HLURB's PLANNING STANDARDS

SECTORAL STANDARDS

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A.                 SOCIAL SECTOR

 

1.                  Education

 

1.1       Pre-School (Kindergarten Level)

 

1.  School site must have a minimum lot area of 500 square meters. The area may be  divided into a minimum 140 square meters for the playground. This area is only good for not more than 4 classes.

 

2.  Space for playground must be provided, otherwise, easy and safe access to the nearest part of open space not more than 200 meters walking distance from school site may be presented as an alternative.

 

3.  Classroom size should be 1 ½ square meter per child.

 

4.  There should be at least one toilet seat for every 25 children at one time, preferably with separate bathroom for boys and girls.

 

5.  Lighting and ventilation should be proper and adequate. There should be natural and electric lighting. For a classroom 7 x 9 meters, there should be at least two fluorescent lamps and one wide window and electric fans to allow cross ventilation.

 

1.2              Elementary School Sites

 

Standard Requirements

 

Size. This size of the site must meet the requirements of the enrollment and kind of schools as well as the recreational needs of the pupils. It shall be wide enough to make adequate provisions for an athletic field playground, lawns, agricultural activities and future building expansions.  The standards requirements of school sites for elementary schools are as follows:

 

a.       One-half hectare (1/2 ha.) for a barrio school which has only one or two classes and no grade above Grade IV.

 

b.      One hectare (1 ha.) for a central school which has six classes or for non-Central School which has from three to four classes.

 

c.       Two hectares (2 has.) for schools which have from seven to nine classes.

 

d.      Three hectares (3 has.) for schools which have from ten to twelve classes.

 

e.       Four hectares (4 has.) for schools which have more than twelve classes.

 

How ever for special cases, where is difficulty in meeting above standards, the following may be allowed:

 

a.         For Rural Areas

One-half hectare (1/2 ha.) for a center school which has six classes. One and One half non- central school which has from three to four classes. One and one half hectare (1 ½ ha.) for

One-half hectare (1/2 ha.) for six to ten classes. Three fourth of a hectare (3/4 ha.) for eleven to twenty classes. One hectare (1 ha.) for twenty one or more classes.

 

Elementary Buildings

Standard Requirements

Adequate. There should be sufficient number of standards classrooms to accommodate the school enrollment, as well as enough internal spaces for other basic curricular and administrative needs of the school. A standard classroom should provide at least 1.2 sq. meters of space per pupil and on that basis the standard dimensions of elementary classrooms have been prescribed.

 

In a complete elementary school, there should be a room of preferably, a separate building for Industrial Arts (shop) classes and other room or separate building for home Economics classes, with a minimum standard area of 2.5 square meters per place, or a total of approximately 100 square meters.

 

Internal space should also be provided for such basic needs as an administrative office, a library (and/or learning resource center), a health clinic (first aid), a guidance and counseling room, toilets, storeroom, launch counter or room etc. At least 2 electrical outlets should be provided infront of each classroom, for the implementation of any feasible educational technology which requires electricity.

 

The minimum standards for instructional and administrative spaces are as follows:

 

1.    classroom (elementary)                              1.40 sq.m. per place

2.    Elementary School Shop                           2.50 sq.m. per place

3.    Administrative Office                                5.00 sq.m. per place

4.    Library/LRC                                              2.40 sq.m. per place

(10% of total employment) Provided that it is not smaller than The size of a classroom

5.    Medical/Dental Clinic                                28.0 sq.m. per gross

6.    Guidance Room                                         28. sq.m. per gross

7.    Corridor                                                     Above ground level, the minimum clearance width is 2.0 m. provided that the provisions

of the national Building Code & Fire codes of the Philippines other relevant rules and regulations are observed.

 

1.3              Secondary Schools

 

Size. The size of the school site is largely determined by the level of the education, the size of  the enrollment, the type of curriculum offered and the location of the school, i.e., whether urban or rural. The ground area occupied by school buildings and other structures should not exceed 40% of the school site in order to provide adequate open spaces for assembly and co-curricular activities, as well as to conform with national and local regulations and standards pertaining to setbacks and distances between buildings.

Minimum standards for instructional and administrative spaces: Classroom                                    1.40 sq.m. per place

Science Laboratory                                    2.10 sq.m. per place

Metal Trades                                   5.00 sq.m. per place

Mechanical Trades                          7.00 sq.m. per place

Electrical Trades                              4.00 sq.m. per place

Drafting/Drawing                              2.50 sq.m. per place

Farm Mechanics                               5.00 sq.m. per place

Farm Machinery                                6.50 sq.m. per place

Fish Capture/Culture                      2.50 sq.m. per place Preservation

 

Administrative and Services spaces

Administrative Office                           5.00 sq.m. per place

Medical/Dental Clinic                         28.00 sq.m. per place

Guidance Room                                  28.00 sq.m. per place

 

Library/Learning Resources Center

Capacity of 10% of the enrollment at 2.40 sq.m. per place, provided that the total area is not less than that of a standard classroom. In schools with more than one shift, the basis for computing the area is the shift with the largest enrollment.

