ARTCLE V

ZONE REGULATIONS
Section 10.General Provision. The uses enumerated in the succeeding sections are neither
exhaustive nor all-inclusive. The Local Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals (LZBAA)
shall, subject to the requirements of this Article, allow other uses not enumerated hereunder that
they are compatible with the uses expressly allowed.
Allowance of further uses shall be based on the intrinsic qualities of the land & the socioeconomic potential of the locality with due regard to the maintenance of the essential qualities of
the zone.
Specific uses/activities of lesser density within a particular zone (i.e. GPZ) may be allowed
within the zone and its subdivisions (e.g. GC, C-1, C-2), except for uses expressly allowed in
said zones, such that the cumulative effect of zoning shall be intra- zonal & not inter- zonal.
Section 11. Use Regulations in General residential Zone (GRZ). A GR zone shall be used
principally for dwelling/housing purposes so as to maintain peace & quite of the area within the
zone. The following are the allowed uses:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Detached family dwelling

Multi- family dwelling e.g. row-house, apartments
Hometel
Pension House
Hotel apartment or apartel
Dormitory
Boarding House
Branch libraries & museums
Customary accessory uses like:

a. Servants quarter
b. Private garage
c. Guard house
13. Home Industry Classified as cottage industry provided that:
a. Such home industry shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the floor
area of the dwelling unit. There shall be no change of alteration in the outside
appearance of the dwelling unit & shall not be a hazard or nuisance;
b. Allotted capitalization shall not exceed the capitalization as set ao as best
determined by the municipal planning office of the local government unit;
c. Such shall consider same provisions as enumerated in letters c, d & e number 12,
home occupation this section.

14. Recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the members of the family residing
within the premises, such as:
a. Swimming pool
b. Pelota court
c. Others
8. Commercial housing like:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

hotel
apartment
apartel
boarding house
dormitory
pension house
club house
motel

Section 12.Use Regulations in General Commercial Zone (GCZ). A CG Zone shall be for
business/ trade, business & personal services. Within the zone the following types of
establishments shall be allowed:
1. Offices like office building
2. General retail stores & shops like:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

department store
bookstore & office supply shop
home appliance store
car shop/ wash
photo shop
flower shop

3. Food markets & shop likes:

a.
b.
c.
d.

bakery & bake shop

wine store
grocery
supermarket

4. Personal services shops likes:

a.
b.
c.
d.

beauty parlor
barber shop
sauna bath & massage clinic
dressing & tailoring shops

5. Recreational center/ establishment like:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

movie house/theater
playcourt e.g. tennis court, bowling lane, billiard
swimming pool
day & night club
stadium,coliseum,gymnasuim
other sports & recreational establishment

6. Restaurants & other eateries

Short term special education like:
a.
b.
c.
d.

dance schools
school for self defense
driving schools
speech clinics

7. Storerooms but only as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business
8. Commercial housing like:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

hotel
apartment
apartel
boarding house
dormitory
pension house
club house
motel

9. Library museum
10. Filling Station/service station
11. Clinic
12. Vocational/technical school
13. Convention Center & related facilities
14. Messengerial services
15. Security agency
16. Janitorial services
17. Bank & other financial institutions
18. Radio & television station
19. Building garage, parking lot
20. Bakery & baking of bread, cake, pastries, pies,& other similar perishable products
21. Custom dressmaking shop
22. Custom tailors shop
23. Commercial job training
24. Typing & photo engraving services
25. Repair of optical instruments & requirement & cameras

26. Repair of clocks & watches

27. Manufacture o0f insignia, badges & similar emblems except metal
28. Transportation terminals/garage with & without repair
29. Repair shops like:
a. house appliances repair shops
b. motor vehicles & accessory repair shops
c. home furnishing shops
30. Printing/ publishing
31. Machinery display shop/ center
32. Gravel & sand
33. Lumber/ hardware
34. Manufacture of ice, ice block, cubes, tubes, crush, except dry ice
35. Printing & publishing of books & pamphlets, printing cards & stationary
36. Manufacture of signs & advertising displays (except printed)
37. Chicharon factory
38. Manufacture of wood furniture including upholstered
39. Manufacture of rattan furniture including upholstered
40. Manufacture of box beds & mattresses
41. Wedding shop
42. Machine shop service operation (repairing/rebuilding, or custom job orders)
43. Medium scale junk shop
44. Repair of motorcycles
45. Lechon of whole pig roasting
46. Biscuit factory- manufacture of biscuits, cookies, crackers, & other similar dried bakery
products
47. Doughnut &hopia factory
48. Other bakery products not elsewhere classified (n.e.c)
49. Repacking of food products e.g. fruits, vegetables, sugar & other related products
50. Plant nursery
51. Funeral parlors, mortuaries & crematory services & memorial chapels
52. Other commercial activities not elsewhere classified
Section 13.Use Regulations in General Institutional(GIZ) Zone. In GI Zone, the following uses
shall be allowed:
1. Government center to house national, regional or local offices in the area
2. Colleges, universities, professional business schools, vocational & trade schools,
technical schools & other institutions of higher learning.
3. General hospitals, medical centers, multipurpose clinics
4. Scientific, cultural & academic centers research facilities except nuclear, radioactive,
chemical & biological warfare facilities
5. Convention centers & related facilities
6. religious structure e.g. church, seminary, convents
7. Museums

