Republic Act No. 9024 "Charter of the City of Calamba." (Part 1)

AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALAMBA, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CALAMBA

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Charter of the City of Calamba."

Section 2. The City of Calamba. -The Municipality of Calamba shall be converted into a component city to be known as the City of Calamba, hereinafter referred to as the City, which shall comprise the present jurisdiction of the Municipality of Calamba, Laguna Province. The territorial jurisdiction of the City shall be within the present metes and bounds of the Municipality of Calamba, as follows:

Bounded on the NW., along lines 1-2 by Barangay Dapdap, (City of Tagaytay); on the SW., along lines 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Kangaan, Municipality of Silang); on the SW. and NW., along lines 10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19- 20-21-22-23-24-25 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Guinting); on the SW., NW., and NE., along lines 25 to 57 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Casili); on the NW., NE., and: SW., along lines 57 to 94 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Pasong Anos); on the SW., NW., and NE., along lines 94 to 118 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Pittlano); on the NW., and NE., along lines 118 to 131 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Diezmo); along lines 131-132-133-134-135 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Pulo); on the NE., NW., and SE., along lines 135 to 144 by San Cristobal River (Barangay San Isidro); along lines 144 to 156 by San Cristobal River (Barangay Mamatid); on the NE., NW., SE., and SW., along lines 156 to 300 by Barangay Mamatid; all of Municipality of Cabuyao; on the NE., NW., SW., SE., along lines 300 to 418 by Laguna de Bay; on the SE., along lines 418 to 426 by Barangay Tadlak; along line 426-427 by Barangay Lalakay; on the SE., SW., along lines 427-428-429 by Forest Zone, all of Municipality of Los Ba�os; on the NW., SW., and SE., along lines 429 to 442 by Barangay San Rafael; on the SW., SE., and NW., along lines 442 to 492 by Siam-Siam River (Barangay Sta. Anastacia), both of Municipality of Sto. Tomas; on the SW., along lines 492-493-494 by Barangay Laurel; on the SE., along lines 494-495-496 by Barangay Malaking Pulo and Barangay Santol; along lines 496-497 by Barangay Suplang all in the Municipality of Tanauan along lines 497-498 by Barangay Tranaca of Municipality of Talisay; along line 498-1 by Barangay Kalaboso and City of Tagaytay.

