PD 1096 RULE 7 AND 8

• Occupancies are assigned to buildings, while zones are assigned to lands.
• A occupancy includes residential dwellings, while B occupancy includes residentials, hotels, apartments.
• C occupancy includes education and recreation, while D occupancy includes institutional.
• E occupancy includes business and mercantile, while F occupancy includes industrial.
• G occupancy includes storage and hazardous, while H occupancy includes assembly other than Group I.
• I occupancy includes assembly with 1,000 or more occupant load, while J occupancy includes accessory.
• R zone includes residential, while C zone includes commercial, and GI zone includes general institutional.
• UTS zone includes utilities, transportation, services, while SPE zone includes special.
• Setback: the width of the yard.
• Minimum dimension of courts may be reduced to 1.50m in cluster living units with adjacent courts.
• Separation wall: 2.00m high maximum.
• Minimum area per court: 3.00sqm.
• All inner courts shall be connected to a street or yard by a passageway at least 1.20m wide.
• Minimum area of courts: 4.00sqm.
• Yard: the required open space left between the outermost face of the building and the property lines.
• Minimum dimension of courts: 2.00m.
• PRE zone includes parks, recreation, entertainment, while CUL zone includes cultural, A zone includes agricultural, AI zone includes agroindustrial, and PUD zone includes planned unit development.
• Commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings are allowed to have firewalls provided they comply with certain conditions such as having a sprinkler system, installing fire-retardant or fire-suppression devices, and not exceeding 70% of the lot perimeter.
• The maximum height for a firewall is 8 storeys.
• Allowable maximum TGFA is specified in Table VII.1, p.84 of Rule 7 & 8, format: Number of floors x footprint, and depends on the lot type, zoning, and use of firewalls.
• Two configurations of firewalls are allowed: Two sides with a maximum of 75% of each side and a total that should not exceed 50% of the lot perimeter, or One side plus rear with a maximum of 65% of the side and 50% of the rear, for a total that should not exceed 60% of the lot perimeter.
• Total gross floor area (TGFA) is the total floor space inside the building, including services and parking, and is different from gross floor area (GFA) which only includes enclosed areas.
• Building height is measured from established grade line to the topmost portion of the building and excludes allowed projections above the roof, like signage, masts, antenna or telecom tower.
• When the street slope is 1/10, the sidewalk shall be maintained level for every 20 - 40 meters of run, each level joined by a ramp of a slope not exceeding 1/6.
• If curb height = 200mm or lower, the driveway and the sidewalk shall be on the same plane and a ramp with a slope of 1/3 to ¼ shall connect the carriageway to the sidewalk/curb.
• The local planning authority determines which streets shall have an open sidewalk or an arcaded sidewalk, or a combination of both.
• If curb height = greater than 200mm, a curb cutout for the driveway may be allowed and the driveway may be constructed along the entire width of the sidewalk.
• For RROW less than 9.00m, refer to Table VIII.G.3.
• For a RROW width of 9.00m or more, the minimum sidewalk width shall be 1.20m on each side of the RROW.
• Sidewalks should be level and of uniform grade throughout the length of the street.
• When the street slope does not exceed 1/12, the sidewalk shall follow the street slope.
• The sidewalk and the driveway shall be joined by a ramp with a slope of not more than 1/8.
• If the difference in elevation is less than 3 meters, the highest grade is taken.
• The top of a building is determined by the roof type.
• The RROW width also dictates the BHL.
• Towers, spires and steeples are considered as combustible materials and must not exceed 6.0 meters above the base height line (BHL).
• If the difference in elevation is more than 3 meters, the average of the highest and lowest grades is taken.
• Parking requirements are given in Table VII.4 on p.100 and are based on occupancy and lot/floor areas.
• If the roof is sloping, the top of the building is the middle of the roof height.
• The base height line (BHL) is determined by the road right of way (RROW) width.