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WHEREAS, Section 458 (4) (si) of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the
f_ocaf Government Code of 199 1, thai Sangguniang Panfungsod shaft enact an ordinance
that prohibit activities relative to the use of land, building, and simcture within the City in
order to promote the general welfare and for said purpose shall; require that building and
premises thereof and any land within the City be kept and maintained in a sanitary
condition; impose penalties for any viofafion thereof; or upon failure to compfy with the
said requirement have the work done at the expense of the owner administration or
tenant concerned;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 825, Section 1, states, xxx at! citizens and
residents of the Philippines, ail universities, coffege and school and other similar
institutions, private, so as public, all commercial and industrial establishment, such as
hoteis, restaurants, hospitals, cinema houses, public markets, department stores,
groceries and the like, all public conveyances, all residential houses, and all other
establishment of any kind shaft undertake the cleaning of their own surroundings, their
yards and gardens, as we!! as the canals, roads or streets in their immediate premises:
WHEREAS, Section 3 (i) of R. A. 7160 provides the Local Government Units shall
share with the national government the responsibility in the management and
maintenance of ecological balance within the territorial jurisdiction;
WHEREAS, Section 458 (i) (vi) of R. A. 7160 also empowers "the Sangguniang
Panfungsod to protect (he environment and impose appropriate penalties for acts which
endanger the environment including such activities which result in pollution, acceleration
or euthrophication of rivers and lakes an ecological embalance.
REPUBLIKA NG P1LIPINAS
TANGGAPAN NG SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD
LUNGSOD NG B A K O L O D
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WHEREAS, Section 458 (4) <ii) of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the
Local Government Code of 1991, that Sangguniang Panlungsod shaft enact an ordinance
that prohibit activities relative to the use of land, building, and structure within the City in
order to promote the general welfare and for said purpose shall; require that building and
premises thereof and any land within the City be kept and maintained in a sanitary
condition; impose penafties for any violation thereof; or upon failure to compfy with the
said requirement have the work done at the expense of the owner, administration or
tenant concerned;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 825, Section 1, states, xxx all citizens and
residents of the Philippines, all universities, college and school and other similar
institutions, private, so as public, ail commercial and Industrial establishment, such as
hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cinema houses, public markets, department stores,
groceries and the like, all public conveyances, ail residential houses, and all other
establishment of any kind shall undertake the cleaning of their own surroundings, their
yards and gardens, as well as the canals, roads or streets In their immediate premises;
WHEREAS, Section 3 (i) of R. A. 7160 provides the Local Government Units shall
share with the national government the responsibility in the management and
maintenance of ecological balance within the territorial jurisdiction;
WHEREAS, Section 458 (i) (vi) of R. A. 7160 also empowers "the Sangguniang
Panlungsod to protect (he environment and impose appropriate penafties for acts which
endanger the environment including such activities which result in pollution, acceleration
or euthrophication of rivers and lakes an ecological embalance;
City Ordinance No 596
July 18, 2012
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d) Domestic Waste - are food residues, food preparation waste and spoilages,
paper and other paper products, metals, plastics and rubbers, rugs and
clothes, process residues, yard trimmings and woods.
g) Junk Vehicles and Appliances - are those abandoned vehicles and metal
products such as refrigerators, air-conditioners, television, etc.
h) Open Public Place - are roads, streets, sidewalks, easements, parks and other
open spaces, bridges, alleys, overpasses, rivers, creeks, canals, drainage,
esteros, waterways, and other bodies of wafer and outlets.
i) River, Canals, Drainage and Other Waste Outlets - refers to all waterways and
wafer outlets within the jurisdictional boundaries of Bacoiod City
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City Ordinance No. 5y6
Jury IS, 2012
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j) Solid Waste - are refuse arising from human, animal and mdustrwl
that are normatly solid in nature and discarded or thrown away as
and/or unwanted. They are normally classified into
(biodegradable) and non-degradabie (recyeiabie/re-usabie) and
into different types i.e. garbage, rubbish, junk vehicles and
industrial and special waste and generated from residential,
commercial (department stores, restaurant, hotels, etc.,) streets
construction and demolition debris.
4.1 It is the moral duty of each every owner and/or tenant of any
residential building to clean the area of five meters from the nearest
the building of any dead animals and rodents, broken or empty
or porcelain, used or empty cans canisters, cigars, cigarettes or
grass, waste, or used paper, fruit peelings, plastic or plastic
rubber, rags, fallen leaves, twigs or branches of trees, swift and a
garbage, rubbish, trash or waste materials. With respect to n
buildings enclosed with walls, or fence, the five meter distance
measured from the nearest wall or fence.
4.4 !t is the responsibility of the owner/driver of public utility vehicle plying in the
City of Bacotod to install a trash/Utter receptacle with lid in a conspicuous
area inside the vehicle and obliged to clean and maintain the cleanliness of
their respective vehicle at all times.
4.6 All pedestrians shall also be held responsible for the maintenance of the
cleanliness and orderliness sought to be achieved under this title
e) The owners, operators, drivers and conductors of public utility vehicles plying
within the City are obliged io clean and maintain the cleanliness of their
respective vehicles at ail times and to provide a modest trash receptacles
inside their vehicles, as provided in City Ordinance No 251 dated March 2"i
2000
Ciiy Ordinance No 596
July 18, 2012
Section 7. Penalties
(a) Any person found violating Section 5, paragraph (a) <c> (e) and A v i s
ordinance shafl be penalized by a fine of Five Hundred Pesos f ' l W i
community service of one (1) day in the Department of Public Services
of the City of Bacolod.
City O r d i n a n c e N o . 5 9 6
July 13. 2 0 1 2
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S e c t i o n 8, S p e c i a l P r o v i s i o n s
S e c t i o n 9, D i s p o s i t i o n o f F i n e s
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City Ordinance Wo 596
July 18,2012
Any ordinance touching on dumping and throwing of any rubbish and solid waste
that may not have been incorporated hereunto, or which may subsequently be enacted
shaij be automatically incorporated hereunto.
This ordinance shall be in support of and will not in any manner repeal, amend nor
modify any existing local ordinance in artfMittering in Bacolod City
This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days (15) after its p u b f c a t o i m mm
newspaper of ideal circulation.
City Ordinance N o . 596
Julv 18, 2012
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C A R R I E D BY THE V O T E O F :
Affirmative:
Councilors E! Cid M. Familraran, H o m e r Q . B a i s , Archie S Baribar,
Roberto M. Roias, Cafafino T Afisbo, E m L. A n g , Drndo C
R a m o s , Elmer T S y , S o n y a M . Verdeflor, AS Victor A .
E s p i n o , Caesar 2 . Distrito, M o n a D i a G . Jardin, Keith
E m m a n u e l L. R a m o s .
Negative N one
Comments. Passed
ATTESTED
HE! FN<HJ>EGASPl
B o a r d Secretary IV
O I C , Secretary to the S a n g g u n i a n
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