thence N. 13 deg. 15' E.,	1,109.72 m. to point 2;
thence N. 80 deg. 23' E.,	38.24 m. to point 3;
thence N. 59 deg. 49' W.,	100.51 m. to point 4,
thence N. 25 deg. 19' E.,	45.56 m. to point 5;
thence N. 16 deg. 18' W.,	46.47 m. to point 6;
thence N. 2 deg. 01' W.,	73.82 m. to point 7;
thence N. 55 deg. 25' W.,	43.19 m. to point 8;
thence N. 21 deg. 12' W.,	44.39 m. to point 9;
thence N. 00 deg. 50' E.,	101.32 m. to point 10;
thence N. 25 deg. 41' W.,	52.71 m. to point 11;
thence N. 17 deg. 47' E.,	39.63 m. to point 12;
thence N. 16 deg. 15' W.,	100.50 m. to point 13;
thence N. 63 deg. 36' W.,	33.54 m. to point 14;
thence N. 15 deg. 57' E.,	72.80 m. to point 15;
thence N. 47 deg. 44' W.,	74.33 m. to point 16;
thence N. 13 deg. 10' E.,	241.35 m. to point 17;
thence N. 66 deg. 02' E.,	49.24 m. to point 18;
thence N. 1 deg. 58' W.,	145.09 m. to point 19;
thence N. 48 deg. 22' W.,	60.21 m. to point 20;
thence N. 7 deg. 36' W.,	75.66 m. to point 21;
thence N. 79 deg. 19' E.,	53.94 m. to point 22;
thence N. 21 deg. 03' E.,	214.31 m. to point 23;
thence N. 65 deg. 18' W.,	95.75 m. to point 24;
thence N. 19 deg. 29' W.,	68.95 m. to point 25;
thence N. 49 deg. 11' W.,	145.34 m. to point 26;
thence N. 28 deg. 22' E.,	56.82 m. to point 27;
thence N. 26 deg. 24' W.,	126.07 m. to point 28;
thence N. 5 deg. 43' E.,	50.25 m. to point 29;
thence S. 30 deg. 15' E.,	69.46 m. to point 30;
thence N. 6 deg. 01' E.,	95.52 m. to point 31;
thence N. 32 deg. 16' E.,	112.36 m. to point 32;
thence N. 21 deg. 48' E.,	134.63 m. to point 33;
thence N. 38 deg. 17' E.,	121.04 m. to point 34;
thence N. 61 deg. 11' E.,	114.13 m. to point 35;
thence S. 86 deg. 11' E.,	75.17 m. to point 36;
thence N. 55 deg. 50' E.,	169.19 m. to point 37;
thence S. 81 deg. 28' E.,	101.12 m. to point 38;
thence N. 5 deg. 17' E.,	271.15 m. to point 39;
thence N. 17 deg. 56' E.,	178.68 m. to point 40;
thence N. 22 deg. 39' W.,	124.62 m. to point 41;
thence N. 24 deg. 24' E.,	263.18 m. to point 42;
thence N. 57 deg. 44' E.,	112.36 m. to point 43;
thence S. 74 deg. 29' E.,	93.41 m. to point 44;
thence N. 60 deg. 15' E.,	120.93 m. to point 45;
thence S. 59 deg. 02' E.,	145.77 m. to point 46;
thence N. 44 deg. 32' E.,	85.56 m. to point 47;
thence N. 19 deg. 28' W.,	105.00 m. to point 48;
thence N. 18 deg. 26' E.,	94.87 m. to point 49;
thence N. 66 deg. 42' E.,	391.95 m. to point 50;
thence N. 29 deg. 59' E.,	150.08 m. to point 51;
thence N. 5 deg. 12' W.,	165.68 m. to point 52;
thence N. 43 deg. 55' E.,	187.42 m. to point 53;
thence N. 6 deg. 20' E.,	135.83 m. to point 54;
thence N. 76 deg. 22' E.,	160.72 m. to point 55;
thence S. 87 deg. 57' E.,	140.09 m. to point 56;
thence N. 1 deg. 16' W.,	225.06 m. to point 57;
thence N. 22 deg. 23' E.,	91.92 m. to point 58;
thence N. 81 deg. 52' E.,	70.71 m. to point 59;
thence N. 18 deg. 26' E.,	79.06 m. to point 60;
thence N. 73 deg. 37' E.,	88.60 m. to point 61;
thence S. 63 deg. 26' E.,	55.90 m. to point 62;
thence N. 54 deg. 41' E.,	147.06 m. to point 63;
thence S. 60 deg. 15' E.,	120.93 m. to point 64;
thence N. 53 deg. 45' E.,	93.01 m. to point 65;
thence N. 86 deg. 49' E.,	90.14 m. to point 66;
thence N. 68 deg. 12' E.,	107.70 m. to point 67;
thence N. 38 deg. 40' E.,	96.05 m. to point 68;
thence S. 79 deg. 19' E.,	269.68 m. to point 69;
thence N. 7 deg. 30' E.,	191.64 m. to point 70;
thence N. 81 deg. 28' E.,	101.12 m. to point 71;
thence N. 15 deg. 57' W.,	145.60 m. to point 72;
thence N. 58 deg. 47' E.,	192.94 m. to point 73;
thence N. 35 deg. 50' W.,	111.02 m. to point 74;
thence N. 49 deg. 24' E.,	46.10 m. to point 75;
thence S. 56 deg. 19' E.,	90.14 m. to point 76;
thence N. 39 deg. 17' E.,	71.06 m. to point 77;
thence N. 75 deg. 23' W.,	118.25 m. to point 78;
thence N. 21 deg. 02' E.,	69.64 m. to point 79;
thence S. 69 deg. 41' E.,	143.96 m. to point 80;
thence N. 33 deg. 41' E.,	90.14 m. to point 81;
thence S. 86 deg. 25' W.,	80.16 m. to point 82;
thence N. 21 deg. 48' W.,	53.85 m. to point 83;
thence N. 45 deg. 00' E.,	56.57 m. to point 84;
thence S. 85 deg. 36' E.,	65.19 m. to point 85;
