PAPARAZZI (CODES)

PD 1096, RA 9514, BP 344 HANDOUTS

1) A Filipino citizen and of good moral character.

2) A duly registered architect or civil engineer.

3) A member of good standing of a duly accredited organization of his profession for not less than five (5) years endorsed or recommended by the accredited professional organization.

4) Has at least five (5) years of diversified and professional experience in building design and construction.

5) Has attended and successfully completed a seminar workshop on PD 1096 and its IRR conducted bythe DPWH.

Qualifications of Building Officials

The Building Official shall retain not more than _____ of the income/collection derived from permit fees and other charges for the operating expenses of his office. The remainder of _____ shall accrue to the general fund of the respective city/municipality.

20% and 100%

A dwelling intended for the use and occupancy by the family of the owner only and constructed of native materials such as bamboo, nipa, logs, or lumber, the total cost of which does not exceed fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000.00).

Traditional Indigenous Family Dwelling

A _____ is any act, omission, establishment, business, condition of property, or anything else which: (1) Injures or endangers the health or safety of others; or (2) Annoys or offends the senses; or (3) Shocks, defies or disregards decency or morality; or (4) Obstructs or interferes with the free passage of any public highway or street, or any body of water; or (5) Hinders or impairs the use of property

Nuisance

i. Architectural Permit

ii. Civil/Structural Permit

iii. Electrical Permit

iv. Mechanical Permit

v. Sanitary Permit

vi. Plumbing Permit

vii. Electronics Permit

Ancillary Permits

Are issued by the Building Official for accessory parts of the project with very special functions or use which are indicated in the plans and specifications that accompany the building permit application.

Accessory Permits

Vicinity Map/Location Plan: Kilometer radius for commercial, industrial, and institutional complex.

2.00km

Vicinity Map/Location Plan: Kilometer radius for residential buildings.

0.5km

Showing technical description, boundaries, orientation and position of proposed building/structure in relation to the lot, existing or proposed access road and driveways and existing public utilities/services.

Site Development Plan

Floor Plans drawn to scale of not less than _____ showing: gridlines, complete identification of rooms or functional spaces.

1:100

Perspective drawn at a convenient scale and taken from a vantage point.

Bird’s Eye View or Eye Level

When the application for building permit and the plans and specifications submitted herewith conforms to the requirements of the Code and its IRR, the Building Official shall within _____ from payment of the required fees by the applicant, issue the building permit applied for.

Fifteen (15) Days

The engineer or architect who drew up the plans and specifications for a building/structure is liable for damages if within _____ from the completion of the building/structure, the same should collapse due to defect in the plans or specifications or defects in the ground.

Fifteen (15) Years

That no building/structure shall be used until the Building Official has issued a _____ therefor as provided in the Code.

Certificate of Occupancy

The Owner/Permittee shall submit a duly accomplished prescribed _____ to the Office of the Building Official prior to any construction activity.

Notice of Construction

A building permit issued under the provisions of the Code shall expire and become null and void if the building or work authorized therein is not commenced within a period of _____ after the issuance of the building permit, or is suspended or abandoned at any time after it has been commenced for a period of _____.

One (1) Year; One Hundred Twenty (120) Days.

Needed for Certificate of Occupancy

1.) Certificate of Completion

2.) Construction Logbook

3.) Building Inspection Sheets

4.) As-Built Plans

Main, major and dominant use of a building or premises as distinguished from an accessory use.

Principal

Use or structure that is clearly and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of a building or premises.

Accessory

Specified uses of a property that may be allowed under certain circumstances.

Conditional

Residential building/structure for exclusive use of single family occupants.

Division A-1

Low-density residential zone, characterized mainly by single-family, single detached dwellings with the usual community ancillary uses on a neighborhood scale, such as executive subdivisions and relatively exclusive residential communities which are not subdivisions.

Residential R-1

Residential building for the exclusive use of non-leasing occupants not exceeding 10 persons.

