Motor pool site Plant nursery site
• Power Station site

• Right-of-Way (including but not limited to Transmission Line Right-of-Way (TLRW),
Communication Right-of-Way (CRW)
• School site
• Water reservoir or impounding dam
• Other lawful purposes
in accordance with the requirements of the DENR, NBC and with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 12.2. Regulations in Agricultural Zone
The Agricultural Zone includes areas intended for the cultivation of the soil, planting
of crops, growing of trees, raising of livestock, poultry, fish or aquaculture production,
including the harvesting of such farm products, and other farm activities and practices
performed in conjunction with such farming operations… (AFMA).These include Protected
Agricultural Areas (as defined by AFMA, CARL and related issuances) as well as Production
Agricultural Areas as may be declared by cities/ municipalities.
Regulations shall be in accordance with AFMA, CARL, Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local
Government Code of 1991 (LGC) and related issuances.
Section 12.2.1 Protection Agriculture Sub-Zone
Per the AFMA, these include the Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and
Agro-industrial Development (NPAAAD) which are “agricultural areas identified by the
Department (Agriculture) through the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) in
coordination with the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) in
order to ensure the efficient utilization of land for agriculture and agro-industrial
development and promote sustainable growth.”
• Cultivation, raising and growing of staple crops such as rice, corn, camote, cassava
and the like
• Growing of diversified plants and trees, such as fruit and flower bearing trees,
coffee, tobacco, etc.
• Silviculture, mushroom culture and the like
• Pastoral activities such as goat and cattle raising
• Fishpond activities
• Backyard raising of livestock and fowl, provided that:
- For livestock – maximum of 1 sow and 10 heads
- For fowl – a maximum of 500 heads
• Single-detached dwelling units of landowners
• Customary support facilities such as palay dryers, rice threshers and storage barns
and warehouses
• Ancillary dwelling units/farmhouses for tenants, tillers and laborers
• Engaging in home businesses such as dressmaking, tailoring, baking, running a sari-
sari store and the like provided that:
- The number of persons engaged in such business/industry shall not
exceed five, inclusive of owner;
- There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building
premises;
- No home occupation shall be conducted in any customary accessory
uses cited above;
- 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
- 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.
• Home Industry classified as cottage industry provided that:
- 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; and
- Such shall consider the provisions pertaining to customary accessory
uses, traffic and equipment as enumerated under Home Occupation
of this section.
in accordance with the requirements of the NBC and with the provisions of this
Ordinance.
• The Building Height Limit is 15.00 meters above established grade as provided in the
NBC.
Section 12.2.2 Production Agricultural Sub-Zone
These are areas that are outside of NPAAAD and declared by the City/ Municipality
for agricultural use.
• Cultivation, raising and growing of staple crops such as rice, corn, camote, cassava
and the like Growing of diversified plants and trees, such as fruit and flower
bearing trees, coffee, tobacco, etc.
• Silviculture, mushroom culture and the like

• Pastoral activities such as goat raising and cattle fattening
• Fishpond activities
• Backyard raising of livestock and fowl, provided that:
- For livestock – maximum of 1 sow and 10 heads
- For fowl – a maximum of 500 heads
• Rice/ corn mill (single pass such as cono mill)
• Rice/ corn warehouses and solar dryers
• Agricultural research and experimentation facilities such as breeding stations, fish
farms, nurseries, demonstration farms, etc.
• Plant nursery
• Single-detached dwelling units of landowners
and warehouses
• Ancillary dwelling units/farmhouses for tillers and laborers
• Engaging home business such as dressmaking, tailoring, baking, running a sari-sari
store and the like provided that:
exceed five, inclusive of owner;
premises;
- That in no case shall more than 20% of the building be used for said
home occupation;
uses cited above;
• Home Industry Classified as cottage industry provided that:
- 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;
uses, traffic and equipment as enumerated under Home Occupation
of this section.
NBC.
Section 12.3. Regulations in Agri-Industrial Zone (AgInd-Z)
These are areas within Cities/ Municipalities intended primarily for integrated farm
operations and related product processing activities such as plantation for bananas,
pineapple, sugar, etc.
• Rice/ corn mills Rice/ corn mill warehouses & solar dryers
• Agricultural and/ or agri-industrial research & experimentation facilities
• Drying, cleaning, curing and preserving of meat and its by-products and derivatives
• Drying, smoking and airing of tobacco
• Flour mill
• Cassava flour mill
• Manufacture of coffee
• Manufacture of unprepared animal feeds and other grain milling
• Production of prepared feeds for animals
• Cigar and cigarette factory
• Curing and re-drying tobacco leaves
• Miscellaneous processing of tobacco leaves n.e.c.
• Weaving hemp textile Jute spinning and weaving
• Manufacture of charcoal
• Milk processing plants (manufacturing filled, reconstituted or recombined milk,
condensed or evaporated)
• Butter and cheese processing plants
• Natural fluid milk processing (pasteurizing, homogenizing, vitaminizing, bottling of
natural animal milk and cream related products)
• Other dairy products n.e.c.
• Canning and preserving of fruits and fruit juices
• Canning and preserving of vegetables and vegetable juices
• Canning and preserving of vegetable sauces
• Miscellaneous canning and preserving of fruit and vegetables n.e.c.
• Fish canning
• Patis factory
• Bagoong factory Processing, preserving and canning of fish and other seafood n.e.c.
• Manufacture of desiccated coconut
• Manufacture of starch and its products
• Manufacture of wines from fruit juices
• Vegetable oil mills, including coconut oil
• Muscovado sugar mill
• Cotton textile mill
• Manufacture/processing of other plantation crops e.g. pineapple, bananas, etc.
• Other commercial handicrafts and industrial activities utilizing plant or animal parts
and/or products as raw materials
• Other accessory uses incidental to agri-industrial activities

• Sugarcane milling (centrifugal and refined)
• Sugar refining
and warehouses
• Ancillary dwelling units/farmhouses for landowners. tenants, tillers and laborers
Building Density and Bulk Regulations
NBC.
Section 12.4.7 Aquaculture Sub-Zone (Aq-SZ)
Per the Fisheries Code, this an area within the Municipal Waters Zone of a city or
municipality designated for “fishery operations involving all forms of raising and culturing
fish and other fishery species in fresh, brackish and marine water areas.”
• Aquaculture
• Except for duly-approved aquaculture-related structures such as fish cages, not

other temporary structures are allowed.
Section 12.5.3 Quarry Sub-Zone
In accordance with the Philippine Mining Act, these are areas declared by the
Director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau as having “quarry resources such as, but not
limited to, andesite, basalt, conglomerate, coral sand, diatomaceous earth, diorite,
decorative stones, gabbro,granite, limestone, marble, marl, red burning clays for potteries
and bricks, rhyolite, rock phosphate, sandstone, serpentine, shale, tuff, volcanic cinders, and
volcanic glass.”
• Quarrying or the process of extracting, removing and disposing quarry resources

found on or underneath the surface of private or public land.
• Except for duly-approved small-scale mining-related structures, no other permanent

buildings or structures are allowed.
• When allowed, buildings and structures shall be designed and constructed in
accordance with the requirements of the governing authority, NBC and with the
provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 12.6 Regulations in General Residential Zone (GRZ)
This is an area within a city or municipality intended principally for dwelling/ housing
purposes.
Allowed Uses
• Single-detached dwelling units

• Semi-detached family dwelling units, e.g. duplex
• Townhouses
• PD 957 Condominiums
• Boarding houses
• Dormitories Pension houses
• Hotel apartments or apartels
• Hotels
• Museums
• Libraries
• 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:
exceed five (5), inclusive of owner;
premises;
home occupation;
uses cited above;
• Home Industry classified as cottage industry, provided that:
- 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;
- It shall be classified as non-pollutive/ non-hazardous as provided in
this integrated ZO; o Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the
capitalization as set by the DTI; and

uses, traffic and equipment/ process under Home Occupation of this
section.
• Recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the members of the family residing
within the premises, such as:
- Swimming pool
- Tennis courts
- Basketball courts
• Parks and Open Spaces
• Nursery/ Elementary school
• High school
• Vocational school
• Tutorial services
• Sports club
• Religious Use
• Multi-purpose/ Barangay hall
• Clinic, nursing and convalescing home, health center
• Plant nursery
• Parking buildings (aboveground/ underground)
• 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:
- Servants quarters
- Private garage
- Guardhouse
- Laundries
- Non-commercial garages
- Houses for pets such as dogs, birds, rabbits and the like of not more
than 4.00 sq. m. in floor area
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
• Per the relevant provisions of the NBC, PD 957 and this Ordinance.
Section 12.7 Regulations in Residential–1(R-1) Zone
An area within cities or municipalities intended for low density residential use of 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.
Allowable Uses
• Single-detached dwelling units

• Semi-detached family dwelling units, e.g. duplex
• Residential Subdivisions approved per P.D. 957 standards
• 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:
exceed five (5), inclusive of owner;
premises;
home occupation; o No home occupation shall be conducted in any
customary accessory uses cited above;
• Home Industry classified as cottage industry, provided that:
- 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;
- It shall be classified as non-pollutive/ non-hazardous as provided in
this integrated ZO;
- Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the capitalization as set by
the DTI; and
uses, traffic and equipment/ process under Home Occupation of this
section.
• Recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the members of the family residing
within the premises, such as:
- Swimming pool
- Tennis courts
- Basketball courts
• Parks and Open Spaces
• Nursery/ Elementary School
• Tutorial services
• Sports club
• Religious use
• Multi-purpose/ Barangay hall
• Clinic, nursing and convalescing home, health center
• Plant nursery
• 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:
- Servants quarters
- Private garage
- Guardhouse
- Laundries
- Non-commercial garages
- Houses for pets such as dogs, birds, rabbits and the like of not more than
4.00 sq. m. in floor area
- Pump houses o Generator houses
• The number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is three (3) as
provided in the NBC.
• The Building Height Limit is 10.00 meters above highest grade as provided in the
NBC.
Section 12.8 Regulations in Residential –2 (R-2) Zone
An area within cities or municipalities intended for medium density residential use.
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 multifamily
dwellings.
Allowable Uses
• All uses allowed in R-1 Zone

• Apartments
• Boarding houses
• Dormitories
• Museums
• Libraries
• High School
• Vocational School
• The number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is five (5) as
provided in the NBC.
NBC.
Section 12.8.1 Basic R-2 Sub-Zone

This is an area within the R-2 Zone of a city/ municipality where the number of
allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is three (3) and the BHL is 10.00 meters
Allowable Uses
provided in the NBC
NBC.
Section 12.8.1 Maximum R-2 Sub-Zone
This is an area within the R-2 Zone of a city/ municipality where the number of
allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is five (5) and the BHL is 15.00 meters
Allowable Uses
• The number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is five (5) as
provided in the NBC
NBC.
Section 12.8.2 Regulations in Socialized Housing Zone (SHZ)
An area within cities and municipalities designated 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 (UDHA).
Allowable Uses
• All uses allowed according to the provisions of BP 220.
• Applicable provisions of BP 220.
Section 12.8.3 Regulations in General Commercial Zone (GCZ)
An area within a city or municipality intended for trading/ services/ business

purposes.
Allowable Uses
• Wholesale stores
• Wet and dry markets
• Shopping center, malls and supermarkets
• Retail stores and shops like:
- Department store
- Bookstores and office supply shops
- Art supplies and novelties
- Home appliance stores
- Car display and dealer stores
- Photo shops
- Flower shops
- Curio or antique shops
- Pet shops and aquarium stores
- Jewelry shops
- Consumer electronics such as cellular phones, cameras, lap tops,
home appliances and the like
- Drugstores
• Food market and shops like:
- Bakery, cake, pastry and delicatessen shops
- Liquor and wine stores
- Groceries
- Supermarkets
- Convenience stores
• Product showroom/ display store
• Warehouse/ storage facility for non-pollutive/ non-hazardous finished products
• Personal service shops like:
- Medical, dental, and similar clinics
- Beauty parlor
- Barber shop
- Wellness facilities such as sauna, spa, massage, and facial clinics
- Dressmaking and tailoring shops
• Bayad centers
• Laundries
• Internet café and cyber stations
• Photo/ video, lights & sounds services
• Catering services
• Event planners
• Water stations
• Courier services
• Security agencies
• Janitorial services
• Travel agencies
• Repair shops like:
- House furniture and appliances repair shops
- Motor vehicles and accessory repair shops