thence N. 6 deg. 20' W.,	45.28 m. to point 86;
thence N. 62 deg. 42' W.,	174.43 m. to point 87;
thence N. 15 deg. 15' W.,	57.01 m. to point 88;
thence N. 81 deg. 52' E.,	70.71 m. to point 89;
thence N. 3 deg. 28' E.,	33.06 m. to point 90;
thence N. 62 deg. 42' W.,	69.77 m. to point 91;
thence N. 33 deg. 41' E.,	72.11 m. to point 92;
thence N. 74 deg. 13' E.,	239.01 m. to point 93;
thence N. 29 deg. 21' E.,	183.53 m. to point 94;
thence N. 13 deg. 34' W.,	149.16 m. to point 95;
thence N. 47 deg. 03' E.,	198.12 m. to point 96;
thence N. 14 deg. 02' E.,	82.46 m. to point 97;
thence N. 72 deg. 11' E.,	147.05 m. to point 98;
thence N. 52 deg. 36' E.,	214.01 m. to point 99;
thence N. 61 deg. 23' E.,	187.95 m. to point 100;
thence N. 34 deg. 46' E.,	426.09 m. to point 101;
thence N. 57 deg. 22' E.,	194.73 m. to point 102;
thence N. 77 deg. 47' E.,	174.96 m. to point 103;
thence N. 49 deg. 40' E.,	295.14 m. to point 104;
thence N. 75 deg. 08' E.,	202.78 m. to point 105;
thence S. 76 deg. 53' E.,	198.18 m. to point 106;
thence N. 60 deg. 42' E.,	177.75 m. to point 107;
thence S. 88 deg. 11' E.,	346.17 m. to point 108;
thence N. 56 deg. 59' E.,	310.10 m. to point 109;
thence N. 62 deg. 41' E.,	540.28 m. to point 110;
thence N. 35 deg. 49' E.,	164.03 m. to point 111;
thence N. 68 deg. 45' E.,	231.76 m. to point 112;
thence S. 75 deg. 58' E.,	82.46 m. to point 113;
thence N. 71 deg. 34' E.,	252.98 m. to point 114;
thence N. 27 deg. 06' E.,	241.51 m. to point 115;
thence N. 54 deg. 41' E.,	147.05 m. to point 116;
thence S. 40 deg. 06' E.,	124.20 m. to point 117;
thence N. 76 deg. 14' E.,	252.24 m. to point 118;
thence N. 53 deg. 22' E.,	243.00 m. to point 119;
thence N. 83 deg. 27' E.,	437.86 m. to point 120;
thence S. 56 deg. 19' E.,	72.11 m. to point 121;
thence N. 75 deg. 58' E.,	288.62 m. to point 122;;
thence N. 10 deg. 18' E.,	55.90 m. to point 123;
thence N. 66 deg. 18' E.,	223.89 m. to point 124;
thence S. 67 deg. 56' E.,	79.85 m. to point 125;
thence N. 19 deg. 07' E.,	79.38 m. to point 126;
thence N. 52 deg. 46' E.,	157.00 m. to point 127;
thence N. 80 deg. 55' E.,	126.59 m. to point 128;
thence N. 55 deg. 30' E.,	97.08 m. to point 129;
thence N. 58 deg. 45' E.,	520.50 m. to point 130;
thence N. 4 deg. 38' E.,	185.61 m. to point 131;
thence N. 45 deg. 00' E.,	98.99 m. to point 132;
thence N. 68 deg. 12' E.,	242.33 m. to point 133;
thence S. 45 deg. 34' E.,	141.43 m. to point 134;
thence N. 76 deg. 15' E.,	143.10 m. to point 135;
thence S. 17 deg. 28' E.,	243.21 m. to point 136;
thence S. 73 deg. 04' E.,	192.33 m. to point 137;
thence S. 77 deg. 43' E.,	173.98 m. to point 138;
thence S. 86 deg. 24' E.,	461.91 m. to point 139;
thence N. 77 deg. 52' E.,	218.89 m. to point 140;
thence S. 37 deg. 42' E.,	83.41 m. to point 141;
thence S. 24 deg. 22' W.,	58.18 m. to point 142;
thence S. 00 deg. 47' W.,	54.96 m. to point 143;
thence S. 4 deg. 35' W.,	68.25 m. to point 144;
thence S. 23 deg. 58' E.,	89.55 m. to point 145;
thence S. 45 deg. 00' E.,	42.43 m. to point 146;
thence N. 55 deg. 01' E.,	73.24 m. to point 147;
thence N. 82 deg. 06' E.,	36.35 m. to point 148;
thence S. 75 deg. 40' E.,	92.89 m. to point 149;
thence S. 48 deg. 59' E.,	132.55 m. to point 150;
thence N. 87 deg. 12' E.,	164.20 m. to point 151;
thence S. 64 deg. 59' E.,	66.21 m. to point 152;
thence S. 78 deg. 19' W.,	148.07 m. to point 153;
thence S. 68 deg. 35' E.,	273.91 m. to point 154;
thence S. 35 deg. 32' W.,	129.03 m. to point 155;
thence S. 5 deg. 09' E.,	182.06 m. to point 156;
thence S. 82 deg. 41' E.,	76.75 m. to point 157;
thence N. 77 deg. 19' E.,	115.12 m. to point 158;
thence S. 72 deg. 43' E.,	72.53 m. to point 159;
thence S. 56 deg. 27' E.,	41.26 m. to point 160;
thence S. 20 deg. 08' E.,	19.96 m. to point 161;
thence S. 3 deg. 48' W.,	45.36 m. to point 162;
hence S. 28 deg. 42' W.,	30.24 m. to point 163;
thence S. 28 deg. 03' E.,	38.82 m. to point 164;
thence S. 24 deg. 45' E.,	42.27 m. to point 165;
thence S. 66 deg. 50' E.,	4.68 m. to point 166;
thence N. 59 deg. 08' E.,	77.88 m. to point 167;
thence N. 59 deg. 09' E.,	135.15 m. to point 168;