 

Corridors

Not required at ground level if appropriate access to enclosed spaces is provided. Above ground level, the minimum clear width is 2.0 meters provided that the provisions of the National Building and Fire Codes of the Philippines and other relevant rules and regulations are observed.

 

1.4              Colleges and Universities

1.    The area of school site as a general rule will be as follows: 500 or less students           0.50 ha.

501 to 1,000                                        1.00 ha.

1,001 to 2,000                                     2.00 has.

2001 to 3000                                       3.00 has.

 

As a general rule, the same ratio should be maintained for enrollment in excess of 3,000.

 

2.     For larger colleges and universities the campus should be at least 7 hectares on the minimum number of students which is 10,000.

 

3.    There should be space on the campus for holding class programs and sports activities.

 

4.      The shape of a college site is not important as its total site, since landscape architects and college administrators can adapt a campus plan to a variety of shapes with relatively little less in efficient. A rectangular plot of ground with length not more than one and one-half times the width heads itself most readily to the proper location of the various college units.

Annex 4

 

Standard Classroom Dimension

 

TYPE OF BUILDING	FLOOR DIMENSION (m)	FLOOR AREA (sq.m.)	GROSS AREA Per place @ 40 PUPILS/ ROOMS (sq.m.)
Gabaldon Type Army Type Magsaysay Type Marcos Type Bagong Lipunan 1 Bagong Lipunan 2 Bagong Lipunan 3 RP-US Bayanihan ESF Building Imelda Type Pagcor Building JICA-EFIP Building JICA-TRSBP Building Multi-Purpose Workshop DECS one-room Bldg.	7 x 9 6 x 7 6 x 7 7.3 x 6 6 x 8 8 x 6 6 x 8 7.35 x 6 6 x 8 8 x 6 6 x 8 8 X 7 8 x 6.25 7 x 16 6 x 8	63 42 42 43.8 48 48 48 47.7 48 48 48 56 52 112 48	1.575 1.05 1.05 1.095 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.192 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.35 2.80 1.2

 

2.                  Health

 

2.1  Standards in RHU Personnel Population

One (1) Municipal Health Officer (MHO) per 20,000  population

One (1) Public Health Nurse (PHN) per 20,000 population

One (1) Rural Sanitary Inspector (RSI) per 20,000 population One (1) Rural Health Mid-Wife (RHM) per 20,000 population

 

2.2  Suggested Bed Requirements by facility Type Municipal Hospital             -           6 to 24 beds Provincial Hospital             -           100 to 199 beds Regional Hospital              -           200 to 299 beds Medical Centers                 -           300 and over

 

2.3  Standard Area per Hospital/Clinic Municipal Hospital   - 1.5has                    Provincial Hospital   - 1.5 has. 

      Regional Hospital   -  2.5 has. 

     Medical Centers      -  3.5 has.

 

2.4              Accessibility Parameters

 

1.                  Proposed site is at least 35-kms. away from an existing government hospital facility.

2.                  Proposed site is less than 35 kms. away from an existing government hospital facility but more than 3-hours travel by the usual means of transportation for the most part of the year.

 

2.5              Catchment Population Parameters

 

1.                  Catchment population is at least 75,000 and accessible as a referral activity to at least 3 RHU or main health center.

2.                  Catchment population is less than 75,000 but more than 25,000.

3.                  Catchment population is less than 25,000.

 

Distance/Population	>/= to 35 kms.	< than 35 kms. >/= to 3 hours travel time	<than          35 kms. < than 3-hours travel time
>75,000 <75,000 Less than 25,000	District Municipal Extension	Municipal Extension RHU infirmary	RHU Infirmary None None

 

 

Clinical Service

Facilities

Nomenclature                  Clinical Service Category                Usual No. of Beds

BHS – RHU Sub-system

Barangay Health Station Rural Health Unit                   RHU Infirmary

Primary Primary  Primary

none none  5-10

 

Hospital Sub-system

Extension Hospital	Primary capability/	10
	Secondary Facility
Municipal Hospital	Secondary	10 – 25
District Hospital	Secondary	25 – 75
Provincial/Gen. Hospital	Tertiary	100 – 250
Regional	Teaching-Training	300 – 500

Source: Department of Health

 

3.                  Protective Services

 

1.At the city/Municipal level, there shall be a PNP station, each headed by a chief of police.

