Summary of PD 1096 Rule 8&9
Summary of PD 1096 Rule 8&9
PD 1096
SECTION 801. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
• All buildings shall face a street or public alley or a private street which has
been duly approved.
• Courts, yards, and light wells shall be measured clear of all projections from
the walls enclosing such wells or yards with the exception of roof leaders,
wall copings, sills, or steel fire escapes not exceeding 1.20 meters in width.
Figure VIII.2. Figure VIII.3. Figure VIII.4. Figure VIII.5. Figure VIII.6.
*** Abutments on two sides and rear property lines may be allowed with conditions as
enumerated under Section 804.
***** Mixed-Use Buildings/Structures in R-5 lots shall be considered a commercial use
or occupancy if a substantial percentage, i.e., 55% of the Gross Floor Area (GFA)
is commercial.
Figure VIII.16.
• Habitable rooms provided with artificial ventilation shall have ceiling heights not less than
2.40 meters measured from the floor to the ceiling; provided that for buildings of more
than one (1) storey, the minimum ceiling height of the first storey shall be 2.70 meters
and that for the second story 2.40 meters and the succeeding stories shall have an
unobstructed typical head-room clearance of not less than 2.10 meters above the
finished floor. Above-stated rooms with natural ventilation shall have ceiling heights of not
less than 2.70 meters.
• Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height not less than 1.80 meters above and
below it.
a. Rooms for Human Habitations – 6.00 sq. meters with a least dimension of
2.00 meters;
b. Kitchen – 3.00 sq. meters with a least dimension of 1.50 meters; and
a. School Rooms – 3.00 cu. meters with 1.00 sq. meter of floor area per
person;
b. Workshop, Factories, and Offices – 12.00 cu. meters of air space per
person; and
• Rooms shall be provided with a window or windows with a total free area of
openings equal to at least 10% of the floor area of the room, provided
that such opening shall be not less than 1.00 sq. meter.
• Toilet and bath rooms, laundry rooms and similar rooms shall be provided
with window or windows with an area not less than 1/20 of the floor area
of such rooms, provided that such opening shall not be less than 240 sq.
millimeters.
• Eaves, canopies, awnings (or media agua) over required windows shall not be
less than 750 millimeters from the side and rear property lines.
• Ventilation skylights shall have a glass area not less than that required for the
windows that are replaced. They shall be equipped with movable sashes or
louvers with an aggregate net free area not less than the parts in the
replaced window that can be opened, or else provide artificial ventilation of
equivalent effectiveness.
b. Pedestrian access-ways and the like and to be located at/ above/below the
easement may also be developed for public use, e.g., a promenade and the like.
Figure VIII.G.1.
SOURCE: NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 2018
GUIDELINES ON EASEMENTS, VIEW CORRIDORS/SIGHT LINES,
STREETS/ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY (RROW), SIDEWALKS, ARCADES,
BASEMENTS, LOTS,AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES
b. Pedestrian access-ways and the like and to be located at/ above/below the
easement may also be developed for public use, e.g., a promenade and the like.
Figure VIII.G.4.
SOURCE: NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 2018
GUIDELINES ON EASEMENTS, VIEW CORRIDORS/SIGHT LINES,
STREETS/ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY (RROW), SIDEWALKS, ARCADES,
BASEMENTS, LOTS,AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES
Suggested Minimum Range of Suggested
Range of Total
Required Minimum to Suggested Suggested
Alley or
Width of Maximum Minimum to Minimum to
No building shall be constructed unless it RROW
Width
Alley or Roadway/ Vehicle Speeds Maximum Maximum
Carriageway Along Alley or Median Widths Lane Widths
adjoins or has direct access to public space, (meters)
(meters) Roadway (meters) (meters)
(kilometers/hour)
yard or street/road on at least one (1) of its 2.00 2.00
sides. All buildings shall face a public street, (for 3.00 meters
Alley ROW) 1.00
None one way
car passage
3.00 to 6.00
alley or a road, which has been duly approved 4.00
(for 6.00 meters
to
15.00 None
2.10
each way
by the proper authorities for residential, RROW)
4.81
institutional, commercial and industrial groups. (for 6.01 meters None
2.40
each way
RROW) 16.00
6.10 to 20.00
13.40 to
(for 20.00 meters 30.00 1.20 to 2.00 2.80 to 3.00
RROW)
13.50
(for 20.10 meters 1.20 to 4.50 3.00 to 3.30
RROW) 31.00
20.10 to 40.00
Table VIII.G.2.Suggested Median and Lane Widths 26.80
(for 40.00 meters
to
60.00 1.20 to 4.80 3.3 to 3.50
Within Alleys/Roadways/Carriageways by Minimum RROW)
26.90
RROW Width and by Suggested Vehicle Speeds (for 40.10 meters 1.50 to 5.00 3.50 to 3.80
40.10 to
RROW) 61.00
60.00 and
40.00 and
above
(for 60.00 meters above 1.50 to 5.50 3.80 to 4.00
RROW)
SOURCE: NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 2018
GUIDELINES ON EASEMENTS, VIEW CORRIDORS/SIGHT LINES,
STREETS/ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY (RROW), SIDEWALKS, ARCADES,
BASEMENTS, LOTS,AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES
Minimum
Minimum Minimum
Total
Width of Width of
Number of Width of
Carriageway/ Sidewalk
Dwelling Units the
Roadway on each side
RROW
(meters) (meters)
(meters)
Up to six (6) units 3.00 0.60 4.20
Seven (7) up to fifteen (15)
4.00 1.00 6.00
units
Sixteen (16) up to
5.00 1.00 7.00
Twenty-five (25) units
Twenty-six (26) up to
6.00 1.00 8.00
Thirty-five (35) units
More than thirty-five (35)
6.70 1.00 8.70
units
SOURCE: NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 2018 Figure VIII.G.9. Figure VIII.G.10.
