LAWS RELATED TO URBAN

AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Planning 3 Introduction to Urban
and Regional Planning
Ar. Orteza, Uap

TOPICS

LAND USE PLANNING

PHYSICAL PLANNING
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
TOURISM PLANNING
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION PLANNING
FISCAL PLANNING

LAWS RELATED TO LAND USE

PLANNING
SENATE BILL NO. 1369
This bill shall be known and cited as the
"National Land Use Act of the Philippines."
This bill addresses those concerns by mandating
the formulation of a framework for the spatial
development directions of the entire country
and provide analytical parameters for the
planned allocation, use and management of the
country's land and other physical resources.

Under this proposed measure, land is

classified according to use:
Protection land use - use of land primarily for

rehabilitation, conservation, and protection purposes

Production land use - direct and indirect utilization of
land resources for crop, fishery, livestock and poultry
production, etc..
Settlements Development - any improvement on
existing settlements in urban and rural areas or any
proposed development of certain areas for settlement
purposes
Infrastructure Development - which seeks to provide
basic services

SECTION 1.
Plans that shall serve to indicate, but not to mandate, the
desired use of such land resources taking into
consideration the interrelated developmental and
environmental needs of the local communities and the
need to uphold and protect private property rights in
accordance with law.
Land resources shall, for this purpose, refer to land, water,
and other related natural resources.

Sec. 2.
Creation of the National Land Use Committed. In
furtherance of the national policy abovementioned, there
is hereby created an inter-agency National Land Use
Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee,
which shall serve as the coordinative mechanism to:

DEVELOP,
COMPILE,
RECONCILE

PREPARE
AND REVISE

COORDINATE

PERFORM

SEC. 3. Scope
This Act shall apply to all lands whether public, private,
government-owned, and/ or in the possession of
individuals, communities, indigenous peoples, or groups
of people, to guide and govern the use, allocation,
development and management of land resources including
such activities that bear impact on said resources.

LAWS RELATED TO PHYSICAL

PLANNING
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1350
Providing for the institutional framework for national physical
planning
SECTION 1.
National Policy of Physical Planning. It is the policy of the State
that the land resources of the nation shall be utilized to obtain
the maximum possible social and economic benefits for the
people, through the undertaking of a comprehensive inventory
of land resources and their current use and the subsequent
adoption of national physical planning and supportive
regional and sub regional land classification and utilization.

LAWS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL

PLANNING
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10587
This Act shall be known as the "Environmental
Planning Act of 2013".
An act regulating the practice of environmental
planning, repealing for the purpose presidential
decree numbered one thousand three hundred
and eight, entitled "law regulating the
environmental planning profession in the
Philippines", and for other purposes.

SEC 3. Coverage of this Act. - This Act shall

cover the following aspects of the practice of
the profession:
(a) Examination, registration and licensure of
environmental planners;
(b) Supervision, control and regulation of the practice of
environmental planning;
(c) Development, upgrading and updating of the
curriculum of the environmental planning profession; and ,
(d) Development and improvement of the professional
competence and practice of environmental planners
through, among others, continuing professional education
and development.

LAWS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

PLANNING
REPUBLIC ACT 7924

This Act shall be known as the The Metropolitan

Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Law
Sec. 5
Functions and Powers of the Metro Manila Development
Authority The MMDA shall;
- Install and administer a single ticketing system,
fix,
impose and collect fines and penalties for all kinds of
violations of traffic rules and regulations

REPUBLIC ACT 4136

This Act shall be known as the Land Transportation
and Traffic Code
Sec. 2. Scope of Act
The provisions of this Act shall Control, as far as they
apply, the registration and operation of motor vehicles
and the licensing of owners, dealers, conductors, drivers,
and similar matters.

REPUBLIC ACT 8749

This Act shall be known as the Clean Air Act of 1999.
Sec. 46 - Violation of Standards for Motor Vehicles
No motor vehicle shall be registered with the DOTC
unless it meets the emission standards set by The
Department.

REPUBLIC ACT 8750

This Act shall be known as the Seat Belt Use Act of
1999
Sec. 12 - Penalties and Fines.
In the enforcement of this Act, the LTO shall impose
fines against drivers, operators, owners of vehicles,
manufacturers, assemblers, importers and/or
distributors for violation of this Act.

LAWS RELATED TO TOURISM PLANNING

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9593
This Act shall be known and cited as the Tourism
Act of 2009
An act which declares a national policy for
tourism as an engine of investment, employment,
growth and national development.The
Department of Tourism (DOT) is the primary
planning, programming, implementing and
regulatory government agency in the development
and promotion of the tourism industry.

