RULES AND REGULATIONS - P.D.

1216 -open spaces

- Streets- vehicular and pedestrian circulation,
SECTION 1. DESIGN STANDARDS FOR easements for utilities and planting strips
SUBDI - Walks- paved walks
-LGU zoning ordinances, NBC - Parks and playgrounds
B. Facilities and Amenities
A. Site Criteria C. Density
Location - Zoning ordinance
- Shall include the total number of dwelling
- Zoning ordinance/ Comprehensive Land Use units and the total number of lots.
plan
- Must be in residential zones. Site Preservation
- If there’s no zoning ordinance/ - Slope- have desired slope to allow rainwater
Comprehensive Land Use, dominant land to be channeled into street drains
use principle and site suitability factors shall - Preservation of Site Assets- trees with
be used in determining suitability of a caliper diameter of 200 meters or more
project. - Shrubs and desirable ground cover
- Supportive of other major urban activities - Good quality top soil= finishing grades of
(housing for industrial workers) may be yards, playgrounds, parks and garden area.
allowed in area zoned for the said urban - Ground cover- vegetations must be variety
activities. appropriate for its intended use and
Physical Suitability allocation.

- Located in suitable, outside hazard prone Easements

areas. - a. Chapter IV, Section 51 of The Water
- Shall be stable enough to accommodate Code, on water bodies.
foundation load without earthmoving, - b. National Power Corporation (NPC), on
grading or cutting. transmission lines.
Accessibility - c. PHIVOLCS per Resolution No. 515,
Series of 1992, on identified fault.
- must be served by a road that is readily accessible - traces;
to public transportation lines. - d. Other public utility companies and other
B. Planning Considerations entities' right-of-way.
- e. National/local government units for
Area Planning projects abutting national roads.
- (primary roads) where adequate easement
- Safety and general welfare of the future
shall be provided for,
occupants
- including loading and unloading areas.
- Road circulation system
- Allocation of land uses for diversity and
amenity
- Preservation of site
- Harmony with existing and proposed Circulation
development in the vicinity
- Application of workable design principles or - roads with path walks
parameters for a well planned and self- - streets should conform to the contour of the
sustaining environment. land
A. Open spaces - streets shall be laid out at right angles to
minimize critical intersections
 - BP 344 (Accessibility Law)
- Installation of street names/signs
C.Design Parameters
- Land Allocation
a) Major Road-a Street or road linking the site and
- Saleable Area= max- 70% gross area serves as the main traffic artery within the project
site and shall traverse the longer axis of the
- non-saleable Area= max- 30% gross area
property.
-PD 1216 open spaces
b) Collector Road-a Street or a road that services
- Parks and Playgrounds pedestrian / vehicular traffic from minor roads
leading to major roads.
Mandatory if the project reached 1 hectare or more
and deemed non-buildable area. c) Minor Road-a Road which main function is to
provide direct access to lots and other activity
Strategically located centers.
No less that 100 sqm d) Motor Courts -shall have a right-of-way of not
less than 6 meters in width with provision for
sufficient space for vehicular turn around in the
form of a cul-de-sac, loop, branch or "T", with a
maximum length of 60 meters inclusive of terminal.
e) Service Roads -roads which provide for the
distribution of traffic among individual lots and
activity centers.
f) Alley -a 2-meter-wide walkway which shall be
- Community facilities used to break a block and to serve pedestrians and
Required if the project reached 1 hectare and for emergency purposes. It shall not be used as
above. access to property.
Additional facilities – okay

RROW

- Circulation System
 - Must be paved with either concrete or
asphalt (min thickness 150 mm)
Road Intersection
- Roads should intersect at right angles.
- Multiple intersections along major roads
shall be minimized.

- Subdivision projects abutting main public road

must provide a setback of 3-meter deep by 5-meter
in length at both sides of the subdivision entrance to
accommodate loading and unloading of passengers
(see Figure 2).

d) Subdivision projects shall have provision for future

expansion where applicable, by designating the major
roads, as prescribed in Sec. 1.C.b.3.2 as the
interconnecting road right-of-way for both open market
and medium cost housing projects. Road Grade/Slope Crown of the roads shall have a slope
of not less than 1.5 percent, while curbs and gutters shall
Planting strips not be less than 7 percent to 9 percent (see Figure 4).

Lot requirements

Road pavement
 - Sanitation code of the Philippines P.d. 856
Septic tanks
- Sanitation code of the Philippines P.d. 856
- National Plumbing code of the Philippines
RA 1378

NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE

PHILIPPINES
GROUP A- RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
DIVISION A-1 = R1
Length of Block
Indigenous family dwelling units
- Shall be 400 meters
- When blocks exceed 250 m shall be Single- detached units
provided with alley Church
Shelter component Community facilities and social centers
- Floor area for medium cost= 30 sqm Parks/ pocket parks, playgrounds
- Firewalls
Clubhouses and recreational uses
Setback
DIVISION A-2= R-2
R2- 3-2-2 -used in semi attached
Single attached/ duplex, town houses
R1- 4.5-2-2-2 – used in single detached and
clubhouse
R3- 3-2
Water supply system
AVERAGE DAILY DEMAND (ADD)= 150 liters
per capita per day household connection
Water tank capacity- 20% ADD plus fire reserve
Pipes- shall conform to the standards required by
metropolitan waterworks and sewage system
(MWSS) or local water utilities administration
(LWUA)

Sewer Disposal System

Connection to community sewer system