2. There shall be one fire station for city/municipal level, headed by a city or municipal fire marshall; Provided, that, in the case of large cities and municipalities a district office with subordinate fire stations headed by a district fire marshall may be organized.

3.There shall be established and maintained in every district, city and municipality a secured, clean, adequately equipped and sanitary jail for the custody and safekeeping of city and municipal prisoners.

4. The Jail Bureau shall be composed of city and municipal jail, each headed by a city or municipal jail warden

1.              On the average nationwide, the manning level of the PNP shall be approximately in accordance with a police-to-population ratio of one (1) policeman for every 500 persons.

2.              The actual strength by cities and municipalities shall depend on the state of peace and order, population density and actual demands of the service in the particular area; Provided, that the minimum police-to-population ratio shall not be less than one (1) policeman for every 1,000 persons; Provided further; that urban areas shall have a higher police-to-population ratio as may be prescribed by regulations.

(Source: RA 6975: An Act Establishing the Phil. National Police under a Recognized Department of the Interior and Local Government, and for other purposes.)

 

                                                                                            1policeman

Ideal Police-to-population ratio                               = -------------------

                                                                                                       500 persons

                                                                                         1policeman

Minimum Standard Police-to-population Ratio    = -------------------

                                                                                                1,000 persons

 

4.                  Sports and Recreation

 

Minimum of 500 sq. meters per 1,000 population for city and municipal park 

Minimum of 0.05 ha. Per 1,000 population for playfield/athletic field.

 

5.                  Social Welfare Services

 

One Day Care Center per Barangay per RA 6972

One Senior Citizen Care Center per City/Municipality per RA 7876 Minimum Area of 500 sq. meters for Senior Citizen Care Center

Minimum Area requirement for Day Care Center – 2 sq. meters per 3 children, indoor and 1 sq. meter per child, outdoor

 

6.                  Housing

 

Refer to Annex of Housing Sector for the Summary of Standards for PD 957 and BP 220.

 

 

B.                 INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES

 

1.                  Communication

 

1 toll station per municipality

1 telephone per 1,000 population (residential)

1 telephone per 1,500 employees (industrial)

1 letter carrier per 5,000 population

1 post office per 5,000 population (urban) 1 post office per 10,000 population (rural)

 

For municipalities without post office,

1 postal circuit for every barangays/sitio

 

2.                  Road and Network

 

For national roads in rural areas the minimum width of road right of way shall be 60

For provincial roads, the minimum right-of-way is 15 meters which may be widened to 20 meters.

 

All municipal/city roads shall have a right-of-way of 10 meters and the width traveled way is 4.0 meters.

 

Barangay roads shall have a minimum right-of-way of 10 meters and the width traveled way is 4.0 meters.

 

Standard Road-Population Ratio                    =  29,137   x  2.4 km.      - 28.363 km.

1000 pop

 

3.                  Water

 

Three (3) levels of services:

Level I - point source (such as rain collector, wells and springs); generally for rural areas where houses are scattered too thinly to justify a distribution system.

 

Level II – communal faucet system; generally for rural areas where houses are clustered densely enough to justify a piped distribution system with a faucet provided for a number of household.

 

Level III – individual house connection; generally for urban areas.

 

Water Standard Requirement Developed by LWUA

Type of Consumer	Level I	Level II
Residential Commercial/Industrial Institutional	60 lcpd communal faucet 1.0 – 2.0 cumd/connection 3.0 cmd/connection	100 – 110 lcpd individual connection

 

 

C.                 ECONOMIC

 

1.                  Commerce

1.5 – 3% of the total built-up area

 

2.                  Agriculture

Food production VS. Food requirement

 

Food	Kg./Capita/Annum
Rice/cereals	109.20
Vegetables	54.75
Meat	33.13
Fish	30.66
Sugar	30.66
Root crops/tuber	60.59
Fruit	76.65
Milk and milk products	24.42
Eggs   3.         Industry	3.98

Medium-Scale Industries Large-Scale Industries

Above 15 M – 60 M Above 60 M

 

 

 

According to Employment Size

This is useful in determining which types a city/municipality which pursue given the number and skills of the Labor Force Population in search of job in the locality.

 Industry Classification According to Employment Size

SCALE	EMPLOYMENT SIZE
Micro-Industry	No Specific
Cottage Industry	Less than 10 workers
Small-Scale Industries	10 to 99 employees
Medium-Scale Industries	100 to 199 employees
Large-Scale Industries	200 or more employees

 

According to Degree of Hazard and Pollution

This is useful as decision criteria for the municipality in the choice of specific types of industries that conforms to environmental protection.

 

Hazardous Industries. These industries are fire and health hazards, i.e. their wastes have large amounts of combustible and toxic materials. Non-hazardous industries discharge negligible amounts of combustible or toxic wastes.