8. Embassies/consulate
9. Student housing e.g. dormitories, boarding house
Section 14.Use regulations in Parks & recreation Zone (PRZ). The following uses shall be
allowed in parks & Recreation Zones:
1. Parks/ gardens
2. Resort areas e.g. beaches, including accessory uses
3. Open air or outdoor sports activities & support facilities, including low rise stadia, gyms,
amphitheaters & swimming pools
4. Golf courses, ball courts, race tracts & similar uses
5. Memorial/ Shrines monuments, kiosks & other park structures
6. Sports Club
7. Parking & structure/ facilities
Section 18. Regulations in Tourism Development Zone (TZ)
No tourism project or tourism related activities shall be allowed in tourism zones unless develop
or undertaken in accordance with the guidelines & standards set by the Municipal Government
unit through the Sangguniang Bayan, or the Local Tourism Council, as the case maybe, & the
PAMB.
However the following minimum standards shall apply for all tourism development projects.
1.

Setbacks & Buffer Zones

a. The shoreline setback shall measure 20 meters provided that they could pass the
required EIA and present ECC.
b. Cottages & other structure shall be at least 15 meters from the highest water level
mark of lagoons & their channels, swamps & mangrove areas.
c. Cottages & other structures shall be at least 10 meters from the foot of steep hills
with the exception on areas with limited spaces set following the above limitation
should be allowed provided that it will follows regulations.

2.

Clearing & grading

a. Clearing & grading shall not impede or alter existing drainage patterns.
b. All area shall be left clean of rubbish or litter.
3. Trail Construction
a. Access footpaths shall be at least 0.09 meters to a maximum of 1.8 meters in
width.
b. The vegetation that will be removed shall only be those that must be sacrificed for
the minimum recommended trail width. Among the sides of steep & rocky

seacoast promontories, trails shall be a vegetative buffer zone of at least 2 meters

along the edge towards the sea.
c. Where wall constructions are necessary to stabilize the side of a trail, the wall
shall be built on a natural rock foundation & the base of the wall shall be equal
one- half of the height.
d. Trail width shall be increased to 2 or 2.5 meters where there is steep dangerous
drop-off flow below the trail.
4. Sewage Disposal
a. Sewage disposal shall be at least 25 meters away from shallow wells & 15 meter
from deep wells.
5.

Landscaping & Tree Protection

a. All existing trees with trunk diameter of 14 inches & above shall be preserved.
6.

Construction of Windbreaks
a. Appropriate vegetation shall be use for windbreaks.
However it shall not be established within the 30 meters setbacks
to keep view corridor open for other cottages behind it.

7.

Miscellaneous Concerns
a. Fences should not block the view of adjoining properties. The allowed maximum
height of fence shall only be 6 meters concrete. It shall not cut across channels &
drainage areas.
b. There shall be no clearing of the grass strip between the coastal road and the
beach for trails or passageways.

All development proposals shall observe and comply with the provisions of the National
Building Code, Sanitation Code, Structural Code, P.D. 957, BP 220 and other rules and
regulations, as the case maybe.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL DISTRICT REGULATION
Section 22.
Development Density, This ordinance is not fixing the maximum density for all
the zones in the municipality. However, the density should be based on the planned absolute
level of density that is intended for each zone based on the municipalities. Comprehensive Land
and Water Use Plan.
Section 23.
Height Regulation Building Height of structures along the beaches of the
municipality, especially in areas with scenic views, shall not be more than 9 meters from the

natural gridline. This is to ensure general public enjoyment of such views and to maintain
harmony of the built environment with the natural environment.
Building height of structures in other zones must conform to the requirements of the National
Building Code, the Structural Code of the Philippines, and all laws, ordinances, design standards,
rules and regulations related to building construction.
Section 24.
Area Regulations.Area regulation in all zones shall conform with the minimum
requirements of existing codes such as:
a.

P.D. 957 the Subdivision and Condominium Buyers Protective Law. And its
revised implementing rules and regulations.

b.

B.P. 220 Promulgation of Different Levels of Standards and Technical

Requirements for Economic and Socialized Housing Projects and its revised
implementing rule and regulations.

c.

P.D. 1096 National Building Code of the Philippines

d.

Fire Code

e.

Sanitation Code of the Philippines

f.

Plumbing Code

g.

Structural code of the Philippines

h.

Executive Order No. 648

i.

Other relevant guidelines promulgated by the national agencies concerned.

