Section 3Sec./Art. 3

As used in this rules, the following words and phrases are defined and understood to have the meaning correspondingly indicated therein.

ALLEY : A public way intended to serve both pedestrian and emergency vehicles, and also access to lots, both end always connecting to streets.

BLOCK : A parcel of land bounded on the sides by streets or alleys or pathways or other natural or manmade features, and occupied by or intended for buildings.

CLUSTER HOUSING : A single-family attached dwelling containing three or more separate living units grouped closely together to form relatively compact structures.

COMMISSION : Shall mean the Human Settlements Regulatory Commission.

COMMUNITY FACILITIES: Facilities or structures intended to serve common needs and for the benefit of the community, such as: neighborhood/ multi-purpose center, health center, drugstore, school, livelihood center, etc.

DWELLING : A building designed or used as residence for one or more families.

Single-Family Detached a dwelling for one family which is completely surrounded by permanent open spaces, with independent access, services, and use of land.

Single-Family Attached a dwelling containing two 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 dwellings shall include duplexes, row houses or terraces, and cluster housing.

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.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIALIZED HOUSING: A type of housing project provided to moderately low income families with lower interest rates and longer amortization periods.

FIREBLOCK : Any wall which separate two abutting living units so as to resist the spread of fire. Such wall shall be of masonry construction e.g., cement hollow blocks, bricks, reinforced concrete, etc. at least "4" thick, and shall extend throughout the whole length of the living units and from the lowest portion of the wall adjoining the living units up to the point just below the roof covering of purlins.

FIRE-RESISTIVE TIME PERIOD RATING: Fire resistive time period is the length of time a material can withstand being burned which may be one-hour, 2-hours, 3-hours, 4-hours, etc.

FIRE WALL : A fireblock with 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; the fire wall shall also extend horizontally up to a minimum distance of 0.30 meter beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units.

FRONTAGE : That part or end of a lot which abuts a street.

LIVING UNIT : A dwelling, or portion thereof, providing complete living facilities for one family, including provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing and toilet facilities and laundry facilities, the same as a single family-dwelling.

LOT/PLOT : 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.

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:

Circulation

Community facilities

Park/Playground

Easements

Courts

PARTY WALL : A wall used jointly by two parties under easement agreement, erected upon a line separating two parcels of land each of which is a separate real estate.

PARK/PLAYGROUND : That portion of the subdivision which is generally not built on and intended for passive or active recreation.

PATHWALK/FOOTPATH : A public way intended for pedestrian and which cuts across a block to provide access to adjacent streets or property with maximum length of 100 meters if connecting to roads and 50 meters if terminating in a dead end.

ROW HOUSE : A single-family attached dwelling containing three 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, services, and use of land.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Shall refer to the set of documents required by the Commission for the processing and approval of economic and socialized housing projects including systems and procedures for the implementation and enforcement of BP 220.

RULE III

MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIALIZED HOUSING