GUIDELINES ON EASEMENTS, VIEW CORRIDORS/SIGHT LINES,
STREETS/ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY (RROW), SIDEWALKS, ARCADES,
BASEMENTS, LOTS,AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES
Figure VIII.G.11.
Figure VIII.G.12.
• SIDEWALKS
The minimum width of the sidewalk for a RROW width of 9.00 meters or more shall
be 1.20 meters on each side of the RROW or a total of 2.40 meters on both sides of
the RROW Total Minimum Widths of Planting Strip within
Road Right-Of-Way RROW*
Road Right-Of-Way Range of Required Sidewalk Widths (RROW) Width (width per sides of RROW)
(RROW) Width (Total at both sides of RROW) (meters)
1.20
30.00 meters & above
(0.60 )
30.00 meters & above From 1/6 up to 1/4 of RROW Width 0.60
From 1/6 up to 1/3 of RROW Width 25.00 - 29.00 meters
25.00 - 29.00 meters (0.30)
20.00 - 24.00 meters From 1/6 up to 1/3 of RROW Width 20.00 - 24.00 meters
0.60
10.00 - 19.00 meters From 1/4 up to 1/3 of RROW Width (0.30)
From 1/4 up to 1/3 of RROW Width 0.40
Below 10.00 meters 10.00 - 19.00 meters
(0.20)
Below 10.00 meters Optional
Table VIII.G.4. Range of Required Sidewalk and Planting Strip Widths Table VIII.G.5. Minimum Planting Strip Widths by RROW Width
(total at both sides of RROW) by RROW Width Note:
* Minimum width of planting strip (for grass and shrubs) is
200 millimeters for each side of the RROW. The minimum width of
planting strip (for trees) is 300 millimeters for each side of the RROW.
SOURCE: NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 2018
GUIDELINES ON EASEMENTS, VIEW CORRIDORS/SIGHT LINES,
STREETS/ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY (RROW), SIDEWALKS, ARCADES,
BASEMENTS, LOTS,AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES
• BASEMENTS
Figure VIII.G.23.
GENERAL
SITE SELECTION
➢ Site analysis should show an accurate and thorough understanding of the site.
➢ The site must be properly and completely described, clearly defining its
technical boundaries, showing access thereto such as highway, road or alley
and indicating easements, encroachments, approved building lines, proposed
road widening, existing buildings/structures, utilities/services and trees.
SITE DEVELOPMENT
PD 1096
SECTION 901. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Civil Code of the Philippines on Property, Ownership, and
its Modification, all buildings hereafter erected, altered, remodeled, relocated or repaired for human
habitation shall be provided with:
• Plumbing Installation
• Suitable Wastewater treatment or Disposal System
a) The potable water used for human habitation shall be supplied from existing
municipal or city waterworks systems.
b) The quality of drinking water from underground sources shall conform to the latest
criteria approved by the National Standards for Drinking Water.
c) Deep wells : Water Code of the Philippines (PD 1067)
d) Independent waterworks systems of private housing subdivisions or industrial estates
shall be governed by existing laws relating to local waterworks systems.
e) Water piping installations : Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
Code on Sanitation of the Philippines and Code on Sanitation of the Philippines and the Revised
Department of Environment and Natural National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
Resources (DENR)
C.
Sanitary and Industrial Plumbing Installations Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
• Garbage bins and receptacles shall be provided with ready means for
cleaning and with positive protection against entry of pests and vermins