Section 25.
Road Setback Regulations. The road setback requirements of the department of
public work and highways commences from the edge of the right of way. For the major
thoroughfares and roads with established grades, One (1) meter setback for residential areas is
allowed.
Property owners shall observe the setback requirements annotated in their respected Transfer
Certificate of Titles (TCT).
Section 26.Easement.Pursuant to the provisions of the Water Code, the following are the
prescribed easements for banks of rivers and streams, the shores of the seas and lakes
throughout their entire length.
1.
2.
3.

Three (3) meters on both sides within the urban zones

Twenty (20) meters on both sides within the agricultural zones
Forty (40) meters on both sides within forest zone.

Further use of areas along its margins are subjects to easement 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 of
recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing and salvage or to build structure of any kind.
Section 27.Buffer Regulations. Buffer will assure the provision of light & ventilation and can
mitigate adverse impacts and nuisances brought by development located in nearby properties.
Buffer Requirement- The Zoning Officer, when necessary shall require the provision of a
buffer to ameliorate or ease the offensive conditions brought by noise, odor, unpleasant
structures, or possible hazards of fire or explosions.
Buffer between Adjoining Properties- In case of two developments such as residential &
commercial or commercial and industrial, the more intense use shall provide the proper
buffer.
If a development shall be introduced a vacant lot, the owners of the proposed project of
development, shall notify the owners of the adjacent properties of its development their.
Hereunder is the land use intensities, from largely intensive to least intensive:
Light Industrial
General Commercial Uses
General Institutional
Parks and Recreation
Agricultural
Residential
Eco- tourism

(most intensive)

(least intensive)

Buffers on Simultaneous Developments In case two developments shall occur

instantaneously, the more intense shall provide the necessary buffer.
Location of Buffers the setback of structures or buildings shall also serve a buffer. In no
case shall buffers occupy public lands or street right-of-way.
Forms of types of Buffer Landscaped buffers are encouraged. In cases where this is not
possible, a developer or project proponent shall put up a fence that will diminish or
control the impacts of his/development to the adjacent properties. The fencing material
should match or in harmony with the design of the structure.
Buffer between Two Zones A buffer of 3 meters shall be provided along entire
boundary length between two or more conflicting zones allocating a minimum of 1.5
meters or higher as deemed appropriate by the Zoning Officer, from each side of the
district 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, When necessary, the Zoning Officer shall
require that a buffer may also contain barrier such as a berm or a fence and additional
screening be provided when necessary, to achieve the desired buffer between conflicting
uses.
Section 28.Building Projections Signs, Eaves Canopies and Covered Walks.

Signs to be displayed or put for public view, and the construction and location of
eaves, canopies, and covered walks must comply with the National building Code and
other applicable laws, rules & regulations.

Advertising and business signs eaves and canopies or any similar architectural or
structural feature shall be allowed to project outside of the property line.

Large advertising and business signs painted on the wall shall not be allowed.

No business sign or advertising boards shall cause obstruction to the flow of

traffic along the roads of the municipality at any given time of the day.

Covered walks from the structure to the street curb may be allowed, but shall in
no case be permanent in nature. Such covered walk shall be removed by the owner if and
when the same shall stand in the way of street widening, installation of repair of utilities
or any similar improvements.

Advertising and business signs shall be subject to the review and approval of the
Municipal Planning and Development Office and the Municipal Building Official. This is
for aesthetic or visual consideration to ensure harmony of the signs with the prevailing
character of a given area. If needed, the Municipal Planning and Development Office or
the Building Official shall require the size or dimensions of the sign boards.
Section 29.Specific Provision 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 or rear lots, access yard requirements and dwelling groups, which are
not in conflict with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, shall be observe.
ARTICLE VII
INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES
Section 30. Innovative Techniques or Designs. For projects that introduce flexibility and
creativity in designs or plan such as but not limited to Planned Unit Development,
housing projects covered by New Town Development under RA 7279, Commercial

Complex, etc., the Zoning Officer shall on grounds of innovative development techniques
forward applications to HLURB for appropriate action, unless the local government unit
concerned has the capacity to process the same.
Section 33.Subdivision Projects. All owners and or developers of subdivision projects
shall, in addition to securing a Locational Clearance under Section 38 of this Ordinance,
be required to secure Development Permit pursuant to the provisions of Presidential
Decree No. 957 and its implementing rules and regulations, or Batas Pambansa Blg. 220
and its implementing rules and regulations, in the case of Socialized and Economic
Housing projects, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Executive Order No.
71, Series of 1993.
The Sangguniang Bayan, by virtue of the Local Government Code is authorized under the
Local Government Code and Executive Order No. 71 Series of 1993 to review and
approve subdivision projects, memorial parks, farm lot subdivisions, and industrial
subdivisions.
The SB shall create an appropriate group or committee to conduct technical review of the
mentioned projects and accordingly make recommendations for the SB consideration and
approval, as the case maybe.
Membership to the technical review committee shall be identified and designated to
perform the task required, if the technical employees of the LGU such as the MPDC, the
Building Official, or Municipal Engineer were designated as members of the committee,
they shall perform the required task in addition to their present job or work assignment.