National Building Code of the Philippines

CRITERIA USE ZONING

Occupancy SECTION 701. C-1
Occupancy Classified 2. Seminar/workshop
Group C – Education facilities
and Recreation 3. Training centers/facilities
4. Libraries, museums,
exhibition halls and art
galleries
5. Civic centers,
clubhouses, lodges,
community centers.

Group E - Business and 1. Wholesale and reta C-1 (Commercial

Mercantile stores One or Light
Division 2- Wholesale 2. Shopping centers Commercial) - a
and retail stores, office malls and supermarkets neighborhood or
buildings, drinking and 3. Wet and dry markets community level of
dining establishments 4. Restaurants, commercial use or
having an occupant load drinking and dining occupancy,
of less than one establishments with less characterized
hundred persons, than one hundred (100) mainly as a lowrise
printing plants, occupancies. building/structure
police and fire stations, 2. Repair shops like house for low intensity
factories and workshops appliances, motor commercial/trade,
using not highly vehicles and accessory, service and
flammable or home furnishing shop business activities,
combustible materials Auto sales and e.g., one to three
and paint stores without rentals, automotive (1 to 3) storey
bulk handlings. handicraft, shopping centers,
accessory and small offices or
spare parts shops, mixeduse/occupancy
marine craft, buildings and the
aircraft and sales like.
yards
5. Junk shops, scrap UTS (Utilities,
dealer shops Transportation and
Services) – a
range of
utilitarian/functiona
l uses or
occupancies,
characterized
mainly as a lowrise or mediumrise
building/structure
for low to high
 intensity
community support
functions, e.g.,
terminals/intermodals/multimodals
and depots

C-2
(Commercial
Two or
Medium
Commercial) -
a municipal or
city level of
commercial
use or
occupancy,
characterized
mainly as a
medium-rise
building/struct
ure for
medium to
high intensity
commercial/
trade, service
and business activities,
e.g., three to
five (3 to 5) storey
Group G – Storage 1. Wood working
and Hazardous establishments, lumber
Industrial and timber yards
Division G-3
(Medium Industrial
buildings for wood
working activities,
papers cardboard
manufactures,
textile and garment
factories
Group H - Assembly 1. Theaters and PRE (Park
Other Than Group I auditoriums Structures,
Division 1- Any assembly Recreation and
building with a stage Entertainment) - a
and an occupant load of range of
less than 1000 in recreational uses
the building. or occupancies,
characterized
mainly as a lowrise or medium-rise
 building/structure
for low to medium
intensity
recreational or
entertainment
functions related to
educational uses,
e.g., structures on
campuses or its
component
parks/open spaces
and all other kinds
of recreational or
assembly
buildings/structure
s on campus such
as auditoria, mess
halls, seminar
facilities,
gymnasia, stadia,
arenas and the
like.
CUL (Cultural) - a
community to
national level of
cultural use or
occupancy,
characterized
mainly as a lowrise or medium-rise
building/ structure
for cultural
activities, e.g.,
cultural centers,
convention
General Requirements
When a building is of
mixed occupancy or
used for more than one
occupancy, the whole
building
shall be subject to the
most restrictive
requirement pertaining
to any of the type of
occupancy found
therein except in the
following:
a. When a one-storey
 building houses more
than one occupancy,
each portion of the
building shall
conform to the
requirement of the
particular occupancy
housed therein and;
b. Where minor
accessory uses do not
occupy more than 10%
of the area of any floor
or a building,
nor more than 10% of
the basic area permitted
in the occupancy
requirements, in which
case, the
major use of the
building shall determine
the occupancy
classification.
Occupancy Zoning
Group C-1 C-1
Group E-2 UTS
Group G-3 C-2
Group H-1 PRE
Mixed Occupancy CUL

BUILDING HEIGHT LIMIT

Occupancy BHL
Number of allowable Meters above highest grade
storeys/floors above
established grade

Group C-1 6 18
Group E-2 15.00 meters (or must follow the duly-approved
BHL in the major zone it is part of)

Group G-3 30.00 meters (or must follow the duly-approved

BHL in the major zone it is part of)

Group H-1 30.00 meters (or must follow the duly-approved

BHL in the major zone it is part of)
15.00 meters (or must complement the duly
approved BHL in the major zone it is part of)

Mixed Occupancy