- Battery shops and repair shops
- Bicycle repair shops
- Repair shops for watches, bags, shoes, cellular phones, cameras,
computers and the like
• Recreational centers/ establishments like:
- Movie house/ theater
- Play courts e.g. tennis court, bowling lane, billiard hall o
- Swimming pool
- Gymnasium
- Stadium, coliseum
- Tennis courts and sports complex
- Billiard halls, pool rooms and bowling alleys
- Sports clubhouses
- Other sports and recreational establishment
• Restaurants and other eateries
• Bars, sing–along lounges, bistros, pubs, beer gardens, disco, dance halls
• Lotto terminals, off-fronton, on-line bingo outlets and off-track betting stations
• Parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways, promenades and play lots
• Plant nurseries
• Vocational/ technical schools
• Special Education (SPED) school
• Short term special education like:
- Dance schools o
- Schools for self-defense
- Driving school
- Speech clinics
- Tutorial centers
• Embassies/ consulates
• Libraries/ museums
• Exhibit halls
• Convention centers and related facilities
• Financial institutions/ services like:
- Banks
- Stand–alone automated teller machines
- Insurance
- Foreign exchange
- Money lending
- Pawnshops
• Offices
• Business Process Outsourcing services
• Radio and television stations
• Parking lots, garage facilities
• Transportation terminals/ garage with and without repair
• Display for cars, tractors, etc.
• Motorpool
• Hauling services and garage terminals for trucks, tow trucks and buses
• Auto repair, tire, vulcanizing shops and carwash
• Auto sales and rentals, automotive handicraft, accessory and spare parts shops,
marine craft and aircraft sales yards
• Boat storage
• Gasoline filling stations/ service stations
• Vehicle emission testing center
• Machinery display shop/ center
• Machine shop service operation (repairing/ rebuilding or custom job orders)
• Welding shops
• Medium scale junk shop
• Engraving, photo developing and printing shops
• Printing, publication and graphics shops
• Manufacture of insignia, badges and similar emblems except metal
• Glassware and metalware stores, household equipment and appliances
• Signboard and streamer painting and silk screening
• Printing/ typesetting, copiers and duplicating services
• Recording and film laboratories
• Construction supply stores/ depots
• Gravel, sand and CHB stores
• Lumber/ hardware
• Paint stores without bulk handling
• Gardens and landscaping supply/ contractors
• Manufacture of ice, ice blocks, cubes, tubes, crush except dry ice
• Lechon stores
• Chicharon factory
• Biscuit factory – manufacture of biscuits, cookies, crackers and other similar dried
bakery products
• Doughnut and hopia factory
• Other bakery products not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
• Shops repacking of food products e.g. fruits, vegetables, sugar and other related
products
• Manufacture of wood furniture including upholstered
• Manufacture of rattan furniture including upholstered
• Manufacture of box beds and mattresses
• Funeral parlors (all categories)
• Commercial condominium (with residential units in upper floors)
• Commercial housing like:
- Hotel
- Apartment
- Apartel
- Boarding house
- Dormitory
- Pension house
- Motel
- Condotel
• All uses allowed in all Residential Zones
• Customary accessory uses incidental to any of the above uses such as:
- Staff houses/ quarters
- Parking lots/ Building garage
- Storerooms and warehouses but only as may be necessary for the efficient
conduct of the business
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
• Per the relevant provisions of the NBC and this Ordinance.

• Subject to national locational guidelines and standards of concerned agencies.
Section 12.8.4 Regulations in Commercial – 1 (C-1) Zone
A low density commercial area within a city or municipality intended for neighborhood or
community scale trade, service and business activities.
Allowable Uses
• Retail stores and shops like:

- Department stores
- Bookstores and office supply shops
- Art supplies and novelties
- Home appliance stores
- Car display and dealer stores
- Photo shops
- Flower shops
- Curio or antique shops
- Pet shops and aquarium stores
- Jewelry shops o Consumer electronics such as cellular phones, cameras, laptops,
home appliances and the like
- Drugstores
• Food market and shops like:
• Bakery, cake, pastry and delicatessen shops
• Liquor and wine stores
• Groceries
• Supermarkets
• Convenience stores
• Product showroom/ display store
• Warehouse/ storage facility for non-pollutive/ non-hazardous finished
products
• Personal service shops like:
- Medical, dental, and similar clinics
- Beauty parlor
- Barber shop
- Wellness facilities such as sauna, spa, massage and facial clinics
- Dressmaking and tailoring shop
• Bayad centers
• Laundries
• Internet café and cyber stations
• Photo/ video, lights & sounds services
• Catering services
• Event planners
• Water stations
• Courier services
• Security agencies
• Janitorial services
• Travel agencies
• Photo and portrait studios
• Repair shops like:
- House furniture and appliances repair shops
- Motor vehicles and accessory repair shops
- Battery shops and repair shops
- Bicycle repair shops
- Repair shops for watches, bags, shoes, cellular phones, cameras, computers
and the like
• Recreational centers/ establishments like:
- Play courts e.g. tennis court, bowling lane, billiard hall
- Swimming pool
- Gymnasium
• Restaurants and other eateries Lotto terminals, off-fronton, on-line bingo outlets
and off-track betting stations
• Plant nurseries
• Vocational/ technical school
• Special Education (SPED) school
• Short term special education like:
- Dance schools
- Schools for self-defense
- Driving school
- Speech clinics
- Tutorial centers
• Libraries/ museums
• Financial institutions/ services like:
- Banks o Stand-alone automated teller machines
- Insurance
- Foreign exchange
- Money lending
- Pawnshops
• Offices
• Parking lots/ garage facilities
• Auto repair, tire, vulcanizing shops and car wash
• Gasoline filling stations/ services stations
• Engraving, photo developing and printing shops
• Printing, publication and graphics shops Manufacture of insignia, badges and
similar emblems except metal
• Construction supply stores/ depots
• Funeral parlors (Category II and III)
- Hotel
- Apartment
- Apartel
Boarding house
- Dormitory
- Pension house
• All uses allowed R-1 Zones
- Parking lots/ Building garage
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

provided in the NBC
NBC.
Section 12.8.5 Regulations in Commercial – 2 (C-2) Zone
A medium to high density commercial area within a city or municipality intended for
trade, service and business activities performing complementary/ supplementary functions
to the CBD.
Allowable Uses
• All uses allowed in C-1 Zone

• Wholesale stores
• Wet and dry markets
• Shopping centers, malls and supermarkets
• Recreational center/ establishments like:
- Movie house/ theater

- Stadium, coliseum
- Tennis courts and sports complex
- Billiard halls, pool rooms and bowling alleys
- Sports clubhouses
- Other sports and recreational establishments
• Bars, sing-along lounges, bistros, pubs, beer gardens, disco, dance halls
• Exhibit halls
• Convention centers and related facilities
• Business Process Outsourcing services
• Radio and television stations
• Transportation terminals/ garage with and without repair
• Display for cars, tractors, etc.
• Motorpool
• Hauling services and garage terminals for trucks, tow trucks and buses
• Auto sales and rentals, automotive handicraft, accessory and spare parts shops,
marine craft and aircraft sales yards
• Boat storage
• Vehicle emission testing center
• Machinery display shop/ center
• Welding shops
• Machine shop service operation (repairing/ rebuilding or custom job orders)
• Welding shop
• Medium scale junk shop
• Glassware and metalware stores, household equipment and appliances
• Signboard and streamer painting and silk screening
• Printing/ typesetting, copiers and duplicating services
• Recording and film laboratories
• Gravel and sand stores
• Lumber/ hardware
• Paint stores without bulk handling
• Gardens and landscaping supply/ contractors
• Manufacture of ice, ice blocks, cubes, tubes, crush except dry ice
• Lechon stores
• Chicharon factory
• Biscuit factory – manufacture of biscuits, cookies, crackers and other similar dried
bakery products
• Other bakery products not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
• Shops for repacking of food products e.g. fruits, vegetables, sugar and other related
products
• Funeral parlors (all categories)
• Commercial condominium (with residential units in upper floors)

- Motel
- Condotel
• All uses allowed in R-1 and R-2 Zones

• The number of allowable storeys/ floors above established grade is six (6)as
provided in the NBC
NBC.
Section 12.8.6 Regulations in Industrial –1 (I-1) Zone
An area within cities or municipalities intended for light manufacturing or

a. non-pollutive/ non-hazardous; and
b. non-pollutive/ hazardous
Allowable Uses
➢ Non-Pollutive/ Non-Hazardous Industries

• Drying fish
• Biscuit factory – manufacture of biscuits, cookies, crackers and other
similar dried bakery products
• Manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli and other noodles
• Other bakery production not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
• Life belts factory
• Manufacture of luggage, handbags, wallets and small leather goods
• Manufacture of miscellaneous products of leather and leather
substitute and n.e.c.
• Manufacture of shoes except rubber, plastic and wood
• Manufacture of slipper and sandal except rubber and plastic
• Manufacture of footwear parts except rubber and plastic
• Printing, publishing and allied industries and those n.e.c.
• Manufacture or assembly of typewriters, cash registers, weighing,
duplicating and accounting machines
• Manufacture or assembly of electronic data processing machinery
and accessories
• Renovation and repair of office machinery
• Manufacture or assembly of miscellaneous office machines and

those n.e.c.
• Manufacture of rowboats, bancas and sailboats
• Manufacture of animal-drawn vehicles
• Manufacture of children vehicles and baby carriages
• Manufacture of laboratory and scientific instruments, barometers,
chemical balance, etc.
• Manufacture of measuring and controlling equipment, plumb bob,
rain gauge, taxi meter, thermometer, etc.
• Manufacture or assembly of surgical, medical, dental equipment and
medical furniture
• Ice plants and cold storage buildings
• Quick freezing and cold packaging for fish and other seafoods
• Quick freezing and cold packaging for fruits and vegetables
• Popcorn/ rice factory
• Manufacture of medical/ surgical supplies, adhesive tapes,
antiseptic dressing, sanitary napkins, surgical gauge, etc.
• Manufacture of orthopedic and prosthetic appliances (abdominal
supporter, ankle supports, arch support, artificial limb, kneecap
supporters, etc.)
• Manufacture of photographic equipment and accessories
• Manufacture or assembly of optical instruments
• Manufacture of eyeglasses and spectacles
• Manufacture of optical lenses
• Manufacture of watches and clocks
• Manufacture of pianos
• Manufacture of string instruments
• Manufacture of wind and percussion instruments
• Manufacture or assembly of electronic organs
• Manufacture of sporting gloves and mitts
• Manufacture of sporting balls (not of rubber or plastic)
• Manufacture of gym and playground equipment
• Manufacture of sporting tables (billiards, pingpong, pool)
• Manufacture of other sporting and athletic goods n.e.c.
• Manufacture of toys and dolls except rubber and mold plastic
• Manufacture of pens, pencils and other office and artist materials
• Manufacture of umbrella and canes
• Manufacture of buttons except plastic
• Manufacture of brooms, brushes and fans
• Manufacture of needles, pens, fasteners and zippers
• Manufacture of insignia, badges and similar emblems (except metal)
• Manufacture of signs and advertising displays (except printed)
• Small-scale manufacturing of ice cream
• Dairies and creameries
•Warehouse/ Storage facility for non-pollutive/ non-hazardous