thence N. 59 deg. 05' E.,	72.30 m. to point 169;
thence N. 57 deg. 30' E.,	12.10 m. to point 170;
thence N. 57 deg. 33' E.,	19.79 m. to point 171;
thence N. 59 deg. 17' E.,	17.58 m. to point 172;
thence N. 71 deg. 32' E.,	37.33 m. to point 173;
thence N. 74 deg. 59' E.,	19.40 m. to point 174;
thence N. 1 deg. 05' E.,	47.19 m. to point 175;
thence S. 77 deg. 12' E.,	88.61 m. to point 176;
thence N. 73 deg. 33' E.,	185.55 m. to point 177;
thence N. 73 deg. 82' E.,	185.00 m. to point 178;
thence N. 52 deg. 11' E.,	8.53 m. to point 179;
thence N. 50 deg. 19' E.,	52.73 m. to point 180;
thence N. 44 deg. 02' E.,	54.58 m. to point 181;
thence N. 40 deg. 59' E.,	21.62 m. to point 182;
thence N. 45 deg. 03' E.,	90.48 m. to point 183;
thence S. 25 deg. 24' E.,	5.52 m. to point 184;
thence N. 70 deg. 40' E.,	47.84 m. to point 185;
thence N. 71 deg. 34' E.,	0.28 m. to point 186;
thence N. 46 deg. 45' E.,	31.81 m. to point 187;
thence N. 55 deg. 01' E.,	123.29 m. to point 188;
thence N. 69 deg. 29' E.,	98.74 m. to point 189;
thence N. 73 deg. 44' W.,	72.31 m. to point 190;
thence N. 71 deg. 10' E.,	108.11 m. to point 191;
thence N. 60 deg. 46' E.,	7.49 m. to point 192;
thence N. 12 deg. 28' W.,	10.94 m. to point 193;
thence N. 60 deg. 17' E.,	57.72 m. to point 194;
thence N. 19 deg. 58' W.,	78.76 m. to point 195;
thence S. 19 deg. 15' E.,	78.88 m. to point 196;
thence N. 56 deg. 26' E.,	63.36 m. to point 197;
thence N. 80 deg. 58' E.,	19.24 m. to point 198;
thence N. 81 deg. 00' E.,	43.40 m. to point 199;
thence N. 81 deg. 01' E.,	33.02 m. to point 200;
thence N. 77 deg. 07' E.,	86.63 m. to point 201;
thence S. 83 deg. 47' W.,	63.06 m. to point 202;
thence N. 82 deg. 43' E.,	29.52 m. to point 203;
thence N. 83 deg. 39' E.,	17.97 m. to point 204;
thence N. 85 deg. 57' E.,	15.59 m. to point 205;
thence N. 61 deg. 29' E.,	6.30 m. to point 206;
thence S. 70 deg. 18' E.,	4.04 m. to point 207;
thence S. 55 deg. 31' E.,	146.02 m. to point 208;
thence N. 48 deg. 28' E.,	84.11 m. to point 209;
thence N. 13 deg. 49' E.,	94.55 m. to point 210;
thence N. 7 deg. 12' W.,	56.21 m. to point 211;
thence N. 48 deg. 28' E.,	84.11 m. to point 212;
thence N. 47 deg. 49' E.,	126.19 m. to point 213;
thence N. 57 deg. 37' E.,	48.60 m. to point 214;
thence S. 29 deg. 06' E.,	90.99 m. to point 215;
thence S. 73 deg. 17' E.,	40.12 m. to point 216;
thence N. 77 deg. 49' E.,	64.42 m. to point 217;
thence N. 40 deg. 08' E.,	20.14 m. to point 218;
thence N. 63 deg. 50' E.,	58.42 m. to point 219;
thence N. 63 deg. 50' E.,	106.86 m. to point 220;
thence N. 74 deg. 42' E.,	106.86 m. to point 221;
thence N. 42 deg. 51' E.,	46.27 m. to point 222;
thence N. 38 deg. 25' E.,	11.17 m. to point 223;
thence N. 43 deg. 37' E.,	10.25 m. to point 224;
thence N. 60 deg. 46' E.,	8.62 m. to point 225;
thence N. 69 deg. 35' E.,	11.78 m. to point 226;
thence N. 84 deg. 49' E.,	5.42 m. to point 227;
thence S. 88 deg. 16' E.,	9.62 m. to point 228;
thence S. 54 deg. 27' E.,	17.87 m. to point 229;
thence N. 78 deg. 45' E.,	128.59 m. to point 230;
thence S. 12 deg. 38' E.,	70.90 m. to point 231;
thence N. 78 deg. 42' E.,	28.82 m. to point 232;
thence N. 78 deg. 41' E.,	19.42 m. to point 233;
thence N. 84 deg. 09' E.,	36.88 m. to point 234;
thence S. 83 deg. 22' E.,	28.24 m. to point 235;
thence N. 44 deg. 59' E.,	36.52 m. to point 236;
thence N. 67 deg. 03' E.,	31.07 m. to point 237;
thence N. 14 deg. 23' W.,	5.95 m. to point 238;
thence N. 73 deg. 18' E.,	16.32 m. to point 239;
thence N. 73 deg. 18' E.,	14.58 m. to point 240;
thence N. 73 deg. 26' E.,	9.25 m. to point 241;
thence N. 9 deg. 26' E.,	12.45 m. to point 242;
thence S. 4 deg. 56' W.,	2.91 m. to point 243;
thence N. 56 deg. 20' E.,	99.98 m. to point 244;
thence N. 15 deg. 16' E.,	23.70 m. to point 245;
thence N. 38 deg. 28' W.,	32.44 m. to point 246;
thence N. 54 deg. 25' W.,	43.15 m. to point 247;
thence S. 76 deg. 19' E.,	101.92 m. to point 248;
thence S. 33 deg. 34' E.,	37.59 m. to point 249;
thence S. 76 deg. 48' E.,	65.14 m. to point 250;
thence N. 66 deg. 56' E.,	21.51 m. to point 251;
