BP 220-Definition 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 HLURB

shall mean the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

Cluster Housing

single-family detached dwelling unit containing three or more separate living units grouped closely together to form relatively compact structures.

Community Facilities

facilities or structures intended to serve common needs and for the benefit of the community, such as neighborhood/multipurpose center, drugstore, school, livelihood center, and the like.

Dwelling

a building designed or used as residence for one or more families.

Single Detached, Duplex/Single Attached, Row house, Single-family dwelling, and Multi-Family Dwelling

Dwelling Types

Single Detached

a dwelling for 1 family which is completely surrounded by permanent open spaces, with independent access, services, and use of land.

Duplex/Single Attached

a dwelling containing 2 or more separate living units each of which is 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 dwelling

shall mean single family per lot.

Multi Family Dwelling

a dwelling on 1 lot containing separate living units for 3 or more families, usually provided with common access, services and use of land

Shell house, and Complete house

Level of Completion

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 House

a habitable dwelling unit which meets the minimum requirements for a shell house with the following additional components being included as part thereof: all windows and doors and partition walls for separating functional areas.

Economic Housing

a type of housing project provided to average income families.

Fire Resistive Time Period Rating

fire resistive time period is the length of time a material can withstand being burned which may be 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours or more.

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; it shall also extend horizontally up to a minimum distance beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units.

(Amended per Board Res. No. 824, Series of 2008)

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 Dwelling

a dwelling on one lot containing separate living units for 3 or more 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. Change of occupancy is not intended to include change of tenants or proprietors.

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.

Pathwalk

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/Playgrounds

that portion of the subdivision which is generally not built on and intended for passive or active recreation.

Socialized Housing

refers to housing programs and projects covering houses and lots and homelots 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.