 The Philippine Government declares tourism as a

necessary element of national economy and an
industry of national interest and importance which
must be harnessed to generate investment, foreign
exchange and employment as well as to continue
moulding the sense of national pride for Filipinos.
Through this law, the Philippines is being geared
not only as a premiere travel destination, but also
as a potential investment haven for domestic and
foreign investors.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 710

An act granting a charter to the Philippine

tourist and travel association, Inc., For the
development and promotion of the Philippine
tourist industry

Sec. 3. The purposes of the Philippine Tourist

and Travel Association, Inc., hereinafter called as
the Corporation, shall be as follows

(1) To develop the tourist industry through the

promotion of tourism and travel to and within the
Philippines;
(2) To formulate an integrated program of tourist
promotion and development with the active participation
of Government agencies, private entities and individual
members of the community;
(3) To carry out an extensive publicity and promotion
program abroad and within the country, using all available
methods and media, to attract, inform and assist tourists
and travellers to come to visit in the Philippines

 (4) To maintain such services as may be necessary to facilitate

travel, reception and accommodation of tourists as well as to help
organize programs and schedules for group or guided tours,
entertainment, enlightenment or amusement;
(5) To promote educational tours and increased travel within
the country as a means of bringing about more extensive
intercourse and national unity among the people;
(6) To locate, develop and place appropriate markers and
guides to tourist attractions, resorts and other places of interest
and to encourage and assist in the establishment of adequate
facilities for the transportation and accommodation of tourists
visiting them;
(7) To encourage, promote and assist all businesses and trades
that would in adequately servicing the requirements of tourists
and travellers as well as those that would develop and thrive
with increased tourist traffic;

 (8) To promote a spirit of service, mutual cooperation,

efficiency, courtesy and hospitality both among those that
have anything to do with tourists and among the public at
large;
(9) To publish and circulate accurate and up-to-date
information about the Philippines: books, pamphlets,
brochures, leaflets, circulars and other suitable literature;
(10) To employ public relations or advertising counselors
and, if necessary, to engage the services of corporations,
firms or individuals for hire, on commission basis or
otherwise to undertake specific and specialized task;

 (11) To represent the Government in all such

conferences and meetings concerning tourism and travel
and may arise from treaties, agreements and other
commitments to discharge such responsibilities of the
Government as on tourism and travel to which it is a
signatory; and
(12) To undertake any and all transactions and
businesses as may be necessary, proper and convenient
in the accomplishment of the objectives of the
Corporation or as set forth in this Act.

LAWS RELATED TO HISTORICAL

PRESERVATION
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066
This Act shall be known and cited as the
National Cultural Heritage Act.
An Act Providing for the Protection and
Conservation of the National Cultural Heritage,
Strengthening the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and its affiliated
cultural agencies, and for other purposes

 An act that created thePhilippine Registry of Cultural

Propertyand took other steps to preserve historic buildings
that are over 50 years old.
The act defines "cultural property" as "all products of human
creativity by which a people and a nation reveal their identity,
including churches, mosques and other places of religious
worship, schools and natural history specimens and sites,
whether public or privately-owned, movable or immovable,
and tangible or intangible.
The citizen retains the ownership of the house; the government
is only declaring the heritage value of the structure and
providing funding for its protection and preservation

The act also requires:

That for "cultural property declared as Immovable Cultural Property, the
appropriate cultural agency shall, after registration, give due notice to
the Registry of Deeds having jurisdiction for annotation on the land
titles...
That "Local government units, through their cultural offices, shall
likewise maintain an inventory of cultural property under its jurisdiction
and shall furnish the Commission a copy..."[8]
That "All government agencies and instrumentalities, [ government
owned and controlled corporations]...including public and private
educational institutions, shall report their ownership and/or possession
of such items to the pertinent cultural agency and shall register such
properties within three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act.
That "Private collectors and owners of cultural property shall register
such properties, within three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1505

Amending presidential decree no. 260, as amended, by
prohibiting the unauthorized modification, alteration,
repair and destruction of original features of all national
shrines, monuments, landmarks and other important
historic edifices.
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 260 dated August 1,
1973, as amended, has declared certain sites, churches and
places as national shrines, monuments, and/or landmarks,
and placed their preservation, restoration and/or
reconstruction under the supervision and control of the
National Historical Institute in collaboration with the
Department of Tourism;

SEC. 5.
It shall be unlawful for any person to modify, alter,
repair or destroy the original features of any national
shrine, monument, landmark and other important
historic edifices declared and classified by the National
Historical Institute as such without the prior written
permission from the Chairman of said Institute.
Any person who shall violate this Decree shall, upon
conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not less than
one year nor more than five years or a fine of not less than
one thousand pesos nor more than ten thousand pesos or
both, at the discretion of the court or tribunal concerned.

Republic Act No. 841

This Act shall be known and cited as the Historic
preservation movement of the Republic of the
Philippines
the Philippine preservation movement originated with a
law passed by the United States. Act No. 243 was passed
in 1901 by the Philippine Commissionthe colonial
governmental body created by the United States.