industries
• Parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways and promenades
• Customary accessory uses incidental to any of the above uses such
as:
- Offices
- Eateries/ canteens
- Parking lots/ garage facilities
- Storerooms and warehouses but only as may be necessary
for the efficient conduct of the business
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
➢ Non-Pollutive/ Hazardous Industries
• Manufacture of house furnishing
• Textile bag factories
• Canvass bags and other canvass products factory
• Jute bag factory
• Manufacture of miscellaneous textile goods, embroideries and
weaving apparel
• Manufacture of fiber batting, padding and upholstery filling except
coir
• Men’s and boys’ garment factory
• Women’s and girls’ and ladies’ garments factory
• Manufacture of hats, gloves, handkerchief, neckwear and related
clothing accessories
• Manufacture of raincoats and waterproof outer garments except
jackets
• Manufacture of miscellaneous wearing apparel except footwear
• Manufacture of miscellaneous fabricated mill work and those n.e.c.
• Manufacture of wooden and cane containers
• Sawali, nipa and split cane factory
• Manufacture of bamboo, rattan and other cane baskets and wares
• Manufacture of cork products
• Manufacture of wooden shoes, shoe lace and other similar products
• Manufacture of miscellaneous wood products and those n.e.c.
• Manufacture of miscellaneous furniture and fixture except primarily
of metals and those n.e.c.
• Manufacture of paper stationery, envelopes and related articles
• Manufacture of dry ice
• Repackaging of industrial products e.g. paints, varnishes and other
related products
• Pumping plants [water supply, storm drainage, sewerage, irrigation
and waste treatment plants]
• Warehouse/ Storage Facility for non-pollutive/ hazardous industries
• Customary accessory uses incidental to any of the above uses such

as:
- Offices
- Storerooms and warehouses but only as may be necessary
for the efficient conduct of the business
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

• The Building Height Limit is 15 meters above highest grade as provided in the NBC.
Section 12.8.6 Regulations in Industrial – 2 (I-2) Zone
An area within cities or municipalities intended for medium intensity manufacturing

or production industries that are:
a. pollutive/ non-hazardous; and
b. pollutive/ hazardous.
Allowable Uses
➢ Pollutive/ Non-Hazardous Industries

• Manufacturing and canning of ham, bacon and native sausage
• Poultry processing and canning
• Large-scale manufacturing of ice cream
• Ice plants and cold storage
• Corn mill/ rice mill
• Chocolate and cocoa factory
• Candy factory
• Chewing gum factory
• Peanuts and other nuts factory
• Other chocolate and confectionery products
• Manufacturing of flavoring extracts
• Manufacture of food products n.e.c. (vinegar, vetsin)
• Manufacture of fish meal
• Oyster shell grading
• Manufacture of medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations
• Manufacture of stationery, art goods, cut stone and marble products
• Manufacture of abrasive products
• Manufacture of miscellaneous non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.
• Manufacture of cutlery, except table flatware
• Manufacture of hand tools

• Manufacture of general hardware
• Manufacture of miscellaneous cutlery hand tools and general hardware
n.e.c.
• Manufacture of household metal furniture
• Manufacture of office, store and restaurant metal furniture
• Manufacture of metal blinds, screens and shades
• Manufacture of miscellaneous furniture and fixture primarily of metal n.e.c.
• Manufacture of fabricated structural iron and steel
• Manufacture of architectural and ornamental metal works
• Manufacture of boilers, tanks and other structural sheet metal works
• Manufacture of other structural products n.e.c.
• Manufacture of metal cans, boxes and containers
• Manufacture of stamped coated and engraved metal products
• Manufacture of fabricated wire and cable products
• Manufacture of heating, cooking and lighting equipment except electrical
• Sheet metal works generally manual operation
• Manufacture of other fabricated metal products except machinery and
equipment n.e.c.
• Manufacture or assembly of agricultural machinery and equipment
• Native plow and harrow factory
• Repair of agricultural machinery
• Manufacture or assembly of service industry machines
• Manufacture or assembly of elevators and escalators
• Manufacture or assembly of sewing machines
• Manufacture or assembly of cooking ranges
• Manufacture or assembly of water pumps
• Refrigeration industry
• Manufacture or assembly of other machinery and equipment except
electrical n.e.c.
• Manufacture or assembly of electrical apparatus
• Manufacture or assembly of electrical cables and wires
• Manufacture of other electrical industrial machinery and apparatus n.e.c.
• Manufacture or assembly of electric equipment – radio, television, tape
recorder, stereo
• Manufacture or assembly of radio and television transmitting, signaling and
detection equipment
• Manufacture or assembly of telephone and telegraphic equipment
• Manufacture of other electronic equipment and apparatus n.e.c.
• Manufacture of industrial and commercial electrical appliances
• Manufacture of household cooking, heating and laundry appliances
• Manufacture of other electrical appliances n.e.c.
• Manufacture of electric lamp fixtures
• Warehouse/ Storage Facility for pollutive/ non-hazardous
- Offices
- Parking lots/garage facilities
- Storerooms and warehouses but only as may be necessary for the
efficient conduct of the business
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
➢ Pollutive/ Hazardous Industries

• Flour mill
• Cassava flour mill
• Manufacture of coffee
• Manufacturing of unprepared animal feeds, other grain milling n.e.c.
• Production prepared feeds for animals
• Grains and cement silos
• Cigar and cigarette factory
• Curing and re-drying tobacco leaves
• Miscellaneous processing tobacco leaves n.e.c.
• Textile and fiber spinning mills
• Weaving hemp textile Jute spinning and weaving
• Miscellaneous spinning and weaving mills n.e.c.
• Hosiery mill
• Underwear and outwear knitting mills
• Garment and undergarment factories
• Fabric knitting mills
• Miscellaneous knitting mills n.e.c.
• Manufacture of mats and mattings
• Manufacture of carpets and rugs
• Manufacture of cordage, rope and twine
• Manufacture of related products from abaca, sisal, henequen, hemp,
cotton, paper, etc.
• Manufacture of linoleum and other surface coverings
• Manufacture of artificial leather, oil cloth and other fabrics except
rubberized
• Manufacture of coir
• Manufacture of miscellaneous textile n.e.c.
• Manufacture of rough lumber, unworked
• Manufacture of worked lumber
• Re-sawmills
• Woodworking establishments, lumber and timber yards
• Planning mills and sawmills, veneer plants
• Manufacture of veneer, plywood and hardwood
• Manufacture of doors, windows and sashes
• Treating and preserving of wood

• Wood drying kilns
• Manufacture of charcoal
• Manufacture of wood and cane blinds, screens and shades
• Pulp, paper and paperboard factories
• Manufacture of containers and boxes of paper and paper boards
• Wood and cardboard box factories
• Manufacture of miscellaneous pulp and paper products n.e.c.
• Manufacture of perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet preparations
• Manufacture of waxes and polishing preparations
• Manufacture of candles
• Manufacture of inks
• Manufacture of miscellaneous chemical products n.e.c.
• Tire retreating and rebuilding
• Manufacture of rubber shoes and slippers
• Manufacture of industrial and molded rubber products
• Manufacture of plastic footwear
• Manufacture of plastic furniture
• Manufacture of other fabricated plastic products n.e.c.
• Manufacture of table and kitchen articles
• Manufacture of pottery, china and earthen ware n.e.c.
• Manufacture of flat glass
• Manufacture of glass containers
• Manufacture of miscellaneous glass and glass products n.e.c.
• Manufacture of clay bricks, clay tiles and hollow clay tiles
• Manufacture of miscellaneous structural clay products n.e.c
• Manufacture of structural concrete products
• Manufacture of asbestos products
• Manufacture of engines and turbines except motor vehicles, marine and
aircraft
• Manufacture of metal cutting, shaving and finishing machinery
• Manufacture of wood working machinery
• Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of food and beverage making
machinery
• Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of textile machinery and
equipment
• Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of paper industry machinery
• Manufacture, assembly, rebuilding, repairing of trade machinery and
equipment
• Manufacture of rice mills
• Manufacture of machines for leather and leather products
• Manufacture of construction machinery
• Manufacture of machines for clay, stove and glass industries
• Manufacture, assembly, repair and rebuilding of miscellaneous special
industrial machinery and equipment n.e.c.
• Manufacture of dry cells, storage battery and other batteries

• Boat building and repairing
• Ship repairing industry, dock yards, dry dock, shipways
• Miscellaneous shipbuilding and repairing n.e.c.
• Manufacture of locomotives and parts
• Manufacture of railroad and street cars
• Manufacture or assembly of automobiles, cars, buses, trucks and trailers
• Factories for engines and turbines and attached testing facilities
• Hangars
• Manufacture and assembly plants of aircraft engine
• Repair and testing shops for aircraft engines and parts
• Dry cleaning plants using flammable liquids
• Paint stores with bulk handling
• Paint shops and spray painting rooms
• Signs and billboards painting shops
• Warehouses where highly combustible materials are stored
• Factories where loose combustible fiber or dirt are manufactured,
processed or generated
• Warehouse for pollutive/ hazardous
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

• The Building Height Limit is 21 meters above highest grade as provided in
the NBC.
• Subject to national locational guidelines and standards of concerned
agencies.
Section 12.8.7 Regulations in Industrial–3 (I-3) Zone
An area within cities or municipalities intended for heavy manufacturing or

a. highly pollutive/ non-hazardous

b. highly pollutive/ hazardous
c. highly pollutive/ extremely hazardous
d. pollutive/ extremely hazardous
e. non-polllutive/ extremely hazardous
Allowable Uses
➢ Highly Pollutive/ Non-Hazardous Industries

• Meat processing, curing, preserving except processing of ham, bacon,
sausage and chicharon
• Milk processing plants (manufacturing filled, reconstituted, or recombined
milk, condensed or evaporated)
• Butter and cheese processing plants
• Natural fluid milk processing (pasteurizing, homogenizing, vitaminizing,
bottling of natural animal milk and cream-related products)
• Other dairy products n.e.c.
• Canning and preserving of fruits and fruit juices
• Canning and preserving of vegetables and vegetable juices
• Canning and preserving of vegetable sauces
• Miscellaneous canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables n.e.c.
• Fish canning
• Patis factory
• Bagoong factory
• Processing, preserving and canning of fish and other seafood n.e.c.
• Manufacture of desiccated coconut
• Manufacture of starch and its by-products
• Manufacture of wines
• Manufacture of malt and malt liquors
• Manufacture of soft drinks, carbonated water
• Manufacture of instant beverages and syrups
• Other non-alcoholic beverages n.e.c.
• Other slaughtering, preparing and preserving meat products n.e.c.
• Cooking oil and soap processing plants
• Warehouse for highly pollutive/ non-hazardous industries
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
➢ Highly Pollutive/ Hazardous Industries
• Vegetable oil mills, including coconut oil
• Manufacture of refined cooking oil and margarine
• Manufacture of fish, marine and other animal oils
• Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats n.e.c.
• Sugar cane milling (centrifugal and refined)
• Sugar refining
• Muscovado sugar mill
• Distilled, rectified and blended liquors n.e.c.
• Cotton textile mill
• Ramie textile mill
• Rayon and other man-made fiber textile mill
• Bleaching and drying mills
• Manufacture of narrow fabrics
• Tanneries and leather finishing plants
• Pulp mill
• Paper and paperboard mills
• Manufacture of fiberboard
• Manufacture of inorganic salts and compounds
• Manufacture of soap and cleaning preparations
• Manufacture of hydraulic cement
• Manufacture of lime and lime kilns
• Manufacture of plaster
• Products of blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mills
• Products of iron and steel foundries
• Manufacture of smelted and refined non-ferrous metals
• Manufacture of rolled, drawn or extruded non-ferrous metals
• Manufacture of non-ferrous foundry products
• Oil depot/ terminal (greater than 7.950 kilo-liters)
• Warehouse for highly pollutive/ hazardous industries
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
➢ Highly Pollutive/ Extremely Hazardous Industries

