Attached are Resolution No. R-590, Approving the Revised Model Zoning Ordinance, (RMZO) adopted by the Board on 11 November 1996, and the text of said model which is Volume X of the 1996 series of Guidelines for the Formulation / Revision of Comprehensive Land Use Plans.*

1.         The RMZO is a revision and update of existing guidelines formulated some 15 years back pursuant to the mandates of the Board to extend technical and related forms of assistance in the land use planning of local government units. It was reached after consultations with other government agencies, LGU representatives and private sectors concerned.  As its title suggests, it is a model, a framework to serve as procedural and documentation reference or guide for the LGUs relative to the various processes in their substantive formulation of their own zoning ordinances.

2.         The Field Operations Support Group and the Regional Field Offices are hereby instructed to ensure the widest dissemination of the RMZO to the LGUS.

For your guidance, information and appropriate action.

Adopted: 11 December 1996


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WHEREAS, RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (LGC) provides that local government units (LGUs) shall, in conformity with existing laws, continue to prepare their respective comprehensive land use plans enacted through zoning ordinances which shall be the primary and dominant bases for the future use of land resources;

WHEREAS, PD 933 and EO 648, S. of 1981, as amended by EO 90, S. of 1986, empower the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLRB) to prescribe the standards and guidelines governing the preparation of land use plans, to monitor the implementation of such plans, and to adjudicate and settle the disputes among LGUs over their land use plans and zoning programs;

WHEREAS, pursuant to LOI 729, S. of 1978, EO 648, S. of 1981 and RA 7279, the HLRB shall review and ratify the comprehensive land use plans of provinces, highly urbanized cities, independent component cities and cities and municipalities of Metro Manila to ensure compliance with national standards and guidelines;

WHEREAS, RA 7279 directs the HLRB to extend technical and other forms of assistance to cities and municipalities, and with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), to provinces, to ensure that their land use plans are consistent with pertinent national policies, standards, and guidelines;

WHEREAS, periodic review and revision of promulgated standards and guidelines are imperative to keep them updated, attuned and responsive to various changing conditions and circumstances;

WHEREFORE, be it RESOLVED as it is hereby resolved that the REVISED MODEL ZONING ORDINANCE, hereto attached as Volume X, Guidelines for the Formulation/Revision of Comprehensive Land Use Plans, Series of 1996 and made an integral part hereof, be approved as the same is hereby approved.