NATIONAL BUILDING CODE Minimum Requirements for Group A Dwellings (Section 708) 1 Minimun Horizontal distance of court and yards. (setback) 2 mts 2 Minimum number of toilet facilities for Group A Dwellings. 1 for each unit 3 Minimun thickness of Foundation Footings on Dwellings units. 250mm 4 Minimun Depth below the ground of Foundation Footings on Dwellings units. 600mm deep 5 Minimum Floor Live Load at Ground Floor Level. 200 kg/sqm. 6 Minimum Floor Live Load at suceeding Upper Floors. 150 kg/sqm. 7 Minimum Wind Load Capacity for Roof 120 kg/sqm. 8 Minimum width of every Stairs in Group A Dwellings. 750mm 9 Minimum Rise and Run for Steps of every Stairs. (conflicting with sec 1207.5.b) 200mm & 200mm resp. 10 The required Open Spaces left after deducting the Outermost Face of the Bldg. Yard 11 Minimun Horizontal distance of court and yards. (setback) 2 mts 12 Minimum front setback for R1 residentials 4.5 m front (2 mts. on sides) Building Height Limits: 13 Building Height Limits for Residential R-1 & Townhouses R4 3 storey or 10mts. 14 Building Height Limits for Condominiums R-5 12-18 storey/36-54 mts. 15 Building Height Limits for Residential Basic R-2 & R-3 3 storey or 10mts. 16 Building Height Limits for Residential Maximum R-2 5 storey or 15mts. 17 Building Height Limits for Residential Maximum R-3 12 storey or 36mts. 18 Building Height Limits for Residential Cultural Buildings, 30 mts. 19 Allowed building projections but excluded on BHL computations. Antenna, signages, Towers 20 Maximum building height if RROW is 3 mts. 2 storey or 6 mts. 21 Maximum building height if RROW is 4-5 mts. 2.5 storey or 7.5 mts. 22 Maximum building height if RROW is 6-7mts. 3 storey or 9mts. Classifications of Occupancy: 23 GROUP A -- R1 to R5 Residential Dwellings 24 GROUP B -- Multiple Dwellings, Convents/Monasteries, Condominiums, Hotels Residential, Hotels, Apt. 25 GROUP C -- Buildings such as Schools, Colleges & Universities Educ. & Recreation 26 GROUP D -- Buildings like Mental Hospitals, Asylum, Jails & Prisons, Nursing Home and the likes Institutional 27 GROUP E -- Buildings such as Gasoline Stations, Office Bldgs, Retails Stores, Malls Business & Mercantile 28 GROUP F -- Building such as Factories, Ice Plants, Power Plants, Cold Storage, Cremeries, Workshops Industrial 29 GROUP G -- Repair Garages, Aircraft Hangars, other workshops using flammable substances Storage & Hazardous 30 GROUP H -- Assembly other than Group I or 1000 below Occupant Load Assembly - 1000 31 GROUP I -- Assembly above 1000 Occupant Load Assembly +1000 32 GROUP J -- Buildings such as Agricultural bldgs, private garages, Fence over 1.8mts, tanks, swimmingpools) Accessories Type of Construction: (Section 401) 33 TYPE I - Construction Wood Construction 34 TYPE II - Construction Wood + 1-Hr FR 35 Wood and Masonry with Fire-resistive techniques (of 1 hour) TYPE III 36 Concrete Masonry and Steel & Iron with Fire-resistive techniques (of 1 hour) TYPE IV 37 Concrete Masonry and Steel & Iron with 4-hour Fire-resistive throughout. TYPE V Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements: (Table VII.4) 38 Dwelling units R1, R2 & R3 (Single & Multi-Family, Single-Attached or Duplex,Rowhouses) with 32-72 sqm. 1 per 6 units 39 Dwelling units R1, R2 & R3(Single & Multi-Family, Single-Attached or Duplex,Rowhouses) with 50-96 sqm. 1 per 4 units 40 Dwelling units R1, R2 & R3(Single & Multi-Family, Single-Attached or Duplex,Rowhouses) with 100-120 sqm. 1 per unit 41 Dwelling units R4 (Single & Multi-Family, Single-Attached or Duplex,Rowhouses) with 50-150 sqm. 1 per unit 42 Indegenous Family Dwelling Units 1 per 6 units 43 Dwelling units in Condominuim Units R5 with 18-22 sqm. GFA 1 per 8 units "labanan ang kabobohan" 1 of 9