BP 220

Question 1

BP 220

Answer 1

Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’ Protective Decree

Question 2

BP 220 has amended what PD No.?

Answer 2

PD 1216

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Alley

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

Block

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Cluster Housing

Question 6

Commission

Answer 6

Shall mean the Human Settlements Regulatory Commission.

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

Community Facilities

Question 8

building designed or used as residence for one or more families.

Answer 8

Dwelling

Question 9

3 types of dwelling

Answer 9

Single family detached
Single family attached
Multifamily dwelling

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Single-family detached

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

Single-family attached

Question 12

a dwelling on one lot containing separate living units for 3 or more families, usually provided with common access, services, and use of land.

Answer 12

Multi-family dwelling

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Economic and Socialized Housing

Question 14

Any wall which separates two abutting living units so as to resist the spread of fire.

Answer 14

Fireblock

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

Fire-Resistive Time Period Rating

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

Fire wall

Question 17

That part or end of a lot which abuts a street

Answer 17

Frontage

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

Living unit

Question 19

A portion of a subdivision or any parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for building development.

Answer 19

Lot/Plot

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

Lot line wall

Question 21

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.

Answer 21

Occupancy

Question 22

Shall refer to areas allocated for the following purposes:

– Circulation

– Community facilities

– Park/Playground

– Easements

– Courts

Answer 22

Open Space

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

Party wall

Question 24

That portion of the subdivision which is generally not built on and intended for passive or active recreation

Answer 24

Park/Playground

Question 25

A public way intended for pedestrians 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.

Answer 25

Pathwalk/Footpath

Question 26

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.

Answer 26

Row house

Question 27

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.

Answer 27

Technical Requirements