 This executive body, called the Philippine Historical Research

and Markers Committee (PHRMC), had no actual control over
the preservation of antiquities, as it was only empowered to find
and mark properties that, in its estimation, should be preserved.
Within only a few years after its creation, the PHRMC was
indeed authorized to preserve historic sites and antiquities
through the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of the
antiquities owned by private persons.
In 1937, the PHRMC was succeeded by the Philippines Historical
Committee (PHC) and lasted for over twenty-eight years. In that
relatively short time, the PHCidentified 444 historical sites and
structures and acquired five major historical sites honouring
Filipino national heroes.

Republic Act No. 4368

Passed in 1965, Republic Act No. 4368 changed the name
of the national monument committee from the
Philippines Historical Committee to the National
Historical Commission (NHC)
required the Commission to take charge of all historical
activities or projects, not otherwise undertaken by any
entity of the government.Despite the broadening of the
NHCs scope of authority, the Philippine preservation
program still remained focused on the management of
historic sites.

Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act

In addition to identifying historic preservation as a public
policy, the Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection
Act added several new tools to the Philippine historic
preservation program. Some of these tools include:
i. Income tax deductions for preservation investments
ii. Right of first refusal for the government when a cultural
property is to be sold
iii. Reporting requirements (and authority to suspend
excavation) when cultural property is unearthed on a
historic site, and
iv. Criminal penalties for violation of the Act

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 260

After martial law was declared in the Philippines,
President Ferdinand Marcos created the National
Historical Institute (NHI), which replaced the NHC as
the lead agency on historic preservation.
Marcos reiterated his commitment to historic
preservation by designating several new national
cultural treasures and historic sites.

More importantly, President Marcos emphasized the

importance of historic and cultural preservation by setting
forth four reasons for preservation:
To preserve national culture
To better understand the nations history
To preserve world culture
To promote tourism
To provide the with even more punitive power, Marcos
established a division of cultural properties within the
National Museum for the sole purpose of prosecuting
violators of this Act.

LAWS RELATED TO FISCAL PLANNING

REORGANIZATION ACT NO. 2666
Department of Finance and Justice split into two
SENATE BILL NO. 2177
Fiscal responsibility act

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160

An act providing for a local government code of

1991
Sec. 315.
Submission of detailed statements of income
and expenditures

SEC. 353 THE OFFICIAL FISCAL YEAR

The official fiscal year of local government units shall be
the period beginning with the first day of January and
ending with the thirty-first day of December of the same
year.

SEC. 354. Administrative issuances;

budget operations manual.
The secretary of budget and management jointly with
the chairman of the commission on audit shall, within
one (1) year from the affectivity of this code, promulgate
a budget operations manual for local government units
to improve and systematize methods, techniques, and
procedures employed in budget preparation,
authorization, execution, and accountability.

SECTION 22, ARTICLE VII OF THE 1987

CONSTITUTION
sets the tone for the budgetary process.
Under this Article, the President submits to Congress
within thirty days from the opening of every regular
session, a financial plan of expenditures and sources
of financing, including receipts from existing and
proposed revenue measures as basis for a general
appropriations bill.

QUIZ
GOOD LUCK! :D

1. REPUBLIC ACT NO. ______ Is known and

cited as National Cultural Heritage Act.
a. 17899
b. 10066
c. 4438
d. 8888

2. REPUBLIC ACT 8750 is known to be the

_______________________
a) National Cultural Heritage Act.
b) Seat Belt Use Act of 1999
c) Clean Air Act of 1999.
d) "National Land Use Act of the Philippines."

3. What does NHC stands for?

a) National Historical Commission
b) National Historical Corporation
c) National Historical Cooperative
d) National Historical Company

4. This Act shall be known as the Land

Transportation and Traffic Code
a. REPUBLIC ACT 9234
b. REPUBLIC ACT 7654
c. REPUBLIC ACT 4136
d. REPUBLIC ACT 1100

5. This is defined as all products of human

creativity by which a people and a nation reveal
their identity, including churches, mosques and
other places of religious worship, schools and
natural history specimens and sites.
a. cultural property
b. historic buildings
c. privately-owned property
d. None of the above

6. Philippine Registry of Cultural Property

preserves historic buildings that are over __ years
old.
a. 65
b. 100
c. 50
d. 30

7. What does NCCA stands for?

a. National Criteria for Culture and the Arts
b. National Commission for Culinary and the
Arts
c. National Commission for Culture and the Arts
d. National Corporation for Culture and the Arts

8. Who promulgates budget operations manual

for local government units and sets the tone for
the budgetary process?
a. Secretary of budget and finance
b. Secretary of budget and the President
c. Secretary of budget and management
d. Secretary of budget and the chairman of the
commission

9. This executive body had no actual control over the

preservation of antiquities, as it was only
empowered to find and mark properties that, in its
estimation, should be preserved.
a. Philippine Historical Research and Markers
Committee (PHRMC)
b. National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA)
c. National Historical Institute (NHI)
d. National Food Authority (NFA)

10. PHCidentified how many historical sites and

structures?
a. 555
b. 124
c. 444
d. 143

ANSWERS:
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. C

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