thence N. 8 deg. 48' W.,	5.23 m. to point 252;
thence N. 55 deg. 19' E.,	7.42 m. to point 253;
thence N. 86 deg. 52' E.,	62.38 m. to point 254;
thence S. 83 deg. 45' E.,	13.68 m. to point 255;
thence S. 81 deg. 34' E.,	12.21 m. to point 256;
thence S. 82 deg. 01' E.,	2.16 m. to point 257;
thence S. 81 deg. 34' W.,	2.73 m. to point 258;
thence S. 88 deg. 09' E.,	59.09 m. to point 259;
thence S. 15 deg. 48' E.,	12.49 m. to point 260;
thence N. 78 deg. 57' E.,	35.98 m. to point 261;
thence N 72 deg. 23' E.,	16.46 m. to point 262;
thence N. 56 deg. 19' E.,	15.67 m. to point 263;
thence N. 64 deg. 20' E.,	39.01 m. to point 264;
thence N. 83 deg. 06' E.,	66.29 m. to point 265;
thence N. 3 deg. 44' W.,	18.11 m. to point 266;
thence N. 29 deg. 10' E.,	29.22 m. to point 267;
thence N. 8 deg. 22' W.,	31.43 m. to point 268;
thence N. 87 deg. 08' E.,	26.35 m. to point 269;
thence N. 65 deg. 50' E.,	46.84 m. to point 270;
thence N. 54 deg. 32' E.,	10.49 m. to point 271;
thence N. 73 deg. 33' E.,	27.01 m. to point 272;
thence S. 82 deg. 20' W.,	258.53 m. to point 273;
thence N. 34 deg. 54' W.,	37.16 m. to point 274;
thence N. 41 deg. 12' E.,	11.74 m. to point 275;
thence N. 84 deg. 03' E.,	341.49 m. to point 276;
thence N. 59 deg. 24' E.,	27.62 m. to point 277;
thence N. 76 deg. 05' E.,	7.15 m. to point 278;
thence S. 88 deg. 08' E.,	5.84 m. to point 279;
thence S. 80 deg. 12' E.,	11.11 m. to point 280;
thence N. 40 deg. 03' E.,	10.55 m. to point 281;
thence N. 61 deg. 00' E.,	16.67 m. to point 282;
thence N. 51 deg. 00' E.,	16.75 m. to point 283;
thence N. 4 deg. 29' E.,	15.09 m. to point 284;
thence N. 10 deg. 31' E.,	14.04 m. to point 285;
thence N. 49 deg. 31' E.,	6.38 m. to point 286;
thence N. 32 deg. 28' E.,	6.61 m. to point 287;
thence N. 49 deg. 48' E.,	17.51 m. to point 288;
thence S. 88 deg. 09' E.,	13.33 m. to point 289;
thence N. 23 deg. 17' E.,	14.32 m. to point 290;
thence N. 51 deg. 18' E.,	9.85 m. to point 291;
thence N. 48 deg. 41' E.,	13.24 m. to point 292;
thence N. 56 deg. 17' E.,	16.16 m. to point 293;
thence N. 66 deg. 20' E.,	18.41 m. to point 294;
thence N. 80 deg. 23' E.,	21.42 m. to point 295;
thence N. 67 deg. 57' E.,	21.60 m. to point 296;
thence N. 67 deg. 55' E.,	6.81 m. to point 297;
thence N. 66 deg. 46' E.,	100.34 m. to point 298;
thence N. 65 deg. 14' E.,	70.40 m. to point 299;
thence N. 66 deg. 10' E.,	50.00 m. to point 300;
thence S. 29 deg. 27' E.,	200.44 m. to point 301;
thence N. 84 deg. 23' E.,	170.78 m. to point 302;
thence S. 69 deg. 04' E.,	160.80 m. to point 303;
thence S. 10 deg. 25' E.,	12.94 m. to point 304;
thence S. 80 deg. 29' E.,	56.76 m. to point 305;
thence N. 3 deg. 49' W.,	7.21 m. to point 306;
thence S. 69 deg. 42' E.,	154.87 m. to point 307;
thence S. 78 deg. 36' E.,	171.88 m. to point 308;
thence S. 68 deg. 00' E.,	256.56 m. to point 309;
thence S. 69 deg. 28' E.,	86.52 m. to point 310;
thence S. 32 deg. 44' E.,	81.03 m. to point 311;
thence S. 89 deg. 35' E.,	73.46 m. to point 312;
thence S. 44 deg. 30' E.,	180.38 m. to point 313;
thence S. 50 deg. 24' E.,	123.44 m. to point 314;
thence S. 57 deg. 36' W.,	92.50 m. to point 315;
thence S. 27 deg. 04' E.,	10.26 m. to point 316;
thence S. 19 deg. 55' E.,	119.93 m. to point 317;
thence S. 20 deg. 46' W.,	106.78 m. to point 318;
thence S. 03 deg. 58' E.,	13.31 m. to point 319;
thence S. 62 deg. 48' W.,	31.19 m. to point 320;
thence S. 12 deg. 59' E.,	24.25 m. to point 321;
thence S. 22 deg. 00' E.,	44.29 m. to point 322;
thence S. 12 deg. 38' E.,	122.92 m. to point 323;
thence S. 10 deg. 02' E.,	10.22 m. to point 324;
thence S. 8 deg. 05' E.,	96.63 m. to point 325;
thence S. 8 deg. 50' E.,	39.15 m. to point 326;
thence S. 38 deg. 21' W.,	15.14 m. to point 327;
thence S. 6 deg. 59' W.,	103.33 m. to point 328;
thence N. 89 deg. 17' E.,	16.02 m. to point 329;
thence S. 10 deg. 29' E.,	77.29 m. to point 330;
thence S. 53 deg. 41' W.,	14.30 m. to point 331;
thence S. 33 deg. 41' E.,	96.82 m. to point 332;
thence S. 16 deg. 30' E.,	71.86 m. to point 333;
thence S. 6 deg. 12' E.,	69.46 m. to point 334;
thence S. 72 deg. 58' W.,	56.53 m. to point 335;
