Batangas City Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2019 – 2028
Volume I: The Comprehensive Land Use Plan
Protected Area
Batangas City has set high importance in
protecting the City’s forest reserves, including
the biodiversity, forest products, forest
tourism and other ecosystem services. The
preservation of Mount Banoy from further
human exploitation is among the
environmental protection priorities of the
City.
Port Expansion
Batangas Port also known as the Batangas
International Container Port is considered as
an international port in Luzon, primarily
servicing the CALABARZON region and as
an alternate port to Manila. The expansion of
port facilities will help decongest the port
area in Manila and open new opportunities
that will generate more income because
Batangas City is a port-driven city. These can
also attract and encourage businesses and
companies to invest in Batangas City.
Industrial Area
The presence of heavy and light industries in
Batangas City such as power plants, refinery,
petro-chemical, fuel/chemical depot and
manufacturing plants play an essential role in
the development of the City's economy.
Apart from creating more jobs, these
industries also generate income and create
new opportunities for the City’s residents.
Given Batangas City’s land area and potential
for international trade, the rise of information
technology (IT) parks, knowledge,
innovation, science and technology (KIST)
parks, logistics hubs, and other types of
port-related industries will significantly affect
the City’s economic and social growth.
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This minimizes the burden of the local government unit to provide housing
opportunities for its less-fortunate and displaced residents. Increasing private
housing development means more opportunities for public housing as well.
Additionally, the socialized housing project shall be located within the main
subdivision or condominium project, as provided on the aforementioned law.
Other related undertakings or conditions shall adhere to the law as well.
It is also significant to note that socialized housing developments shall
commit to the technical guidelines and standards set by HLURB such as
conformity to zoning, physical suitability, accessibility, site preservation,
easements, circulation, land allocation, and open spaces.
The total existing area for resettlement, as of 2017, is 30.01 hectares with 6.59
has. at Balete, 10.00 has. at San Jose Sico, 0.72 ha. at Sta. Rita Aplaya, 3.40
has. at Tabangao Ambulong, 2.10 has. at Tingga Labac, and 7.20 has. at Tulo.
It is currently occupied by 1,922 households or 9,530 individuals.
To determine the area for additional socialized housing requirement for the
4,842 households, the following assumptions were made:
Assumption #1: One (1) household is to one (1) unit
Assumption #2: Optimum Unit Area = 40 sq.m. (Single-detached lot
area with 60% site occupancy)
Assumption #3: Housing type is a 4-storey multi-family building that
can accommodate 20 units per floor (total of 80 units per building)
The lot area for single-detached was considered because it is the optimum
and internationally-accepted size for a habitable dwelling unit.
Given the number of households which is 4,842, and the number of units per
building which is 80, we can determine the number of required buildings:
No. of required buildings = 4,842 / 80
No. of required buildings = 60.525 or 61 buildings
Given the number of units per floor which is 20, and the optimum unit area
which is 40 sq.m. or 0.0040 hectare, we can determine the floor area per
building:
Floor area per storey = 0.0040 x 20
Floor area per storey = 0.08 hectare per building
Gross floor area per building = 0.08 x 4 storeys
Gross floor area per building = 0.32 hectare
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considered. All of these shall be done in accordance with the standards of
DPWH and the concept of equal distribution of road space (1/3 for
pedestrians, 1/3 for cars, 1/3 for landscaping) to make the roads more
walkable and bikeable.
iii. To make the City's road system able to accommodate present and future
vehicle traffic volumes road widening and traffic management facilities
are necessary. Identification and prioritization of appropriate traffic
management facilities, i.e. traffic signs, traffic signals, road markings,
loading and unloading areas, and barriers shall be done.
iv. Efficient traffic operations management shall be sustained through
implementing (1) Traffic Enforcement Improvement Program which will
carry out measures to ensure strict compliance to traffic rules and
regulations; and also (2) Traffic Management Improvement Program
which shall be based on the comprehensive traffic management master
plan of the City which should be undertaken immediately.
v. Traffic delay is one of the major transportation concerns. The delays of
passengers should be kept to acceptable levels; this shall be addressed by
programs aforementioned as well.
vi. Future land uses should promote dispersal of dense urban activities from
the City proper. In the proposed land use plan, communities are
proposed to be self-sustaining and should have their own identity based
on their comparative advantage. These communities can be developed
into countermagnets within the City to decongest vehicular and passenger
volume in urban areas. To link these counter-magnets, modal interchange
facilities are required. Also, the improvement of public transport services
shall be given extreme importance by the LGUs concerned. This shall
discourage the use of private vehicles and other low density type vehicles.
vii. For developments within Batangas City which would provide facilities
related to transportation, are of public benefit, and are deemed desirable
by the Batangas City Government, incentives such as tax reduction and
waiver of appropriate fees shall be given. Public benefit features include
the following: (1) pedestrian walkways that connect to other buildings or
directly to a transport terminal; (2) passenger loading/unloading stops
that promote pedestrian safety; and (3) road safety measures.
c. Sidewalks
i. Sidewalks must be uniform throughout the entire length of the street.
The width of the sidewalk must not be less than 1/6 of the road
right-of-way.
ii. The sidewalk pavement must have a non-slip surface and must slope
down from the building line towards the curb line at not more than one
in fifty (1/50) and must level off with the curb.
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