STANDARDS

Minor roads shall have a right-of-way of 6.50 meters wide.

For multi-family dwellings and condominiums, the parking requirement shall be one (1)
parking slot per eight (8) living units. The size of an average automobile (car) parking slot
must be computed at 2.5 meters by 5.0 meters for perpendicular or diagonal parking and at
2.15 meters by 6.0 meters for parallel parking. The driveway may be used as parking area
provided that the minimum right-of-way shall be maintained. (See figure 16: Parking Layout).
DEFENITION OF TERMS

Alley a public way with a width of 2.0 meters intended to break a block and
to serve both pedestrian and for emergency vehicles, both ends
connecting to streets. It shall not be used as access to property.
Block A parcel of land bounded on the sides by streets occupied by or
intended for buildings.
Board or shall mean the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board.
HLURB
Cluster single-family detached dwelling unit containing three or more separate
Housing living units grouped closely together to form relatively compact
structures.
Community facilities or structures intended to serve common needs and for the
Facilities benefit of the community, such as neighborhood/multi-purpose
center, drugstore, school, livelihood center, and the like.
Dwelling a building designed or used as residence for one or more families.
a. Dwelling
Types
Single a dwelling for 1 family which is completely surrounded by permanent
Detached open spaces, with independent access, services, and use of land.
Duplex/Single a dwelling containing 2 or more separate living units each of which is
Attached separated from another by party or lot lines walls and provided with
independent access, services, and use of land. Such dwelling shall
include duplexes, quadruplex or terraces, and cluster housing.
Row house a single-attached dwelling containing 3 or more separate living units
designed in such a way that they abut each other at the sides, as in a
row, and are separated from each other by party walls; provided with
 independent access, and use of land. There shall be a maximum of 20
units per block or cluster but in no case shall this be beyond 100
meters in length.
Single-family shall mean single family per lot.
dwelling
Multi Family a dwelling on 1 lot containing separate living units for 3 or more
Dwelling families, usually provided with common access, services and use of
land.
Shell house a habitable dwelling unit which meets the minimum requirements for a
housing core with the following additional components being included
as part thereof: 1) All exterior walls to enclose the unit 2) Openings for
doors and windows 3) Plumbing fixtures 4) Electrical wiring within the
unit 5) Floor
Complete a habitable dwelling unit which meets the minimum requirements for a
House shell house with the following additional components being included
as part thereof: all windows and doors and partition walls for
separating functional areas.
Economic a type of housing project provided to average income families.
Housing
Fire Resistive fire resistive time period is the length of time a material can withstand
Time Period being burned which may be 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours or more.
Rating
Firewall any wall which separates 2 abutting living units and extends vertically
from the lowest portion of the wall which adjoins the 2 living units up to
a minimum height of 0.30 meter above the highest portion of the roof
attached to it; the firewall shall also extend horizontally up to a
minimum distance beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living
units.
Frontage that part or end of a lot which abuts a street.
Living Unit a dwelling, or portion thereof, providing complete living facilities for 1
family, including provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing
and toilet facilities and laundry facilities, the same as a single-family
dwelling.
Lot a portion of a subdivision or any parcel of land intended as a unit for
transfer of ownership or for building development.
Lot Line Wall a wall used only by the party upon whose lot the wall is located,
erected at a line separating two parcels of land each of which is a
separate real estate entity.
Multi Family a dwelling on one lot containing separate living units for 3 or more
Dwelling families, usually provided with common access, services and use of
land.
Occupancy the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be used. The
term shall also include the building or room housing such use.
Open Space shall refer to areas allocated for the following purposes:
a. Circulation
b. Community facilities
c. Park/playground
d. Easements
e. Courts
Party Wall a wall used jointly by two parties under easement agreement, erected
upon a line separating 2 parcels of land each of which is a separate
real estate.
Path walk a public way intended to be used only as pedestrian access to property
for socialized housing projects. It shall have a width of 3.0 meters and a
maximum length of 60 meters.
Parks/Playgrou that portion of the subdivision which is generally not built on and
nds intended for passive or active recreation
Socialized refers to housing programs and projects covering houses and lots and
Housing home lots only undertaken by the government or the private sector for
the underprivileged and homeless citizens which shall include sites
and services development, long term financing, liberalized terms on
interest payments, and such other benefits in accordance with the
provisions of R.A. 7279 or the urban development and housing act of
1992.