Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS Flashcards
This Decree shall be known as the “National Building Code of the Philippines” and shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Code”.
SECTION 101. Title
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, consistent with the principles of
sound environmental management and control; and to this end, make it the purpose of this Code to provide for all buildings and structures, a framework of minimum standards and requirements to
regulate and control their location, site, design, quality of materials, construction, use, occupancy, and maintenance.
SECTION 102. Declaration of Policy
(a) The provisions of this Code shall apply to the design, location, siting, construction, alteration, repair, conversion, use, occupancy, maintenance, moving, demolition of, and addition to public and private buildings and structures, except traditional indigenous family dwellings as defined herein.
(b) Buildings and/or structures constructed before the approval of this Code shall not be affected thereby except when alterations, additions, conversions or repairs are to be made therein in which case, this Code shall apply only to portions to be altered, added, converted or repaired.
SECTION 103. Scope and Application
(a) All buildings or structures as well as accessory facilities thereto shall conform in all respects to the principles of safe construction and must be suited to the purpose for which they are designed.
(b) Buildings or structures intended to be used for the manufacture and/or production of any kind of article or product shall observe adequate environmental safeguards.
(c) Buildings or structures and all parts thereof as well as all facilities found therein shall be maintained in safe, sanitary and good working condition.
SECTION 104. General Building Requirements
The land or site upon which will be constructed any building or structure, or any ancillary or auxillary facility thereto, shall be sanitary, hygienic or safe. In the case of sites or buildings intended for use as human habitation or abode, the same shall be at a safe distance, as determined by competent authorities, from streams or bodies of water and/or sources of air considered to be polluted; from a volcano or volcanic site and/or any other building considered to be a potential source of fire or explosion.
SECTION 105. Site Requirements
As used in this Code, the words, terms and phrases enumerated in Annex “A” hereof shall have the meaning or definition, correspondingly provided therein.
SECTION 106. Definitions