• Manufacture of industrial alcohols
• Factories for highly flammable chemicals

• Other basic chemicals n.e.c.
• Manufacture of fertilizers
• Manufacture of pesticides
• Manufacture of synthetic resins, plastic materials and man-made fibers
except glass
• Plastics resin plants (monomer and polymer)
• Plastics compounding and processing plants
• Petroleum refineries
• Manufacture of reclaimed, blended and compound petroleum products
• Manufacture of miscellaneous products of petroleum and coal, n.e.c.
• Warehouse for highly pollutive/ extremely hazardous industries
- Offices o Eateries/ canteens
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
➢ Pollutive/ Extremely Hazardous Industries
• Manufacture of paints
• Manufacture of varnishes, shellac and stains
• Manufacture of paint removers
• Manufacture of other paint products
• Manufacture of matches
• Manufacture of tires and inner tubes
• Manufacture of processed natural rubber not in rubber plantation
• Manufacture of miscellaneous rubber products n.e.c.
• Water and power generation complexes
• Liquid and solid waste management complexes
• Power plants (thermal, hydro or geothermal)
• All other types of complexes for public utilities
• Warehouse for pollutive/ extremely hazardous industries
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses
➢ Non-pollutive/ Extremely Hazardous Industries
• Manufacture of compressed and liquefied gases

• Storage tanks, buildings for storing gasoline, acetylene, liquefied petroleum
gas, calcium, carbides, oxygen, hydrogen and the like
• Armories, arsenals and munitions factories
• Match and fireworks factories
• Acetylene and oxygen generating plants
• Warehouse for non-pollutive/ extremely hazardous industries
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

Section 12.8.8 Regulations in General Institutional Zone (GInZ)
An area within a city or municipality intended principally for general types of

institutional establishments, e.g. government offices, hospitals/ clinics, academic/ research
and convention centers.
Allowable Uses
• Government or civic centers to house national, regional or local offices in the area
• Police and fire stations
• Other types of government buildings
• Colleges, universities, professional business schools, vocational and trade schools,
technical schools and other institutions of higher learning
• Learning facilities such as training centers, seminar halls and libraries
• Scientific, cultural and academic centers and research facilities except nuclear,
radioactive, chemical and biological warfare facilities
• Museums, exhibition halls and art galleries
• Convention center and related facilities
• Civic centers and community centers
• General hospitals, medical centers, specialty hospitals, medical, dental and similar
clinics,
• Places of worship, such as churches, mosques, temples, shrines, chapels
• Seminaries and convents
• Parking buildings
- Offices o Eateries/ canteens
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

Section 12.8.9 Regulations in Special Institutional Zone (SInZ)
An area within a city or municipality 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.
Allowable Uses
• Welfare home, orphanages, boys and girls’ town, nursing homes, homes for the
aged and the like
• Rehabilitation and vocational training centers for ex-convicts, drug addicts, unwed
mothers, physically, mentally and emotionally handicapped, ex-sanitaria inmates
and similar establishments.
• Military camps/ reservations/ bases and training grounds
• Jails, prisons, reformatories and correctional institution
• Penitentiaries and correctional institutions
• Leprosaria
• Psychiatric facilities, such as mental hospitals, mental sanitaria/ asylums,
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

Section 12.8.10 Regulations in Parks and Recreation Zone (PRZ)
An area designed for diversion/ amusements and for the maintenance of ecological
balance in the community.
Allowable Uses
• Parks, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways, promenades and playlots, gardens

• All types of resort complexes such as those providing accommodation, sports, dining
and other leisure facilities
• Open air or outdoor sports activities and support facilities, including low rise stadia,
gyms, amphitheaters and swimming pools
• Ball courts, skating rinks and similar uses
• Memorial/ Shrines monuments, kiosks and other park structures
• Sports clubs
• Parking structures/ facilities
• Open space buffers and easements
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

Section 12.8.11 Regulations in Cemetery/ Memorial Park Zone (Cem/ MP Z)
An area in a city/ municipality intended for the interment of the dead.
Allowable Uses
• Memorial Parks
• Cemetery Columbarium
• Crematorium
• Ossuary
• Customary accessory uses such as crypts, chapels, parks, playgrounds, pocket parks,
parkways, promenades, parking, and toilet facilities

• Subject to HLURB Rules and Regulations for Memorial Parks and Cemeteries and
other applicable guidelines/standards of concerned agencies
Section 12.8.12 Regulations in Buffer/ Greenbelt Zone (B/GZ)
These 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.
Allowable Uses
• Open spaces/gardens
• Parks and park structures such as playgrounds, jogging trails, bicycle lanes
• Plant nurseries
• Ground-level or underground parking structures/ facilities
• Agriculture, silviculture, horticulture
• Customary accessory uses incidental to any of the above such as offices, eateries/
canteens, parking, kiosks, retail stores and toilet facilities

• The Building Height Limit is six (6) meters above highest grade as provided in the
NBC.
Section 12.13 Regulations in Utilities, Transportation, and Services Zone (UTS-Z)
An area in cities/ municipalities 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).
Allowable Uses
• Bus and railway depots and terminals

• Port facilities
• Airports and heliport facilities
• All other types of transportation complexes
• Power plants (thermal, hydro, geothermal, wind, solar)

• Pumping plants [water supply, storm drainage, sewerage, irrigation and waste
treatment plants]
• Liquid and solid waste management facilities
• Climate monitoring facilities
• Telecommunication facilities such as cell (mobile) phone towers
• All other types of large complexes for public services
- Offices
- Pump houses
- Generator houses

• The Building Height Limit is fifteen (15) meters above highest grade as provided in
the NBC.
Section 13. Regulations in Overlay Zones
A “transparent zone” that is overlain on top of the Basic Zone or another Overlay
Zone that provides an additional set (or layer) of regulations. These additional layers of
regulations may pertain to additionally allowable uses, building density and bulk and
building/ structure design that are deemed necessary to achieve the objectives for the
Overlay Zone.
Section 13.1 Landslide Overlay Zone (LSD-OZ)
Objective
• LSD-OZ regulations are applied in areas identified in the CLUP as highly susceptible
to landslides. The objectives of these regulations are to avoid/minimize potentials
for landslide occurrence, and to protect lives and properties from its impacts.
Allowable Uses
Allowable uses shall be as provided in the Base Zone, subject to the following
additional regulations.

The Maximum Allowable Percentage of Site Occupancy (MAPSO) (defined in the NBC
as the area of ground coverage of Allowable Maximum Building Footprint), expressed as a
percentage of the total lot area, shall be:
- 20% for Parks and Recreation uses

- 30% for all other uses/activities
The MAPSO shall include all buildings and structures built or to be built on the lot.
• The Unpaved Surface Area (USA) of developments shall:

- Not be less than 70% for Parks and Recreation uses
- Not be less than 60% for all other uses/ activities
As defined in the NBC, USA is the “true open space which should be of exposed soil
and planted.” The USA is located outside the building envelope.
Building/ Structure Design Regulations
• Site development shall be designed with consideration to avoiding/minimizing
(1) risks that it will be affected by landslides;
(2) its adverse impacts to the soil;
(3) and risks that it will cause landslides to nearby areas/properties.
• Buildings and structures should be laid out and designed to harmonize with the
terrain to minimize earth moving activities
• Appropriate slope, erosion and soil stabilization measures shall be applied, either
through hard or soft engineering measures
• Indigenous and mature vegetation should be retained
• Natural water way patterns should not be altered; and
• Use sustainable drainage systems to include rainwater storage tanks, green roofs,
etc. that can decrease the flow and make productive use of storm water run-off.
Section 13.2. Flood Overlay Zone (FLD-OZ)
Objective
• FLD-OZ regulations are applied in areas that have been determined in the CLUP as
flood-prone. The objective of the Flood Overlay Zone is to protect lives and
properties from the harmful effects of flood.
Allowable Uses
• Allowable uses shall be as provided in the respective Base Zone, subject to the
following additional regulations.
• Buildings shall be made flood proof through any or combination of the following
means:
- Raising the lowest floor line at or above the Flood Protection Elevation (FPE) as
determined by the DPWH either through fill or by using stilts;
- Providing roof decks that can be used for evacuation purposes;
- Building utility connections such as those for electricity, potable water and
sewage shall be located at elevations higher than the FPE;
- Natural water ways patterns should not be altered; and
- Use sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) to include rainwater storage
tanks, green roofs, etc. that can decrease the flow and make productive use of
storm water run-off.
Section 13.3 Heritage Overlay Zone (HTG-OZ)
Objective
• The HTG-OZ is applied in areas with houses of ancestry. The objectives are:
1) to preserve existing historic structures; and
2) to harmonize the design and construction of new ones with the design of
these historic structures.
Allowable Uses
• For declared houses of ancestry, Allowable Uses shall be limited to:

- Single-detached residential
- Museum
- Shops, offices, restaurants, craftsmen’s workshops and retail outlets (only at
the ground floor)
• For new construction, Allowable Uses shall be as provided in the base R-1 Zones.
The following regulations supersede those provided in the base R-1 zone:
• For declared houses of ancestry:

- The height and floor area of the existing building shall not be altered.
- For new construction:
BHL: Building height limit for buildings within the buffer zone shall not be more than the roof
apex of the declared heritage structure (Guidelines, Policies and Standards for the
Conservation and Development of Historic Centers/Heritage Zones, NHCP 2012)
Building/Structure Design Regulations
• For declared houses of ancestry:

- Repair and renovation works, to include building and landscape, shall ensure
that the original architectural design at the interior and exterior are
maintained.
- The size and appearance of business and other signs shall be made to blend
with the period design of the house.
• For new construction:

- Designs, to include building and landscape, shall be made similar to the
period designs of the declared houses of ancestry.
Other Regulations
• The gathering of natural and historical artifacts shall be subject to the provisions of
RA 10066.
Section 13.4. Ecotourism Overlay Zone (ETM-OZ)
Objective
• The objective for this Overlay Zone is to ensure that the dual goals of environmental
conservation and tourism economic development are attained.
Allowable Uses
In addition to those uses that may be allowed in the Base Zone, the following are uses
and activities that may be allowed in the Ecotourism Overlay Zone:
• Accommodation facilities
• Boardwalks
• Dining facilities
• Dive shops/ Diving lesson establishments
• Water-oriented recreation/ sports rental equipment shops
• Tourism-oriented retail shops (e.g. souvenirs, clothes, etc.)
• Foreign exchange shops/establishments
• Ecotourism facilities such as hotels, resorts, should be made of light indigenous

materials.
• Designs should conform to the applicable standards of the Department of Tourism.
• Only single-detached or duplex structures shall be allowed.
• The freeboard elevation of buildings shall be 600 mm measured from the outermost
building line facing the foreshore to the building’s finish floor line.
• Buildings on stilts are encouraged.
• Electrical appliances should be raised with a minimum height of 600mm from each
building’s finish floor line.
• The use of impermeable paving materials outside of building envelopes shall not be
allowed.
• Only picket fences made of wood or bamboo and with heights no greater than
600mm shall be allowed.
• The use of firewalls along property lines shall not be allowed.
Section 13.5. Urban Corridor Overlay Zone (UCD-OZ)
Objectives
UCD-OZ regulations are applied to properties fronting both sides of (name of road) from
(name of junction) to (name of junction). These overlay regulations are intended to:
• Minimize roadside friction by reducing contact between vehicular through traffic

and vehicle movement to and from individual properties
• Ensure that pedestrian walks are free from encroachments of parked vehicles
• Ensure a friendly and vibrant urban environment by reducing the rigidity of
streetscapes
Allowable Uses
• Allowable uses shall be as provided in the applicable Base Zone subject to the
Parking Layouts
• Under no circumstances shall vehicular parking be made to occupy road rights-of-

way;
• The minimum setback of buildings from the right-of-way line of (name of road) shall
be 10 meters;
• Parking layouts that cause the backing of vehicles onto (name of road) shall not be
allowed;
• Parking spaces shall be provided with distinct entry and exit points, i.e., through
driveways; and
• Parking spaces may be laid out along the building frontage within the property line.
Section 13.6. Transit-Oriented Overlay Zone (TOD-OZ)
Objectives
The Transit-Oriented Overlay Zone covers all properties having a radial distance of one
kilometer (or as declared by the LGU) from the (City/ Municipal) Multi-Modal Terminal. The
objectives of these regulations are:
• To facilitate the development of a walkable and compact urban center thereby

reducing opportunities for urban sprawl
• To encourage the use of public vehicles thereby reducing vehicular traffic volumes
Allowable Uses
• Allowable uses shall be as provided in the applicable Base Zone subject to the
Section 13.6. Billboards Overlay Zone
Objectives
The Billboards Overlay Zone includes all lots fronting the National Road. The objectives
of these regulations are:
• To rationalize the location of billboards to minimize their potentials to create

hazards to lives and properties
• To ensure that billboards do not obstruct the view of any scenic spot;
• To ensure that billboards would not constitute nuisance to adjoining property
owners, distract motorists or constitute as hazard to public safety
• To ensure that billboards are in harmony with the intended urban character of the
Base Zone.
Design Regulations
Following are some examples of regulations as provided in MMDA Memorandum

Circular No. 10 Series of 2011:
• Setback Requirements. Regulated Signs shall be subject to the following front, side
and rear Setback Requirements:
Setback Requirements:
• Road Right-of-Way Front Side Rear
width (m) (m) (m) (m)
30.00 & above 8.00 5.00 5.00
25.00 to 29.00 6.00 3.00 3.00
20.00 to 24.00 5.00 3.00 3.00
10.00 to 19.00 5.00 2.00 2.00
Below 10.00 5.00 2.00 2.00
• Minimum Distance Between Signs. No billboard or billboard structure shall be

located within the distance of one hundred (100.00) meter radius from another;
Provided: That in determining compliance with this Section 4.2, Regulated Signs that
were earlier granted a permit by the relevant local government unit shall enjoy
preference over Regulated Signs whose local government unit permits were issued
thereafter.
• Non-obstruction of Traffic Signs. No Regulated Sign shall be erected in such a
manner as to confuse or obstruct the view or interpretation of any official Traffic
Sign, signal, or device.
• Non obstruction of Landscape. No Regulated Sign shall be constructed as to unduly
obstruct the natural view of the landscape, distract or obstruct the view of the
public as to constitute a traffic hazard, or otherwise defile, debase or offend
aesthetic and cultural values and traditions.
• Restrictions on Combustible Materials. All Regulated Signs erected in highly

restrictive Fire Zones as defined in the NBC and its IRRs shall have structural
members of incombustible materials. Ground Signs may be constructed of any
material meeting the requirements of the NBC. Combination signs, Roof Signs, Wall
Signs, Projecting Signs, and Signs on marquees shall be constructed of incombustible
materials. No combustible material other than approved plastics shall be used in the
construction of electric signs.
• Display Surfaces. Display surfaces in Regulated Signs may be made of metal, glass or
approved plastics.
• Clearances from Fire Escapes, Exits or Standpipes. No Regulated Sign shall be
erected in such a manner that any portion of its surface or supports will interfere in
any way with the free use of any fire escape, exit, or standpipe.
• Obstruction of Openings. No Regulated Sign shall obstruct any opening to such an
extent that light or ventilation is reduced to a point below that required by the NBC.
Regulated Signs erected within 1.50 meters of an exterior wall in which there are
openings within the area of the Regulated Sign shall be constructed of incombustible
material or approved plastics.
• Roof Signs. Roof Signs shall not be allowed.
• Material Requirements. Sign Structures carrying Signs and signboards made of
banners, pennants, tarpaulins and other similar non-rigid materials shall not be
installed near power lines, and shall maintain a horizontal clearance from such
power lines in accordance with Rule XIII, Table XIII.1 of the NBC IRRs.
• Clearances from High Voltage Power Lines. Clearances of Regulated Signs from high
voltage power lines shall be in accordance with the Philippine Electrical Code. In
areas near electric distribution facilities including that of any power substations, the
minimum horizontal distance measured from the property line abutting the RROW
and all the adjoining properties to the nearest base of the sign structure shall be the
height of the structure plus one (1.00) meter.
• All Regulated Signs, Temporary Signs and LED Signs, installed over or across and
along Public Thoroughfares, center islands and Road Rights-Of-Way, whether it be
National Road or Secondary Road are strictly prohibited.
• MMDA Regulation No. 96-009 (Anti-Littering Regulation) must be strictly observed
specifically, Sec. h, which states that: "It is unlawful for any person/s private and
public corporations, advertising and promotion companies, movie producers,
professionals and service contractors to post, install display any kind or form of
Billboards, Signs, posters and other visual clutters in any part of the roads, sidewalk,
center island, posts, trees and open spaces".
• Regulated Signs shall not be allowed within sidewalks, flyovers, interchanges, traffic
signages, communications posts, LRT, and MRT structures (such as terminal stations,
carriageways, columns and beams), Road Rights-Of-Way, posts, waiting sheds or any
part thereof.
• Markers of historical sites and tourist destinations including directional signs shall
not be combined with Advertisement signs even if these Signs are sponsored by
private businesses. Sponsors may put their Advertisement in the periphery of the
historical sites upon acceptance and permission of the sites' administrators and
upon signing of a Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement (MOU/MOA)

witnessed by the LGU concerned and the MMDA.
• No signs shall be installed in trees, electric or lighting posts, center islands, side
strips and fences that will destroy, alter or deface the natural landscape or seascape
of historical sites and tourist destinations.
• No Sign shall be allowed to cross or straddle along Carriageways.
• All Regulated Signs, Temporary Signs and LED Signs along Covered Areas shall
automatically be put down or turned off by the owners and advertisers upon the
announcement by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration (PAGASA) that there would be a low pressure area or other
weather disturbance in Metropolitan Manila. In case of failure of the owners and
advertisers to comply with this Section, the MMDA shall put down the aforesaid at
the expense of the owners.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any local Government Unit in Metropolitan

Manila may provide for stricter billboards regulations and may prohibit certain kinds of
billboard signs and structures as may be provided in their respective local ordinances.
Section 13.10. Key Biodiversity Area Overlay Zone (KBA-OZ)
Objectives
• The objective for this Overlay Zone is to ensure that areas having high biodiversity
are protected.
Allowable Uses
• Only scientific studies which do not involve gathering of species or any alteration in
the area is allowed.
• No buildings/structures shall be allowed.
Other Regulations
• The gathering of natural and historical artifacts shall not be allowed.
Section 13.11. Critical Habitat Overlay Zone
Objectives
• A portion or portions of the Sub-Zone is hereby overlain with a Critical Habitat

Overlay Zone. The objective for this Overlay Zone is to preserve the habitats of the
endangered species of (i.e. birds, bats, flowers, etc.).
Allowable Uses
• Only scientific studies which do not involve gathering of species or any alteration in
the area is allowed.

• No buildings/ structures shall be allowed.
Other Regulations
• The gathering of natural and historical artifacts shall not be allowed.
Section 13.7. Ancestral Lands Overlay Zone
Objectives
• A portion or portions of the Zone is hereby overlain with an Ancestral Lands Overlay
Zone. The objective for this Overlay Zone is to preserve the traditional way of life of
IPs.
Allowable Uses
Allowable uses shall be limited to:
• Traditional dwellings of IPs

• Traditional livelihood activities of IPs
• Traditional/ customary religious ceremonies or rituals of IPs
• Buildings/ structures shall be according to traditional/ customary designs of

dwellings.
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:
1. PD 957, “Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’ Protective Law” and its revised
implementing rules and regulations.
2. 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.
3. RA 7279 – Urban Development and Housing Act;
4. PD 1096 – National Building Code
5. PD 1185 – Fire Code
6. PD 856 – Sanitation Code
7. RA 6541 – Structural Code
8. Batas Pambansa 344 – Accessibility Law
9. Rules and Regulations – HLURB Town Planning and Zoning Program
10. CA 141 or Public Land Act – public lands, including foreshore and reclaimed
lands;
11. PD 705 or Revised Forestry Code – forestlands;
12. PD 1076 or Water Code of the Philippines – inland and coastal waters, shorelines
and riverbank easements;
13. RA 6657 or Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law – agrarian reform lands.
14. RA 7279 or Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) – socialized housing
and settlements development;
15. RA 7586 or National Integrated Protected Areas Act – protected areas in both
land and seas;
16. RA 7942 or Philippine Mining Act – mining areas;
17. RA 8371 or Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) – ancestral lands;
18. RA 8435 or Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) – SAFDZs and
prime agricultural lands;
19. RA 8550 or Revised Fisheries Code – municipal waters and coastal zones;
20. RA 9593 or Philippine Tourism Act – tourism zones and estates
21. RA 9729 or Philippine Climate Change Act, as amended;
22. RA 10066 or Philippine Cultural Heritage Act – cultural and heritage zones/areas;
and,
23. RA 100121 or Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act – disaster-prone and
geo-hazard areas.
24. Other relevant guidelines promulgated by the national agencies concerned.
Section 17. Easement
Pursuant to the provisions of the Water Code: 1) 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, twenty (20) meters in agricultural areas and forty (40) meters in
forest areas, along their margins, are subject to easements of public use in the interest of
recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing and salvage.
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.
Mandatory five-meter easement on both sides of earthquake fault traces on the

ground identified by PHIVOLCS.
As required by the City/ Municipal Government, road widening and road

construction program as well as other projects that may later on be identified.
Section 18. Buffer Regulations
A buffer of four (4) meters (or as declared by the LGU) shall be provided along entire
boundary length between two or more conflicting zones/ sub-zones allocating two (2)
meters from each side of the zone/ sub-zone boundary. Such buffer strip should be open
and not encroached upon by any building or structure and should be a part of the yard or
open space.
Section 19. 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 20. 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 locational clearance from
the Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer. Locational 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 unless expressly allowed by the Zoning
Administrator/Zoning Officer. 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/ Municipality. 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 60 days there from.
Section 21. Road Setback Regulations. The following road setback regulations shall be
applied:
ROAD SETBACK
Major Thoroughfare Secondary Tertiary Road