Division A-2

Medium density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise single-attached, duplex or multi-level building/ structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings.

Residential R-2 (Basic and Maximum)

Single-attached or duplex building/structure of from one (1) storey up to three (3) storeys in height and with each unit for separate use as single-family dwellings.

Residential R-2 Basic

Low-rise multi-level building/structure of from three (3) up to five (5) storeys in height and for use as multiple family dwellings.

Residential R-2 Maximum

High-density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise or medium-rise building/ structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings with mixed housing types.

Residential R-3 (Basic and Maximum)

A medium to high-density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise townhouse building/ structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings.

Residential R-4

A very high-density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a medium-rise or high-rise condominium building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwelling.

Residential R-5

Rowhouse building/structure of from one (1) storey up to three (3) storeys in height and with each unit for separate use as single-family dwellings.

Residential R-3 Basic

Medium-rise multi-level building/ structure of from six (6) up to twelve (12) storeys in height and for use as multiple family dwellings.

Residential R-3 Maximum

Eaves over required windows shall not be less than _____ from the side and rear property lines.

750mm

Projections beyond the exterior wall shall not exceed beyond a point ______ from an assumed vertical plane located where the fire-resistive protection of openings is first required to the location on property whichever is the least restrictive.

1/3 the Distance

Distance shall be measured at _____ from the property line.

Right Angles

When openings in exterior walls are required to be protected due to distance from property line, the sum of the areas of such openings in any storey shall not exceed _____ of the total area of the wall in that storey.

50%

No firewalls are allowed for _____ uses or occupancies.

Low Density Residential (R-1)

For medium density residential (R-2) uses or occupancies, a firewall can be erected on a maximum of _____ of the total length of a side property line

80%

For a R-3 use or occupancy with a firewall on two (2) sides, a firewall can be erected on a maximum of _____ of the total length of each side property line; provided that all firewall construction shall not exceed _____ of the total perimeter of the R-3 property

85%; 65%

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 _____ in width.

1.20m

Minimum horizontal dimension of said courts and yards shall be not less than _____.

2.00m

The required open space left between the outermost face of the building/structure and the property lines, e.g., front, rear, right and left side.

Yard

The width of the yard is the _____.

Setback

All inner courts shall be connected to a street or yard, either by a passageway with a minimum width of _____ or by a door through a room or rooms.

1.20m

An occupied space between building lines and lot lines other than a yard; free, open, and unobstructed by appendages from the ground upward.

Court

A form of a semi-permanent or permanent structure constructed along a property line, usually of masonry or reinforced concrete or other fire-rated material where absolutely no form of permitted opening, whether temporary/permanent or operable/inoperable, is allowed on it.

Abutment

Minimum Setbacks for R-1

4.50m, 2.00m, 2.00m

Minimum Setbacks for R-2 Basic

3.00m, 2.00m, 2.00m

Minimum Setbacks for R-2 Maximum

8.00m, 2.00m, 2.00m

Minimum Setbacks for R-3 Basic

3.00m

Minimum Setbacks for R-3 Maximum

8.00m, 2.00m (optional), 2.00m

Minimum Setbacks for R-4

4.50m, 2.00m (optional), 2.00m

Minimum Setbacks for R-5

6.00m, 3.00m, 3.00m

Minimum Setbacks if RROW below 10.00m

5.00m, 2.00m, 2.00m

Minimum Setbacks if RROW 10.00m to 19.00m

5.00m, 2.00m, 2.00m

Minimum Setbacks if RROW 20.00m to 24.00m

5.00m, 3.00m, 3.00m

Minimum Setbacks if RROW 25.00m to 29.00m

6.00m, 3.00m, 3.00m

Minimum Setbacks if RROW above 30.00m

8.00m, 5.00m, 5.00m

Every court shall have a width of not less than ____ for one (1) or two (2) storey buildings. However, if the court is treated as a yard or vice versa, this may be reduced to not less than ____ in cluster living units such as quadruplexes, rowhouses and the like.