thence S. 36 deg. 35' E.,	95.65 m. to point 336;
thence S. 26 deg. 51' E.,	58.60 m. to point 337;
thence S. 29 deg. 07' E.,	93.44 m. to point 338;
thence S. 26 deg. 11' E.,	8.16 m. to point 339;
thence S. 26 deg. 10' E.,	322.03 m. to point 340;
thence N. 70 deg. 57' E.,	1.47 m. to point 341;
thence S. 9 deg. 40' E.,	95.14 m. to point 342;
thence S. 86 deg. 01' W.,	52.32 m. to point 343;
thence S. 33 deg. 35' E.,	88.61 m. to point 344;
thence S. 49 deg. 21' E.,	72.62 m. to point 345;
thence S. 7 deg. 11' W.,	75.97 m. to point 346;
thence S. 11 deg. 34' E.,	105.21 m. to point 347;
thence S. 31 deg. 26' W.,	151.57 m. to point 348;
thence S. 76 deg. 12' W.,	117.39 m. to point 349;
thence S. 61 deg. 00' W.,	115.49 m. to point 350;
thence S. 56 deg. 19' W.,	126.19 m. to point 351;
thence S. 41 deg. 41' W.,	97.94 m. to point 352;
thence S. 39 deg. 31' W.,	125.73 m. to point 353;
thence S. 44 deg. 11' W.,	147.80 m. to point 354;
thence S. 36 deg. 39' W.,	53.60 m. to point 355;
thence S. 31 deg. 10' W.,	144.92 m. to point 356;
thence S. 10 deg. 07' W.,	113.77 m. to point 357;
thence S. 23 deg. 08' W.,	165.60 m. to point 358;
thence S. 2 deg. 23' E.,	137.54 m. to point 359;
thence S. 71 deg. 42' E.,	47.53 m. to point 360;
thence S. 58 deg. 32' E.,	136.41 m. to point 361;
thence S. 11 deg. 35' E.,	171.60 m. to point 362;
thence S. 4 deg. 55' E.,	205.56 m. to point 363;
thence S. 4 deg. 56' E.,	203.98 m. to point 364;
thence S. 4 deg. 55' E.,	276.47 m. to point 365;
thence S. 53 deg. 55' W.,	165.18 m. to point 366;
thence S. 53 deg. 50' W.,	164.82 m. to point 367;
thence S. 54 deg. 16' W.,	175.55 m. to point 368;
thence S. 26 deg. 56' W.,	199.08 m. to point 369;
thence N. 27 deg. 29' W.,	200.12 m. to point 370;
thence N. 27 deg. 24' W.,	218.53 m. to point 371;
thence S. 76 deg. 57' W.,	174.90 m. to point 372;
thence N. 78 deg. 29' W.,	110.22 m. to point 373;
thence S. 71 deg. 10' W.,	182.78 m. to point 374;
thence S. 38 deg. 40' W.,	83.24 m. to point 375;
thence S. 74 deg. 17' E.,	66.48 m. to point 376;
thence S. 74 deg. 50' W.,	110.86 m. to point 377;
thence S. 69 deg. 31' W.,	80.06 m. to point 378;
thence S. 5 deg. 19' W.,	86.37 m. to point 379;
thence S. 16 deg. 21' E.,	95.88 m. to point 380;
thence S. 14 deg. 49' W.,	125.16 m. to point 381;
thence S. 29 deg. 07' E.,	80.43 m. to point 382;
thence S. 0 deg. 46' E.,	370.03 m. to point 383;
thence N. 15 deg. 58' E.,	279.80 m. to point 384;
thence S. 88 deg. 52' E.,	64.50 m. to point 385;
thence S. 21 deg. 49' E.,	59.24 m. to point 386;
thence S. 24 deg. 15' E.,	99.81 m. to point 387;
thence S. 24 deg. 56' E.,	78.29 m. to point 388;
thence S. 12 deg. 36' E.,	87.10 m. to point 389;
thence S. 49 deg. 41' E.,	86.56 m. to point 390;
thence S. 33 deg. 41' E.,	187.49 m. to point 391;
thence S. 20 deg. 03' E.,	134.13 m. to point 392;
thence S. 65 deg. 31' E.,	110.98 m. to point 393;
thence S. 29 deg. 58' E.,	128.13 m. to point 394;
thence S. 56 deg. 28' E.,	99.57 m. to point 395;
thence S. 60 deg. 08' E.,	116.47 m. to point 396;
thence N. 76 deg. 21' E.,	105.99 m. to point 397;
thence S. 60 deg. 02' E.,	128.13 m. to point 398;
thence N. 69 deg. 27' E.,	136.70 m. to point 399;
thence N. 64 deg. 10' E.,	176.66 m. to point 400;
thence N. 79 deg. 48' E.,	141.23 m. to point 401;
thence N. 64 deg. 53' E.,	160.15 m. to point 402;
thence N. 48 deg. 19' E.,	109.79 m. to point 403;
thence N. 44 deg. 01' E.,	165.49 m. to point 404;
thence N. 24 deg. 04' E.,	112.81 m. to point 405;
thence N. 62 deg. 16' E.,	109.59 m. to point 406;
thence S. 82 deg. 08' E.,	211.19 m. to point 407;
thence S. 35 deg. 44' E.,	70.21 m. to point 408;
thence S. 36 deg. 48' E.,	173.60 m. to point 409;
thence N. 75 deg. 09' E.,	136.56 m. to point 410;
thence N. 79 deg. 58' E.,	166.54 m. to point 411;
thence S. 85 deg. 11' E.,	202.71 m. to point 412;
thence N. 74 deg. 48' E.,	167.87 m. to point 413;
thence S. 73 deg. 57' E.,	235.16 m. to point 414;
thence N. 75 deg. 55' W.,	267.03 m. to point 415;
thence S. 82 deg. 23' E.,	498.39 m. to point 416;
thence S. 86 deg. 38' E.,	85.15 m. to point 417;