Zoning Classification 30 m. & above Road 6m. & below
National/Diversion Provincial City/Barangay
Residential* 10 meters 10 meters 3 meters
Commercial* 20 meters 20 meters 7 meters
Industrial 30 meters 25 meters 10 meters

Agriculture 20 meters 20 meters 7 meters
Agro-Industrial 30 meters 25 meters 10 meters
Institutional 20 meters 20 meters 10 meters

Parks & Recreational 10 meters 10 meters 3 meters
Forest 30 meters 25 meters 10 meters

Source: DPWH
NOTE: The road setback starts from the centerline of the RROW
* The existing road setback observed along J.P.Rizal Avenue and Don Jose Canciller Avenue
only using the setback of the City Hall as standard shall be followed to ensure uniformity
however, the provision of a parking area is mandatorily required in all new constructions.
ARTICLE VII
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Section 22. Application of Performance Standards
The following performance standards are intended to ensure land use and
neighborhood compatibility. Proposed developments shall comply with the applicable
performance 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.
These shall be enforced through the Implementing Guidelines that is made part of
this ZO.
Section 23. Environmental Conservation and Protection Standards
It is the intent of the ZO to protect the natural resources of the City/ Municipality. In
order to achieve this objective, all developments shall comply with the following regulations:
1. Views shall be preserved for public enjoyment especially in sites with high scenic
quality by closely considering building orientation, height, bulk, fencing and
landscaping.
2. Deep wells shall not be allowed unless a Water Permit is obtained from the
National Water Resources Board.
3. 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, re-graded, developed, piped, diverted or built upon.
4. All developments shall ensure that storm water runoff shall be controlled through
appropriate storm water drainage system design.
5. All developments shall undertake the protection of rivers, streams, lakes and
ponds from sedimentation and erosion damage;
6. 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’s latest Revised Water Usage and Classification/ Ambient Water Quality
Criteria;
7. Municipal 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’s latest Effluent Quality Standards for Class “C” Inland Waters;
8. Developments that generate toxic and hazardous waste shall provide appropriate
handling and treatment facilities which should be in accordance with the
requirements of and approved by the DENR;
9. 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;
10. All developments, particularly those in sloping areas, shall undertake adequate
and appropriate slope and erosion protection as well as soil conservation measures;
11. Facilities and operations that cause the emission of dust, dirt, fly ash, smoke, gas
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 DENR’s latest Air Quality
Standards.
12. Developments that generate a significant volume of solid waste shall provide
appropriate solid waste collection and disposal systems and facilities.
13. 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 24. 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 and Municipality shall not be
prematurely re-classified. Requests for re-classification shall be evaluated on the merits of
conditions prevailing at the time of application, compatibility with the CLUP, and subject to
the provisions of Memorandum Circular No. 54 Prescribing the Guidelines Governing Section
20 of RA 7160… Authorizing Cities and Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural Lands into
Non-Agricultural Uses.
Applications for agricultural land re-classification approved by the City/ Municipality

shall be submitted to the HLURB/ Sangguniang Panlalawigan for review and final approval.
Section 25. Network of Green and Open Spaces
The City/ Municipality intends to develop a network of green and open spaces as a
way to minimize the occurrence of urban heat islands. Developments shall conform to the
following provisions, as applicable:
1. All residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use subdivisions, in compliance

with the rules and regulations of PD 1216, PD 953, PD 957 and BP 220, are
respectively required to provide tree-planted strips along their internal roads.
2. Similar developments shall also be required to provide landscaped tree parks that
may be made part of the open space requirements mandated by PD 957, BP 220 and
related laws, these mandated open spaces shall be classified as non-alienable public
lands, and non-buildable.
3. Roof decks of all buildings shall be landscaped, as applicable.
4. Parking lots having at least 20 car parking slots shall be:
a. Landscaped with suitable trees. The minimum height of trees at the time
of securing an Occupancy Permit shall be 1.80 meters from the base to the
crown.
b.50% paved with permeable or semi-permeable materials such as grass,

gravel, grass pavers and the like.
Section 26. Site Development Standards
The City/ Municipality consider 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.
Further, designs should consider the following:
1. 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.
2. 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;
3. 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.
4. Developments, such as shopping malls, schools, places of worship, markets, sports

stadia and the like, which attract a significant volume of transportation, such as PUVs and,
private vehicles shall provide adequate 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.
5. Buffers, silencers, mufflers, enclosures and other noise-absorbing materials shall

be provided to all noise and vibration-producing operations. Noise levels shall be
maintained according to levels specified in DENR’s latest guidelines on the Abatement of
Noise and Other Forms of Nuisance.
6. Glare and heat from any operation or activity shall not be radiated, seen or felt
from any point beyond the limits of the property.
7. Fencing along roads shall be see-through. Side and rear fencing between adjacent
lots (not facing a road) may be of opaque construction materials.
Section 27. Infrastructure Capacities
All developments shall not cause excessive requirements at public cost for public
facilities and services. All developments shall exhibit that their requirements for public
infrastructure (such as roads, drainage, water supply and the like) are within the capacities
of the system/s serving them.
The Zoning Administrator shall require the following:
1. 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 or condominiums, shopping malls, public markets, schools, universities,
residential and industrial, and other similar developments 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.
2. Traffic Impact Statement
Major, high intensity facilities such as commercial-residential buildings or

condominiums having four floors and above, shopping malls, public markets,
transportation terminals/ garages, schools, universities, residential and industrial
subdivisions, , cock fighting arena, 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 28. 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:
1. Variances (deviation from applicable Building Bulk and Density Regulations,

Building Design Regulations and Performance Standards)
Variance may be allowed provided that proposals satisfy all of the following provisions:
a. Conforming to the provisions of the 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.
b. The proposed variance is the minimum deviation necessary to permit reasonable

use of the property.
c. 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.
d. That the variance will not weaken the general purpose of the Ordinance and will
not adversely affect the public health, safety or welfare.
e. The variance will be in harmony with the spirit of this Ordinance.
2. Exceptions (deviations from Allowable Use provisions)
Exceptions may be allowed provided that proposals satisfy all of the following conditions:
a. 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.
b. 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.
c. 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.
d. The exception will not alter the essential character and general purpose of the
zone where the exception sought is located.
Section 29. Procedures for Evaluating Variances and/ or Exceptions
The procedure for evaluating applications for Variances and/ or Exceptions is as follows:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The LZBA shall conduct preliminary studies on the application. These application
papers shall be made accessible to the public.
4. 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.
5. The LZBA shall hold public hearing(s) to be held in the concerned barangay.
6. 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.
7. 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).
All expenses to be incurred in evaluating proposals for Variances and/ or Exceptions shall be
shouldered by the project proponent.
ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 30. Approved Zoning Maps
The Approved City Zoning Maps, printed in standard color codes and with minimum
dimensions of 1.20m x 1.20m, shall be posted at the following offices:
• Office of the City Mayor

• Office of the City Zoning Administrator
• City Planning and Development Office
• City Assessor’s Office
• City Engineer’s Office
• Municipal Agrarian Reform Office
• City Agriculture Office
• City Environment and Natural Resources Office
Zoning maps for each barangay shall be posted at respective barangay halls for public
information and guidance of barangay officials. These should similarly be printed in
standard color codes and minimum dimensions of 1.20m x 1.20m.
Section 31. 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 Forest Lands, 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.
Building owner/s found violating shall be required to pay the amount of TWO
HUNDRED PESOS (P200.00) per worker apprehended per day as penalty.
Every Zoning Administrator shall keep a permanent record and accurate account of
all fees and other charges fixed and authorized by the Local Chief Executive to be collected
and received under this Code. Subject to existing budgetary, accounting and auditing rules
and regulations, the Zoning Administrator is hereby authorized to retain not more than
fifteen percent (15%) of his collection for the operating expenses of his office shall be
deposited to Trust Fund. The remaining eighty five percent (85%) shall be deposited with
the city or municipal treasurer and shall accrue to the General Fund of the province, city or
municipality concerned.
Section 32. Projects of National Significance
Based on established national standards and priorities, the HLURB shall continue to
issue locational clearances for projects considered to be of vital and national or regional
economic or environmental significance. Unless otherwise declared by the NEDA Board, all
projects shall be presumed locally-significant. (Para. 2 Section 3a, of EO 72)
Section 33. 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 seaports, airports, oil depots, reclamation areas,
shopping malls, special economic zones, tourism enterprise zones, and the like.
Section 34. 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 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 the Deed
Restrictions for the said subdivision shall form part of the requirements for Locational
Clearance.
Section 35. Planned Unit Development Projects
Proposed Planned Unit Developments (PUD) projects 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 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.
Section 36. Environmental Compliance Certificate
No Locational Clearance shall be issued to proposals covered by the EIS System

unless the requirements of ECC have been complied with.
Section 37. Barangay Clearance
All applications for Locational Clearance are required to secure a Barangay Clearance
through a resolution, for the proposed development.
Section 38. Building Permit
No Building Permit shall be issued by the City Building Official without a valid
Locational Clearance in accordance with the integrated ZO.
Section 39. Business Permit
No business undertaking shall be issued a Mayor’s Permit without first securing this
certification, purpose of which is to ascertain that said business is located in its proper
zoned area. It is likewise issued to parcels of land or lots to identify its approved land use
or zone.
The Business and Licensing Division shall require a Locational Clearance for new
developments.
Should there be any change 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. Occupancy Permit
No Occupancy Permit shall be issued by the Local Building Official without

certification from the Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer that the building has complied
with the conditions stated in the Locational Clearance.
Section 41. Validity of Locational Clearance

Upon issuance of an LC, the grantee thereof shall have one year within which to
commence or undertake the use, activity or development covered by such clearance on his
property. Non–use of LC within said period shall result in its automatic expiration,
cancellation and the grantee shall not proceed with his project without applying for a new
clearance.
Should there be any change in the activity or expansion of the area subject of the
Locational Clearance, the owner/ developer shall apply for a new Locational Clearance.
Section 42. Schedule of Fees
Fees to be collected in the issuance of Locational Clearance, Zoning certification,

Subdivision projects and other land development projects and other issuances appurtenant
thereto, shall follow the latest approved HLURB Schedule of Fees as reflected in Annex 2 of
this ordinance.
Section 43. Notice of Non-Conformance
Upon approval of this Ordinance, the Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer shall
immediately issue 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.
It may also provide conditions by which the non-conforming use can reduce its
nonconformity.
Section 44. 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 with
the provisions of the integrated ZO, provided:
1. That no such non-conforming use shall be expanded 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.
2. That no such non-conforming use which has ceased operation for more than one
(1) year be again revived as non-conforming use.
3. A vacant/ idle building or structure may not be used for non-conforming activity;
4. That any non-conforming building/ structure 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.
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.
5. That no such non-conforming use maybe moved to displace any conforming use;
6. That no such non-conforming use and/ or structure may be expanded or altered in

a way which increases its non-conformity, but any structure or portion thereof may be
altered to decrease its non-conformity.
7. That should such use and/ or 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.
8. 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.
9. The owner of a non-conforming use and/ or structure shall program the phase-out
and relocation within ten (10) years from the effectivity of this Ordinance.
Section 45. 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
accordance with existing rules and regulations on the subject.
Section 46. Qualifications of the Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer
The Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer should be a registered and licensed