2.00m; 1.50m

For buildings of more than two (2) storeys in height, the minimum width of the rear or side court shall be increased at the rate of ____ for each additional storey up to the fourteenth (14th) storey.

300mm

Minimum Ceiling Height: Habitable Rooms provided with Artificial Ventilation

2.40m

Minimum Ceiling Height: First Storey with Artificial Ventilation

2.70m

Minimum Ceiling Height: Second Storey with Artificial Ventilation

2.40m

Headroom Clearance: Succeeding Storeys with Artificial Ventilation

2.10m

Minimum Ceiling Height: Habitable Rooms provided with Natural Ventilation

2.70m

Minimum Ceiling Height: Mezzanine Floors

1.80m

Sizes and Dimensions of Rooms: Rooms for Human Habitations

6.00 sq. meters with a least dimension of 2.00 meters

Sizes and Dimensions of Rooms: Kitchen

3.00 sq. meters with a least dimension of 1.50 meters

Sizes and Dimensions of Rooms: Bath and toilet

1.20 sq. meters with a least dimension of 900 millimeters

Minimum Air Space: School Rooms

3.00 cu. meters with 1.00 sq. meter of floor area per person

Minimum Air Space: Workshop, Factories, and Offices

12.00 cu. meters of air space per person

Minimum Air Space: Habitable Rooms

14.00 cu. meters of air space per person

• Detecting, stopping, and escaping fire

• Fire doors, compartmentation, etc.

• Good planning and design

Passive Fire Protection

• Containing and preventing it from further spreading

• FDAS, AFSS, fire extinguishers, fire hose reels, landing valve, etc.

Active Fire Protection

More rigid and uniform in design and construction, but they also provide more certainty and consistency in quality and safety.

Prescriptive-based Design

Allow more flexibility and innovation in design and construction, as long as the performance criteria are met.

Performance-based Design

A continuous and unobstructed route of exit from one point in a building, structure or facility to a public way consisting of three (3) distinct parts: exit, access and exit discharge.

Means of Egress

That portion of means of egress that is separated from all other spaces of a building or structure by construction, location, or equipment as required to provide a protected way of travel to the exit discharge.

Exit

That portion of means of egress that leads to an exit.

Exit Access

That portion of a means of egress between the termination of an exit and a public way.

Exit Discharge

Projections of not more than _____ at a maximum height of _____ within the means of egress on each side shall be permitted.

114mm; 965mm

The width of any means of egress shall not be less than _____.

915mm

Number of means of egress when occupant load is 1-500.

2 Means of Egress

Number of means of egress when occupant load is 500-1000.

3 Means of Egress

Number of means of egress when occupant load is more than 1000.

At least 4 Means of Egress

Means of egress shall be so arranged that there are no dead-end pockets, hallways, corridors, passage ways or courts, whose depth exceeds _____.

6.00m

Door openings in means of egress shall not be less than _____ in clear width.

710mm

No single door in a doorway shall exceed _____ in width. (Means of Egress)

1.22m

(Fire Code) Maximum Height of Risers

180mm

(Fire Code) Minimum Height of Risers

100mm

(Fire Code) Minimum Tread Depth

280mm

(Fire Code) Minimum Headroom

2.00m

(Fire Code) Maximum Height between Landings

3.66m

Total Cumulative Occupant Load Assigned to Stairs: Less than 2,000 persons

1.12m

Total Cumulative Occupant Load Assigned to Stairs: More than 2,000 persons

1.42m

(Fire Code) Maximum Slope

1:12

(Fire Code) Cross Slope

1:48

(Fire Code) Maximum Rise for a Single Ramp Run

760mm

Government-owned Living Accommodations

10% of the Total Number of Units

Wheelchair Clearance: Knee and Leg Space under Tables

700m

Wheelchair Clearance: Clear Space

900m