Quezon City has prescribed a uniform standard design in all city government housing projects under the community mortgage program.
Mayor Herbert Bautista has signed into law City Ordinance 2558-2016, which prescribes a uniform roof color and height measurement.
The City Architect’s Department, Subdivision Administration Unit and Housing and Community Development and Resettlement Department have been tasked to oversee the crafting of the Implementing Rules and Regulations.
Quezon City’s Urban Design Code and Local Building Code provide the guidelines and framework for the regulation and control of design developments in all QC-based structures.
As provided for under the approved measure, Quezon City will adopt white as standard color of the roof of the city hall’s housing projects.
For the height regulation, structures within the CMP shall not exceed the equivalent height of 10 meters or three floors, whichever is lower, from the highest natural grade line in the property or front sidewalk (main entry) level.
For those built on sloping terrain, the height shall be based on the highest natural or front sidewalk.
As defined, CMP is a socialized housing program, which provides for land acquisition by the occupying community association.
Mayor Bautista, in an earlier remark, cited the need for a uniform roof design for all the city’s housing projects for easy identification.
As provided for under the ordinance, the HCDRD will monitor and implement the provisions of the ordinance, principally authored by Councilors Marivic Co-Pilar and Alexis Herrera.