 

Pollutive Industries. These industries discharge large amounts of air, water, and solid pollutants. Non-pollutive industries on the other hand omit little  negligible amounts of these pollutants.

 

Based on the hazard and pollution potential, industries are classified into:

 

Light Industries                       non-pollutive/non-hazardous non-pollutive/ hazardous

 

Medium Industries                   pollutive/non-hazardous non-pollutive/ hazardous

 

Heavy Industries                     highly pollutive/non-hazardous highly pollutive/ hazardous

highly pollutive/extremely hazardous pollutive/ extremely hazardous

non-pollutive/ extremely hazardous

 

D.                 TOURISM

 

1.                  Site Planning

 

1.1              Siting

 

The detailed Site Development Plans for each of the resort areas and other proposed land uses of areas in the Framework Plan must be submitted for review, evaluation and approval by the Tourism Estate Department.

Service facilities such as parking areas, spaces for loading and unloading goods, utility areas, staff housing, and similar uses, should be located in convenient locations.

 

1.2              Grading and Clearing (site and beaches)

 

Careful grading and clearing must be done to preserve and enhance the special features such as hills, promontories, steep banks, cliffs, rock formations, and similar land forms.

 

1.3              Beaches Improvements

 

The beach area should be cleared of litter and other garbage. A swimming area may be provide by clearing the identified site of rocks, dead corals, seaweeds, and other unsightly or dangerous obstructions under strict supervision of the Resort Estate Management.

 

1.4              Setbacks and Buffer Zones

 

1.4.1        Buffer Zone

There shall be minimum of 10-meter buffer zone, along the entire perimeter of each of the clusters or tourism zones, and around the proposed golf course site.

 

1.4.2        Setbacks

 

1.      Along the Beach Front - any development along and adjacent to coastlines must respect the beach’s natural function as an energy dissipation system which provides a dynamic equilibrium and gives protection to the inland against storm surge.

 

Any regulation or change of the natural coastal environment such as construction of piers, groins and breakwaters must be designed on the basis of a comprehensive study.

 

Design and specifications must justify that the construction will have no negative impact on the environment. An EIA must be carried out before construction permit can be issued.

 

A mandatory beachfront easement along all coastal areas shall be defined at 30 meters from the edge of the beach zone inland perpendicular to the coastline.

 

2.      Along the Green Areas -  no structures shall be allowed to be built within 5  meters from the edge of the green areas.

 

3.      Distances between Structures

 

-                    for single storey units – the minimum setback should be 10 meters along walls with openings; and at least 7 meters along wall without opening;

 

-                    for multi-storey units – the minimum setback along walls with openings should not be less than twice the height of the building measured from the ground floor lone, to the apex or tip of the roof; and at least 15 meters along wall without openings.

 

1.5              Landscaping and Protection of Trees

For ease in determining the number of rooms allowed, the concept of GROSS DENSITY may be allowed. This would refer to the total number of the rooms (double rooms) that will be allowed to be built within a given resort zones area.

 

 

The following gross density standards may be use in arriving at the maximum number of rooms allowed in any one resort zone:

 

-                      HIGH DENSITY                   60 to 80 rooms/hectare

-                      MEDIUM DENSITY             30 to 45 rooms/hectare

-                      LOW DENSITY                     10 to 15 rooms/hectare

 

1.7              Parking

Parking should be located within 200-300 meters (maximum of 500 meters) from the tourist facilities.

 

1.8              Maintenance

Proper maintenance of facilities, grounds, beach areas and other zones must be done on a regular basis.

 

2.                  Utilities

 

2.1              Solid Waste Disposal

 

Solid waste disposal shall be sorted. Biodegradable waste shall be deposited into sanitary landfill areas in the utility zone provided this is covered by soil immediately after disposal. Non- degradable waste shall be brought to a selected site in land and incinerated.

 

2.2              Sewerage Treatment

 

Sewerage disposal system should be at lower elevation from shallow wells and deep wells. Electrical generators that cause excessive noise should be enclose in containers or housings.

 

2.3              Water Supply

 

Water supply shall be designed separately for domestic use and drinking purposes. Quality of water for domestic use and drinking water quality shall strictly adhere to the requirements for sampling, testing and treatment of the Water Digging of waterwells shall be regulated and allowed only in accordance with the Water Code.

 

2.4              Drainage

 

Drainage for dirty water and storm water shall be provided for. Storm water maybe directly drained to the sea, however, dirty water form laundry dish washing and other domestic uses shall first be filtered before directly draining to the sea.

 

2.5              Fire Protection

 

There shall be facilities for at least one fire truck and fire station. Water hydrants shall be installed in accordance with design requirements. All other protection requirements shall be in accordance to the specifications of the fire Code of the Philippines.