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    Presidential Decree 957

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    Presidential Decree 957 covers requirements for subdivisions, condominiums, medium cost housing, and open market housing. It specifies that for subdivisions, 70% of the land must be saleable lots while 30% is reserved for non-saleable areas like parks, playgrounds, and roads. Minimum lot sizes, setbacks, road widths, and other development standards are provided. For condominiums, it establishes minimum unit sizes, parking requirements, road standards, and space for parks and playgrounds.

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    Presidential Decree 957 covers requirements for subdivisions, condominiums, medium cost housing, and open market housing. It specifies that for subdivisions, 70% of the land must be saleable lots while 30% is reserved for non-saleable areas like parks, playgrounds, and roads. Minimum lot sizes, setbacks, road widths, and other development standards are provided. For condominiums, it establishes minimum unit sizes, parking requirements, road standards, and space for parks and playgrounds.

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    Presidential Decree 957 covers requirements for subdivisions, condominiums, medium cost housing, and open market housing. It specifies that for subdivisions, 70% of the land must be saleable lots while 30% is reserved for non-saleable areas like parks, playgrounds, and roads. Minimum lot sizes, setbacks, road widths, and other development standards are provided. For condominiums, it establishes minimum unit sizes, parking requirements, road standards, and space for parks and playgrounds.

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    Presidential Decree 957 covers requirements for subdivisions, condominiums, medium cost housing, and open market housing. It specifies that for subdivisions, 70% of the land must be saleable lots while 30% is reserved for non-saleable areas like parks, playgrounds, and roads. Minimum lot sizes, setbacks, road widths, and other development standards are provided. For condominiums, it establishes minimum unit sizes, parking requirements, road standards, and space for parks and playgrounds.

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    PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 957

    The Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’ Protective Decree

    What PD 957 covers


    • Subdivisions

    • Condominiums
    • Medium cost housing
    • Open market housing

     SUBDIVISIONS

    Saleable vs. non-saleable


    • 70% saleable
    
• 30%non-saleable

    What are non-saleable areas?


    • Parks and playgrounds
    • Community facilities
    
• Circulation system

    Parks and playgrounds


    • Required for projects 1 ha. or more
    • 3.5% minimum (20 lots / ha.)
    
• 9.0% maximum (65 lots / ha.)

    • BUTnotlessthan100sqm.

    Community facilities
    • Multi-purpose center required for projects 1 hectare or bigger
    • These areas are non-saleable
    Hierarchy of roads

    RROW widths
    RROW widths
    • Major road: 10.0m minimum
    • Minor road: 8.0m minimum
    • Applies to both medium cost and open market

    Planting strips and sidewalks

    Minimum lot areas

    Minimum lot frontages


    Minimum lot: single detached

    Minimum lot: duplex

    Minimum lot: row house


    Block length

    Block length

    Row house clusters


    Minimum floor areas
    • Medium cost = 30sqm.
    • Economic = 42sqm.

    Setbacks
    • Follow NBC.

     CONDOMINIUMS
    Minimum sizes of rooms
    • Follow NBC.

    Parks and playgrounds


    • Required if:
    
– 10 condo units or more
    
– Project is 1,000 sq.m. or larger
    • Maybe waived if a public park is within 800m
    • 50sqm.for10condounits

    • +3 sq.m. for every additional unit

    Parking
    • Follow NBC:
    – Units with a floor area of 18 sqm.
    – 22 sqm. : One slot for every 8 units
    Off-site parking
    • OK if located 200m way or less from commercial condo.
    • OK if located 100m way or less from residential condo.

    Roads
    • Minimum RROW: 8.00 m

    – 6.00m for carriageway

    – 2.00m for sidewalk/planting strip
    • For hierarchy or roads, follow requirements for subdivisions

    Floor areas for condominiums


    • Single occupancy
    – 18 sq.m.
    – 12 sq.m. for students
    • Family occupancy

    – 22 sq.m. for medium cost
    – 36 sq.m. for medium cost

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