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BAGUIO CITY (PIA) -- The City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO) is now completing the updated Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of Baguio City. The CBAO explained that under micro zonation, land use regulations are no longer applied uniformly across all barangays. Instead, each area is carefully studied and mapped based on its unique traits, particularly if they are on fault lines. So naka-map out na yan itong area na ito. Ito ang seismic record dito. So, whatever you do, you cannot go beyond 3 storeys. May mga ganyan, City Administrator VJ Cawis said during the recent City Hall Hour. Cawis emphasized that some locations now have stricter height limitations due to earthquake risk assessments. In one area, pwede kang magpatayo ng ganitong building, kahit 11 floors, kahit 12 floors. Pero in one area, kahit anong gawin mo, two stories lang yan. Kasi nga, yung seismic data na binigay sa atin ng DENR and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau tells us that that area, kahit anong gawin mo, fault line yan, he said. The updated CLUP has become significantly more extensive because the barangay level applications are now highly specific. He said that previously, zoning regulations were applied more generally. Now, policies vary depending on scientific findings in each specific area. The updated plan incorporates extensive geological studies and mapping, including the contributions from water resource experts like the Water Resource Board. These studies identified environmentally sensitive zones such as top water or aquifer recharge areas. We factored in already geological studies, geological mapping... yung mga kinontribute pati sa atin ng Water Resource Board. So, there are also areas wherein you know already na maano ang top water area dito. There are restrictions na hindi tayo pwedeng mag-allow na may magpatayo rito ng high-rise kasi baka madali ang ating aquifer, he said. Cawis added that the updated land use plan is now nearing its completion. Finishing last mile touches na lang si Architect Donna and the whole team of our CPSDO and then what will happen thereafter is that they will already be submitting this to the City Council in order for the zoning ordinance to come about, he said. The updated CLUP for 2024 to 2032 will chart the citys physical and economic development for the next eight years. (DEG-PIA CAR w/ DMMMSU intern Gian Benedict S. Aguda)