thence S. 76 deg. 50' E.,	158.30 m. to point 418;
thence S. 36 deg. 23' W.,	35.19 m. to point 419;
thence S. 19 deg. 09' W.,	215.30 m. to point 420;
thence S. 17 deg. 22' W.,	10.38 m. to point 421;
thence S. 16 deg. 16' W.,	461.07 m. to point 422;
thence S. 17 deg. 17' W.,	170.92 m. to point 423;
thence S. 19 deg. 09' W.,	61.46 m. to point 424;
thence S. 19 deg. 08' W.,	98.64 m. to point 425;
thence S. 16 deg. 42' W.,	691.60 m. to point 426;
thence S. 11 deg. 22' W.,	583.30 m. to point 427;
thence S. 11 deg. 15' W.,	3,507.37 m. to point 428;
thence N. 80 deg. 14' W.,	2,232.31 m. to point 429;
thence N. 42 deg. 13' E.,	12.54 m. to point 430;
thence N. 80 deg. 34' W.,	151.11 m. to point 431;
thence N. 80 deg. 34' W.,	211.85 m. to point 432;
thence N. 79 deg. 53' W.,	222.50 m. to point 433;
thence S. 19 deg. 06' W.,	9.37 m. to point 434;
thence S. 7 deg. 17' W.,	0.47 m. to point 435;
thence N. 78 deg. 47' W.	205.54 m. to point 436;
thence N. 80 deg. 08' W.,	69.85 m. to point 437;
thence N. 80 deg. 08' W.,	200.03 m. to point 438;
thence N. 80 deg. 08' W.,	232.32 m. to point 439;
thence N. 80 deg. 08' W.,	89.54 m. to point 440;
thence N. 80 deg. 08' W.,	126.24 m. to point 441;
thence S. 46 deg. 09' W.,	20.72 m. to point 442;
thence N. 80 deg. 13' W.,	330.94 m. to point 443;
thence S. 86 deg. 09' W.,	66.09 m. to point 444;
thence N. 66 deg. 35' W.,	78.52 m. to point 445;
thence N. 84 deg. 12' W.,	225.36 m. to point 446;
thence S. 81 deg. 41' W.,	137.16 m. to point 447;
thence S. 0 deg. 01' E.,	22.00 m. to point 448;
thence N. 37 deg. 00' W.,	62.99 m. to point 449;
thence N. 48 deg. 00' W.,	38.00 m. to point 450;
thence S. 60 deg. 00' W.,	65.01 m. to point 451;
thence N. 11 deg. 00' W.,	65.00 m. to point 452;
thence N. 89 deg. 03' W.,	45.00 m. to point 453;
thence N. 79 deg. 00' W.,	93.01 m. to point 454;
thence S. 79 deg. 00' W.,	102.99 m. to point 455;
thence N. 71 deg. 00' W.,	100.00 m. to point 456;
thence N. 80 deg. 00' W.,	90.01 m. to point 457;
thence N. 61 deg. 00' W.,	184.00 m. to point 458;
thence S. 74 deg. 00' W.,	110.00 m. to point 459;
thence N. 77 deg. 00' W.,	319.99 m. to point 460;
thence S. 15 deg. 57' W.,	36.46 m. to point 461;
thence S. 70 deg. 56' W.,	165.51 m. to point 462;
thence N. 20 deg. 00' W.,	75.01 m. to point 463;
thence N. 78 deg. 00' W.,	65.00 m. to point 464;
thence S. 36 deg. 13' W.,	58.30 m. to point 465;
thence N. 30 deg. 59' W.,	51.29 m. to point 466;
thence S. 69 deg. 47' W.,	99.94 m. to point 467;
thence S. 13 deg. 00' W.,	8.89 m. to point 468;
thence N. 36 deg. 12' W.,	54.46 m. to point 469;
thence N. 63 deg. 30' W.,	49.43 m. to point 470;
thence S. 70 deg. 41' W.,	31.09 m. to point 471;
thence S. 25 deg. 77' W.,	33.16 m. to point 472;
thence S. 16 deg. 28' W.,	54.51 m. to point 473;
thence S. 5 deg. 59' W.,	35.56 m. to point 474;
thence S. 2 deg. 10' E.,	27.79 m. to point 475;
thence N. 13 deg. 56' W.,	63.43 m. to point 476;
thence N. 78 deg. 59' W.,	5.49 m. to point 477;
thence S. 55 deg. 06' W.,	60.06 m. to point 478;
thence S. 36 deg. 16' W.,	31.51 m. to point 479;
thence S. 71 deg. 32' W.,	43.06 m. to point 480;
thence N. 77 deg. 26' W.,	69.62 m. to point 481;
thence S. 69 deg. 52' W.,	78.85 m. to point 482;
thence N. 68 deg. 30' W.,	62.61 m. to point 483;
thence N. 80 deg. 11' W.,	129.30 m. to point 484;
thence N. 48 deg. 21' W.,	81.62 m. to point 485;
thence N. 73 deg. 30' W.,	95.15 m. to point 486;
thence N. 7 deg. 20' W.,	143.28 m. to point 487;
thence N. 70 deg. 00' W.,	41.00 m. to point 488;
thence N. 24 deg. 00' E.,	44.00 m. to point 489;
thence N. 39 deg. 01' W.,	96.01 m. to point 490;
thence N. 62 deg. 22' W.,	209.76 m. to point 491;
thence N. 62 deg. 23' W.,	85.00 m. to point 492;
thence N. 75 deg. 28' W.,	1,495.48 m. to point 493;
thence N. 70 deg. 10' W.,	1,980.55 m. to point 494;
thence S. 87 deg. 02' W.,	1,727.70 m. to point 495;
thence S. 83 deg. 54' W.,	927.41 m. to point 496;
thence S. 83 deg. 55' W.,	1,971.59 m. to point 497:
thence S. 79 deg. 05' W.,	837.70 m. to point 498;
thence S. 71 deg. 00' W.,	2,813.60 m. to the point of beginning.

