Minimum Standards for P.D 975 & B.

P 220
Parameter

P.D 957
Open Market Housing

1. Maximum Selling
Price
2. Project Location

3. Land Allocation
a. Saleable Area
b. Non-saleable Area
b1. Allocation for Parks &
Playgrounds

B.P 22O
Economic Housing

B.P 220
Socialized Housing

P 150,000- P375,000

P 150,000 (max.)

Within Suitable sites for

housing & outside potential
hazard prone & Protection
Areas

Slope 0-5%
(Maximum Tolerable slope
15%) Allowance for Future
Development
Land Allocations: Community
Facilities

Same as Economic Housing

70%
30%
Density
(Units or
Lots/Hac.)

% of Gross
Area
Allocation

Variable
See b1, b2, b3
Density
% of Gross
(Units or
Area
Lots/Hac.)
Allocation

Variable
Same as Economic Housing
Same as Economic Housing

20-below

3.5%

150-below

3.5%

21-25
26-35
36-50
51-65
65-above

4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
9.0%

151-160
161-175
176-200
201-225
225-above

4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
9.0%

*Like Economic Housing, an

addition of 1% increment
for every additional 10
units

* In No Case shall area be less than 100 sq.m

B2. Allocation for

Community Facilities

4. Minimum Lot Areas

Single Detached
Single-Attached/
Duplex/Semi-Detached
Rowhouse

Variable

Density

150-below

1.0%

151-225
225-above

1.5%
2.0%

Same as Economic Housing

100 sq.m
75 sq.m

75 sq.m
54 sq.m

72 sq.m
54 sq.m

50 sq.m

35 sq. m

32 sq.m

5. Minimum Lot
Frontage
a. Single Detached
a1. Corner Lot
a2. Regular Lot
a3. Row house
b. Single Detached
c. Duplex

12 m
10 m
6 m
7.5 m
3.5 m

10 m
8m
4m
6.00 m
3.50 m

6. Length of Block

- Max. length of 400 meters

Same as P.D 957

Same as Economic Housing

Same as Economic Housing

Same as P.D 957

- Blocks exceeding 250 meters

shall have an alley
- For row houses, there shall
be a maximum of 20 units
only but shall not exceed 100
meters

7. Road Right of Way

Right of
Way
12.00 m

Carriageway

Minor
Motor court (branch, culde-sac, loop, tee)
Alley
Footpath

10.00 m
6.00 m

ROW access to interior

lot

Major

Carriageway

8.0 m

Right of
Way
10.0 m

6.0 m
-

8.00 m
6.00 m

6.0 m
5.0 m

4.00 m

3.00 m
3.00 m

3.00 m

3.00 m

6.0 m

Right of
Carriageway
Way
Same as Economic Housing

* ROW of Major Roads shall be increased as project size increases

* ROW shall not be lower than that of Public Road
* Major Roads shall maintain a uniform ROW width (tapering shall not be allowed)
* Note:
1. Interior subdivision must have ROW to nearest public road
2. Subdivisions with direct access to main public roads must be given sufficient setback to accommodate
loading & unloading of passengers
3. Subdivisions shall have provisions for future expansion

8. Hierarchy of Roads

Major Road, Minor Road,

Motor Court, Alley

Major Road, Minor Road,

Motor Court, alley, footpath

Same as Economic Housing

9. Sidewalks /
Planting Strip (roads)
Major Road

Planting
Strip
1.00 m

Sidewalk

Sidewalk

1.00 m

Planting
Strip
1.00 m

Planting
Sidewalk
Strip
Same as Economic Housing

Minor Road

1.00 m

1.00 m

0.50 m

0.50 m

1.00 m

10. Road Pavement

Developed
Area
Concrete/
Asphalt
Concrete/
Asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt
Aggregates

Underdeveloped
Macadam

Underdeveloped
Macadam

Macadam

Developed
Area
Concrete/
Asphalt
Macadam

Macadam
Aggregates
Aggregates

Macadam
Aggregates
Aggregates

Macadam
Aggregates
Aggregates

Major Road

Concrete/ Asphalt

Minor Road

Concrete/ Asphalt

Motor Court
Sidewalks
Alley

Concrete/ Asphalt
Concrete/ Asphalt
Concrete/ Asphalt

11. Water Supply

Mandatory connection to
appropriate public/
Community Water System

Connection
Level 3 If
Public Water
System Exists

Connection
Level 2
1 Communal
faucet/ well/
25 units

Same as Economic Housing

* Each Subdivision must

have an operational deep
well

150 liters per capita per day

(LCPD) for household
connection

150 LCPD

43 LCPD
Hand Pump

Same as Economic Housing

12. Drainage System

Underground

-Underground for Major Roads

* Shall comply with Fire

Code Requirements/
Regulations

Macadam

-Lined open canal with

slope riprap

-Lined Open Canal for others

13. Sewage Disposal
System

Individual Septic Tank

Individual or Communal Septic

Tank

Same as Economic Housing

14. Power Supply

Mandatory individual
household connection if
available

Mandatory Individual
Connection if available
(Developed Area)

Optional, but easements

from power facilities must
be provided
(Underdeveloped Area)

15. Minimum Floor

Area
Single Detached
Duplex
Row house
16. Minimum Level of
Completion
17. Setbacks/
Easements
Front
Side
Rear

Shall conform with National

Building Code

22.sq. m
22 sq. m
22 sq. m

18 sq. m
18 sq. m
18 sq. m

Complete House

Complete House

Shell House

3m
2m
2m

1.5 m
2m
2m

Same as Economic Housing