Environmental Planner in accordance with RA No. 10587 also known as the Environmental
Planning Act of 2013.
Section 47. Powers and Functions of a Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer
Pursuant to the provisions of EO 72 implementing RA 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:
1. Enforcement
a. Act on all applications for Locational Clearance
b. Issuance of Notice of Non-Conformance to owners/ operators of uses, buildings or

structures that are non-conforming to the applicable provisions of this Ordinance.
c. 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 the integrated ZO.
d. Coordinate with the Philippine National Police (PNP) for enforcement of all orders
and processes issued in the implementation of this Ordinance.
e. Coordinate with the City Fiscal and/or City Legal Officer for other legal
actions/remedies relative to the foregoing.
2. Planning
Coordinate with the Regional Office of the HLURB regarding proposed amendments
to the integrated ZO prior to adoption by the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
Section 48. Complaints and Oppositions
A complaint for violation of any provision of the integrated ZO or any clearance or

permit 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 49. Functions and Responsibilities of the Local Zoning Board of Appeals
There is hereby created a LZBA which shall perform the following functions and
responsibilities:
1. Act on applications of the following nature:
a. Variances
b. Exceptions
c. Non – Conforming Uses
d. 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 50. Appeals to LZBA Decisions
Decisions of the LZBA shall be appealable to the HLURB.
Section 51. Composition of the Local Zoning Board of Appeals (LZBA)
The LZBA shall be composed of the following members:
1. City Mayor as Chairman
2. SP Committee Chairperson on Land Use/Zoning (If said committee is nonexistent,

the SP may elect a representative)
3. City Legal Officer
4. City Assessor
5. City Engineer
6. City Planning and Development Coordinator (if other than the Zoning
Administrator/ Zoning Officer)
7. City Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer
8. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer
9. Two (2) representatives of the private sector nominated by their respective

organizations.
10. Two (2) representatives from non-government and civil society organizations
nominated by their respective organizations.
The City Planning and Development Office shall serve as the Secretariat to the LZBA.
The LZBA may invite resource persons in support of the performance of its functions.
Section 52. Review of the Zoning Ordinance
The Local Zoning Review Committee (LZRC) is hereby created under the City
Development Council, to review the integrated ZO considering the CLUP, based on the
following reasons/ situations:
1. Updating/ Revision of the CLUP
2. Introduction of projects of national and/ or local significance
3. Force majeure events with City-wide land use implications
4. Petition for re-zoning/ re-classification with City-wide implications
5. Increasing number of applications/ issuances invoking Variances and Exceptions

Section 53. Composition of the Local Zoning Review Committee (LZRC)
The Local Zoning Review Committee shall be composed of the following:
1. Sangguniang Panlungsod Chairperson on Land Use/ Zoning (or equivalent

committee)
2. City Planning and Development Coordinator
3. City Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer
4. City Assessor
5. City Legal Officer
6. City Engineer
7. City Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer
8. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer
9. City/ Municipal Agriculturist
10. Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer
11. President, Association of Barangay Captains
12. Three (3) Private Sector Representatives such as from Local Chamber of
Commerce, local housing industry, federation of homeowner’s associations, and academe.
13.Two (2) non-government and civil society organization representatives
The City Planning and Development Office shall serve as the Secretariat to the LZRC.
The LZRC may invite resource persons in support of the performance of its functions.
Section 54. Functions of the Local Zoning Review Committee
The Local Zoning Review Committee shall have the following functions:
1. Review the Zoning Ordinance for the following purposes:
a. Determine amendments or revisions necessary in the Zoning Ordinance

because of changes that might have been introduced in the Comprehensive
Land Use Plan.
b. Recommend changes to be introduced in the Comprehensive Land Use

Plan and the Z oning Ordinance in the light of permits granted such as
variances and exceptions, and increasing applications for rezoning and
reclassification.
2. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod necessary legislative amendments

on the needed changes in the integrated ZO as a result of the review conducted.
3. Coordinate with HLURB of the recommended changes to the integrated ZO as a

result of its review.
Section 55. Amendments to the Integrated ZO
Changes in the integrated 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 of three-fourths vote of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
Any amendment shall take effect only after approval and authentication by HLURB
or Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
Section 56. Violation and Penalty
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance, shall upon
conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding the latest HLURB Schedule of Fees and Fines
or an imprisonment for a period not exceeding six (6) months (for municipalities) and not
exceeding one (1) year for cities 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 57. 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 Comprehensive Land Use Plan of the locality.
Section 58. 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 59. 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 60. Separability Clause
Should any section or provision of this Ordinance be declared by the Courts 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.
Section 61. 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 62. Effectivity Clause
This Zoning Ordinance takes effect upon approval by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) /
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and after compliance with the publication
requirements of the Local Government Code.
Approved this ___ day of ____________, 2019 in the City of Cauayan, Isabela.
APPROVED BY:
HON. LEONCIO DALIN, JR.

City Vice-Mayor
HON. EDGAR M. DE LUNA HON. EDGARDO A. ATIENZA, JR.

City Councilor City Councilor
Committee on Finance Committee on Labor, Trade, Industry and
Economic Enterprises
HON. RUFINO C. ARCEGA HON. REYNALDO Q. UY

Committee on Environmental Protection Committee on Human Resource Dev’t.
HON. GARRY GALUTERA HON. BAGNOS A. MAXIMO, JR.

Committee on Education Committtee on Health and Sanitation
HON. TELESFORO R. MALLILLIN HON. CYNTHIA UY - BALAYAN

Committee on Transportation and Committtee on Social Services
Communication
HON. DANILO B. ASIRIT HON. PAUL VINCENT R. MAURICIO

Committee on Peace, Order and Public Safety Committee on Laws and Good Governance
HON. CAESAR S. DY, JR. HON. FAUSTINO M. GAPASIN, JR.

Committee on Agriculture Committee on People, Culture and Arts
HON. VICTOR H. DY, JR. HON. CHARLENE JOY B. QUINTOS


Liga ng mga Barangay President SK Federation President
ATTESTED BY:
ROLANDO A. FORONDA
Sangguniang Panlungsod Secretary
APPROVED BY:
HON. BERNARD FAUSTINO M. DY

City Mayor
Annex 1. Land Use Categories and Color Coding
Color Coding to be finalized - c/o HLURB
Base Zone Sub-Zone Color Code RGB
Forest Zone FZ (Protection)
Forest Reserve Sub-Zone FR-SZ 0,100,0
National Park Sub-Zone NP-SZ 0,100,0
Military Reservation SubZone MR-SZ 0,100,0
Civil Reservation SubZone CR-SZ 0,100,0
NIPAS: Strict Protection Sub-Zone NSP-SZ 0,100,0
NIPAS: Multiple Use SubZone NMU-SZ 0,100,0
(Production) Forest Buffer Sub-Zone FB-SZ 0,100,0
Industrial Forest Plantation Sub-Zone IFP-SZ 0,100,0
Special Use Sub-Zone SU-SZ
Agricultural Zone AGZ
Protection Agricultural Sub-Zone PTA-SZ 0,150,0
Production Agricultural Sub-Zone PlDA-sz 0,150,0
Agri-industrial Zone AgIndZ
Municipal Waters Zone WZ
(Protection) Fishery Refuge and Sanctuary Sub-Zone FRS-SZ 175,200,225
Foreshore Land Sub-Zone FL-SZ 175,200,225
Mangrove Sub-Zone Mn-SZ 175,200,225
Fishery Reserve Sub-Zone FyR-SZ 175,200,225
Delta/ Estuary Sub-Zone D/E-SZ 175,200,225
Lake Sub-Zone La-SZ 175,200,225
(Production) Mariculture Zone and Park Sub-Zone MZP-SZ 175,200,225
Aquaculture Sub-Zone Aq-SZ 175,200,225
Commercial Fishing SubZone CF-SZ 175,200,225

Municipal Fishing SubZone MF-SZ 175,200,225
Sealane Sub-Zone Sl-SZ
Mineral Land Zone ML-Z
Mineral Reservation SubZone MR-SZ
Quarry Sub-Zone Q-SZ
Small-scale Mining SubZone SsM-SZ
General Residential Zone GR-Z 255,255,0
Residential – 1 Zone R1-Z 255,255,0
Residential – 2 Zone R2-Z 255,255,0
Basic R-2 Sub-Zone BR2-SZ 255,255,0
Maximum R-2 Sub-Zone MR2-SZ 255,255,0
Residential – 3 (R-3) Zone R3-Z 255,255,0
Basic R-3 Sub-Zone BR3-SZ 255,255,0
Maximum R-3 Sub-Zone R3M-SZ 255,255,0
Socialized Housing Zone SH-Z 255,255,0
General Commercial Zone GC-Z 255,0,0
Commercial – 1 Zone C1-Z 255,0,0
Commercial – 2 ) Zone C2-Z 255,0,0
Commercial – 3 Zone C3-Z 255,0,0
Industrial – 1 Zone I1-Z 150,0,200
General Institutional Zone GI-ZZ 0,0,255
Special Institutional Zone SI-Z 0,0,255
Parks and Recreation Zone PR-Z 100,225,100

Cemetery /Memorial Park Zone C/MP-Z 100,225,100
Buffer/ Greenbelt Zone B/G-Z 50,225,50
Utilities, Transportation and Services Zone UTS-SZ 190,190,190
Overlay Zones may also use other types of hatches.

Annex 2 HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD

2013 SCHEDULE OF FEES
1. ZONING/LOCATIONAL CLEARANCE
Single Residential structure attached and
A detached
1. 100,000 and
below P288
2. Over P100,000 to P200,000 P576
3. Over P200,000 P720 + (1/10 of 1% in excess of P200,000
B Apartment/Townhouses
1. P500,000 and below P1,440
2. Over P500,000 to P2 Million P2,160
3. Over P2 Million P3,600 + (1/10 of 1% of cost in excess of P2M
regardless of the number of floors)
C Dormitories
1. P2 Million and Below P3,600
2. Over P2 Million P3,600 + (1/10 of 1% of cost in excess of P2M
regardless of the number of floors)
D Institutional
Project Cost of which is:
1. Below P2 Million P2,880
2. Over P2 Million P2,880 + (1/10 of 1% in excess of P2M)
E Commercial, Industrial and Agro - Industrial Project Cost of which is:
1.Below P100,000 P1,440
2. Over P100,000 -
P500,000 P2,160
3. Over P500,000 P2,880
4. Over P1 Million - P2 Million P4,320
5. Over P2 Million P7,200 + (1/10 of 1% cost in excess of P2M)
F Special Uses/Special Projects
(Gasoline Station, Cell Sites, Slaughter House, Treatment Plants, etc.)
1. Below P2 Million P7,200 + (1/10 of 1% cost in excess of P2M)
2. Over P2 Million P7,200 + (1/10 of 1% cost in excess of P2M)
Alteration/Expansion (affected areas/cost
G only) Same as the original application
2. SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS (under PD 957)
A. Subdivision
Projects
1. Approval of Subdivision Plans (inlcuding townhouses)
1 Preliminary Approval and Location Clearance (PALC) Preliminary
Subdivision Development Plan
(PSDP)
• Processing Fee P360/ha. Or a fraction thereof
• Inspection Fee P1,500/ha regardless of density
2 Final Approval and Development Permit
• Processing Fee P2,880/ha. Regardless of density
Additional Fee on Floor Area housing
component P3.00/sqm
• Inspection Fee P1,500/ha. Regardless of density
3 Alteration of Plan (affected areas only) Same as Final Approval and Dev. Permit
2. Certificate of Registration Processing Fee
• Processing Fee P2,880
3. License to Sell
• Processing Fee P216/saleable lot
Additional Fee on Floor Area housing
component P14.4/sqm
4. Certificate of Completion
Certificate
• Fee P216
• Processing Fee
HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD

• Certificate Fee P504
• Additional Fee (unfinished area for development) P14.40/sqm
B Condominium Project
1. Approval of Condominium Plans/Final Approval and Development Permit
1 Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance
2 Final Approval / Development Permit
• Processing Fee P720
a Land Area P7.20/sqm
b No. of Floors P288/floor
c Building Areas P23.05/sqm of GFA
Inspection
• Fee P1,500/ha
3 Alteration of Plan (affected areas only) Same as Final Approval and
Development Permit
4 Conversion (affected areas only) Same as Final Approval and
2. Certificate of Registration Development Permit
• Processing Fee P2,880
3. License to Sell
a Residential P17.30/sqm of saleable area
b Commercial P36/sqm of saleable area
Inspection Fee P1,500/ha
4. Extension of Time to Develop
Additional Fee (Unfinished Floor area for
Development) P17.30/sqm
• Inspection Fee P1,500/ha
• Certification Fee P216
• Processing Fee
3. SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS (under BP 220)
A. Subdivision Projects
1. Approval of Subdivision Projects
• Processing Fee
a Socialized Housing P90/ha
b Economic Housing P216/ha
• Inspection Fee
a Socialized Housing P1,500/ha
b Economic Housing P1,500/ha
• Processing Fee
a Socialized Housing P600/ha
• Inspection Fee
(Projects already inspected for PALC application may not be charged inspection fee)
3 Alteration of Plans (affected areas only) Same as Final Approval and
Development Permit
4 Building Permit (floor area of housing unit) P7.20/sqm

2. Certificate of Registration
• Processing Fee
a Socialized Housing P420
b Economic Housing P720
3. License to Sell (per saleable lot)
• Processing Fee
a Socialized Housing P24/saleable lot
b Economic Housing P72/saleable lot
Additional fee on floor area of housing component P3.00/sqm
• Inspection Fee
• Processing Fee
Additional fee on floor area of housing component 2.88/sqm
• Inspection Fee
• Certificate Fee
• Processing Fee
a Socialized Housing
b Economic Housing
• Inspection Fee P1,500
6. Occupancy Permit
• Processing Fee
a Socialized Housing P6/sqm
b Economic Housing P7.20/sqm
• Inspection Fee (saleable floor area of the housing component)
B. Condominium Projects
1. Approval of Condominium Plans
Preliminary Approval and Locational
1 Clearance P720
Final Approval and Development
2 Permit
• Processing Fee
Total Land
a Area P7.20/sqm
No. of
b Floors P144/floor
Building
c Areas P5.80/sqm of GFA
Alteration of Plans (affected areas
3 only) Same as Final Approval and
Development Permit
2. Certificate of Registration P720
3. License to Sell
a Residential P7.20/sqm of saleable area
b Commercial P10.65/sqm of saleable area
Inspection
• Fee P1,500/ha


• Processing Fee P3.00/sqm
Inspection Fee (unfinished area for
• development) P1,500/floor
• Processing Fee P1,500/floor
4. INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION
1. Approval of Industrial/Commercial Subdivision
• Processing Fee P432/ha
Development Permit
2. Certification of Registration P2,880
3. License to Sell
• Processing Fee P3.00/sqm of land area
Additional Fee (unfinished area for development) P14.40/sqm
• Processing Fee
a Industrial P504
b Commercial P720
5. FARMLOT SUBDIVISION
1. Approval of Farm Lot Subdivision
• Processing Fee P1,440/ha
Development Permit
2. Certificate of Registration P2,880
3. License to Sell
• Processing Fee P720/lot

Additional Fee on Floor area on Housing Component and
other development P14.40/sqm
• Inspection Fee P1,500
• Processing Fee
6. MEMORIAL PARK/CEMETERY PROJECT/COLUMBARIUM
1. Approval of Memorial Park/Cemetery Project/Columbarium
1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance
a Memorial Project P720/ha
b Cemeteries P288/ha
c Columbarium P3600/ha
• Inspection Fee
a Memorial Project P1,500/ha
b Cemeteries P1,500/ha
c Columbarium P1,500/floor
2. Final Approval and Development Permit
a Memorial Project P3.00/sqm
b Cemeteries P1.50/sqm
c Columbarium P7.20/sqm
3.00/floor
23.05/sqm of GFA
• Inspection Fee
3. Alteration of Fee Same as Final Approval and
Development Permit
2. Certificate of Registration P2,880
3. License to Sell
• Processing Fee
Memorial
a Project P72./2.5 sqm
Apartment
Type P28.80/unit
b Cemeteries P28.80/tomb
c Columbarium P72.20/vault
• Inspection Fee
Memorial
a Project P1,500/ha
Additional Fee (unfinished area for development)
Memorial
a Project P1,440
c Columbarium P5.80/sqm of GFA
• Inspection Fee
Memorial
a Project P1,500/ha

• Processing Fee
a Memorial Project P1,440
c Columbarium P5.80/sqm of GFA
• Inspection Fee
• Processing Fee
• Inspection Fee
a Memorial Project P1500/ha
c Columbarium P1500/floor
7. OTHER TRANSACTIONS/CERTIFICATIONS
A. APPLICATION/REQUEST FOR:
1 Advertisement Approval P720
2 Cancellation/Reduction of Performance Bond P2880
3 Lifting of Suspended License to Sell P2880
4 Exemption from Cease and Desist Order P216
5 Clearance to Mortgage P1440
6 Lifting od Cease and Desist Order P2880
7 Change of Name/Ownership/Amendments of CRLS P1440
8 Voluntary Cancellation of CRLS P1440
9 Revalidation/Renewal of Permit (Condominium) 60% of Current Processing Fee
B. OTHER CERTIFICATIONS
1 Zoning Certifications P720/ha
2 Certification of Town Plan/Zoning Ordinance Approval P216
3 Certification of New Rights/Sales P216
4 Certificate of Registration (Form) P216
5 License to Sell (Form) P216
6 Certificate of Creditable Withholding Tax P216/lot or unit
(Maximum of 5 Lots per Certificates)
7 Other, to include:
a Availability of records/public request P288
b Certificate of no record on file P288
c Certification of with or without CRLS P288
d Certified true copy of documents (Report size)
• Document of five (5) pages or less P43.20
• Every additional page P4.40
e Photocopy of documents P3.00
f Other not listed above P216

8. REGISTRATION OF
DEALER/BROKER/SALESMAN
1 Dealers/Brokers
2 Salesman/Agent
9. HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
1 Registration of HOA
Examination/Registration Regular HOAS CMP HOAS
• Articles of Incorporation P940 P780
• By - Laws P940 P780
2 Stamping of Books P50/book
3 Amendments
• Articles of Incorporation P720
• By - Laws P720
Dissolution of Homeowners
4 Association P720
Certification of the New Set of
5 Officers P504
6 Other Certification
• Inspection Fee P1500/ha
7 Research Fee P50/docket
10. LEGAL FEES (CMP PROJECT)
1 Filing Fee P1440
2 Additional Fee for Claims (for refund, damages, attorney fees, etc)
1 Not more than P20,000 P173
More than P20,000 but less than
2 P80,000 P576
P80,000 or more but less than
3 P100,000 P864
P100,000 or more but less than
4 P150,000 P1440
For each P1,000 in excess of
5 P150,000 P7.2
3 Motion for Reconsideration
4 Petition of Review
5 Prayer for Cease and Desist Order
6 Pauper - litigants are exempt from payment of legal fees
1 Those whose gross income is not more than P6,000 per month and
residing within M.M
2 Those whose gross income is not more than P4,000 per month and
residing within M.M
Those who do not own real
3 property
Government agencies and its instrumentalities are exempted from paying
7 legal fees
Local government and government owned or controlled corporation with or
8 without
charters are not exempted paying legal
fees
11. UPLC LEGAL RESEARCH FEE
Computation of Legal Research Fee for the University of the Philippines Law Center Covered by Memo
(UPLR) remains at One Percent (1%) of every fee charged by shall in No Case Circular No. 18
Be Lower than P12.00 Series of 2013
Annex 3. Maps
Map No. 1 EXISTING GENERAL LAND USE MAP
Map
No.
2 EXISTING METRO URBAN LAND USE MAP

Map No. 3 PROPOSED GENERAL LAND USE MAP

Map No. 4 PROPOSED METRO URBAN LAND USE MAP

Map No. 5 ZONING MAP

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City of Cauayan Volume 3 Zoning Ordinance

Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2018-2027

Legal Basis .......................................................................................................... i - iv

ARTICLE I. TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE

Section 1. Title of the Ordinance ........................................................................ 1

ARTICLE II. AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE

Section 2. Authority ............................................................................................ 1

Section 3. Purposes ............................................................................................ 1

Section 4. General Zoning Principles .................................................................. 2

ARTCILE III. DEFINITION OF TERMS .................................................................... 2 – 16

ARTICLE IV. ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

Section 5. Division into Zones or Sub-Zones ........................................................ 16

Section 6. Base Zones .......................................................................................... 16

Section 7. Overlay Zones ..................................................................................... 17

Section 8. Zoning Maps ........................................................................................ 18

Section 9. Zone Boundaries ................................................................................. 18 - 26

Section 10. Interpretation of Zone Boundaries .................................................. 26 - 27

ARTICLE V. ZONE REGULATIONS

Section 11. General Provision ............................................................................... 27

Section 12. Regulations in Base Zones ………………………………………………………………. 27 - 58

Section 13. Regulations in Overlay Zones ............................................................ 58 - 65

Section 14. Zoning Incentives ............................................................................... 65

ARTICLE VI. GENERAL REGULATIONS

Section 15. Height Regulations ............................................................................ 65

Section 16. Area Regulations ............................................................................... 65

Section 17. Easement ............................................................................................ 66

Section 18. Buffer Regulations .............................................................................. 67

Section 19. Specific Provisions in the National Building Code ......................... 67

Section 20. Advertising, Billboards and Business Signs ...................................... 67

ARTICLE VII. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Section 21. Road Setback Regulations ............................................................ 67

Section 22. Application of Performance Standards ......................................... 68

Section 23. Environmental Conservation and Protection Standards ............. 68

Section 24. Agricultural Land Conservation and Preservation Criteria .......... 69

Section 25. Network of Green and Open Spaces ............................................ 69

Section 26. Site Development Standards ........................................................... 70

Section 27. Infrastructure Capacities .................................................................. 71

ARTICLE VIII. MITIGATING DEVICES

Section 28. Deviation............................................................................................ 71

Section 29. Procedures for Evaluating Variances and/ or Exceptions ................. 72

ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Section 30. Approved Zoning Maps ................................................................... 73

Section 31. Locational Clearance ...................................................................... 73

Section 32. Projects of National Significance .................................................... 73

Section 33. Major and/ or Innovative Projects .................................................. 74

Section 34. Subdivision Projects ........................................................................... 74

Section 35. Planned Unit Development Projects .............................................. 74

Section 36. Environmental Compliance Certificate ......................................... 74

Section 37. Barangay Clearance ........................................................................ 74

Section 38. Building Permit ................................................................................... 74

Section 39. Business Permit..................................................................................... 74

Section 40. Occupancy Permit ........................................................................... 75

Section 41. Validity of Locational Clearance .................................................... 75

Section 42. Schedule of Fees …………………………………………………………………………. 75

Section 43. Notice of Non-Conformance ........................................................... 75

Section 44. Existing Non-Conforming Uses, Buildings and Structures ............... 75

Section 45. Responsibility for Administration and Enforcement ....................... 76

Section 46. Qualifications of the Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer ............ 76

Section 47. Powers and Functions of a Zoning Administrator/ Zoning Officer........... 76