The Quezon City government has ordered relevant offices to look into the incident involving a three-story structure, which apparently did not have a building permit, that fell into a creek in Barangay Del Monte last June 12.
No one was reported hurt in the incident as the structure was being utilized as a storage area for the owner’s glass and aluminum business, it said.
City hall officials said based on initial investigation, the owner of the structure failed to obtain a building permit from local government—which makes the structure illegal.
The Department of Building Official recommended the filing of a criminal complaint against the owner for violation of Section 301 of the National Building Code.
The DBO, Engineering Department and the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office also recommended reclaiming the easement of five meters and to coordinate with the Department of Public Works and Highways in building a retaining wall to reinforce against erosion.
The DBO urged all barangay chairpersons to report all illegal structures to the building official as mandated to them by Section 20 of the QC Local Building Code.
On the other hand, the Housing Community Development and Resettlement Department proposed the immediate relocation of 105 informal settler families in the area, of which 20 of them are living on West Riverside Street, the site of the incident.
The city government would work and coordinate with the National Housing Authority for their immediate transfer.