Containing an approximate area of fourteen thousand nine hundred fifty hectares (14,950) hectares including the area of 14,479 has, surveyed under Cad-154.

The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the resolution by the appropriate agency or forum of existing boundary disputes or cases involving questions of territorial jurisdiction between the City of Calamba and the adjoining local government units.

Section 3. Corporate Powers of the City. - The City constitutes a political body corporate and as such is endowed with the attributes of perpetual succession and possessed of the powers which pertains to a municipal corporation to be exercised in conformity with the provision of this Charter. The City shall have the following corporate powers:

(a)To have a continuous succession in its corporate name;

(b)To sue and be sued;

(c)To have and use a corporate seal;

(d)To acquire, hold and convey real or personal property;

(e)To enter into any contracts and/or agreements; and

(f)To exercise such other powers, prerogatives or authority subject to the limitations provided in this Act or laws.

Section 4. General Powers. - The City shall have a common seal and may alter the same at pleasure. It shall exercise the powers to levy taxes; to close and open roads, streets, alleys, parks or squares; to take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey and dispose of real and personal property for the general interests of the City; to expropriate or condemn private property for public use; to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued; to prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution suits wherein the City is involved or interested in and to exercise all the powers as are granted to corporations or as hereinafter granted.

Section 5. Liability for Damages. - The City and its officials shall not be exempt from liability for death or injury to persons or damage to property.

Section 6. Jurisdiction of the City. - The jurisdiction of the City of Calamba, for police purposes only, shall be coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction and for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the purity of the water supply of the City, such police jurisdiction shall also extend over all the territory within the drainage area of such water supply, or within one hundred meters (100 m.) of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in connection with the city water service.

The regional trial courts and the city courts of the City of Calamba shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the regional trial courts and the metropolitan trial courts or city or municipal trial courts of the adjoining municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanor committed within the said drainage area, or within said space of one hundred meters (100 m.). The court first taking jurisdiction of such offense shall thereafter retain exclusive jurisdiction thereof. But any license that may be issued within said zone, area or space shall be granted by the proper authorities of the city or municipality concerned, and the fees arising there from shall accrue to the treasury of the said city or municipality.

ARTICLE II

CITY OFFICIALS IN GENERAL

Section 7. The Officials of the City of Calamba. -

(a)There shall be in the City: a city mayor, a city vice mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, a secretary to the sangguniang panlungsod, a city treasurer and an assistant city treasurer, a city assessor and an assistant city assessor, a city accountant, a city budget officer, a city planning and development coordinator, a city engineer, a city health officer, a city civil registrar, a city administrator, a city legal officer, a city social welfare and development officer, a city veterinarian, a city general services officer, a city agriculturist, a city cooperatives officer, and an environment and natural resources officer;

(b)In addition thereto, the city mayor may appoint a city architect, a city information officer, and a city population officer;

(c)The City shall establish a city fire station to be headed by a city fire marshal, a city jail to be headed by a city jail warden, a city school division to be headed by a city school division superintendent, and a city prosecution service to be headed by a city prosecutor; and

(d)The City may:

(1)Maintain existing offices not mentioned in subsections (a) and (b) hereof;

(2)Create such other offices as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the city government; or

(3)Consolidate the functions of any office with those of another in the interest of efficiency and economy.

Unless otherwise provided herein, heads of departments and offices shall be appointed by the city mayor with the concurrence of the majority of all the sangguniang panlungsod members, subject to civil service law, rules and regulations. The sangguniang panlungsod shall act on the appointment within fifteen (15) days from the day of its submission, otherwise the same shall be deemed confirmed.

ARTICLE III

THE CITY MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR

Section 8. The City Mayor. -

(a)The city mayor shall be the chief executive of the City. He shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the City.

No person shall be eligible for the position of city mayor unless at the time of the election:

(1)He is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

(2)An actual resident of the City for at least one (1) year prior to his election; and

(3)A qualified voter therein.

He shall hold office for three (3) years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to salary grade thirty (30) as prescribed under Republic Act No. 6758 and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto.

(b)The city mayor, as the chief executive of the city government shall exercise such powers and perform such duties and functions as provided by the Local Government Code of 1991 and other laws:

(1)Exercise those powers expressly granted to him by law, those necessarily implied there from, as well as powers necessary, appropriate or incidental for the efficient and effective governance of the City and those which are essential to the promotion of general welfare:

(a)Determine the guidelines of city policies and be responsible to the sangguniang panlungsod for the program of government;

(b)Direct the formulation of the city development plan with the assistance of the city development council and upon approval thereof by the sangguniang panlungsod, implement the same;

(c)Present the program of government and propose policies and projects for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod at the opening of the regular session of the sangguniang panlungsod every calendar year and as often as may be deemed necessary as the general welfare of the inhabitants and the needs of the city government may require;

(d)Initiate and propose legislative measures to the sangguniang panlungsod and as often as may be deemed necessary, provide such information and data needed or requested by said sanggunian in the performance of its legislative functions;

(e)Appoint all officials and employees whose salaries and wages are wholly or mainly paid out of city funds and whose appointments are not otherwise provided for in this Act as well as those he may be authorized by law to appoint except those who are to be appointed by the vice mayor as provided in Section 9 hereof;

(f)Represent the City in all its business transactions and sign on its behalf all bonds, contracts, obligations, and such other documents with authority from the sangguniang panlungsod or pursuant to law or ordinance;

(g)Carry out such emergency measures as may be necessary during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and calamities;

(h)Determine the time, manner and place of payment of salaries or wages of the city officials and employees, in accordance with law or ordinance;

(i)Allocate and assign office space to the city officials and employees who, by law or ordinance, are entitled to such space in the city hall and other buildings owned or leased by the city government;

(j)Ensure that all executive officials and employees of the City faithfully discharge their duties and functions as provided by law and this Act and cause to be instituted administrative or judicial proceedings against any official or employee of the City who may have committed an offense in the performance of his official duties;

(k)Examine the books, records and other documents of all offices, officials, agents or employees of the City and, in aid of his executive powers and authority, require all national officials and employees stationed in or assigned to the City to make available to him such books, records and other documents in their custody except those classified by law as confidential;

(l)Furnish copies of executive orders issued by him to the office of the governor within seventy-two (72) hours after their issuance;

(m)Visit component barangays of the City at least once every six (6) months to deepen his understanding of problems and conditions, listen and give appropriate counsel to local officials and inhabitants of general laws and ordinances which especially concern them, and otherwise conduct visits and inspections to ensure that the governance of the City will improve the quality of life of the inhabitants;

(n)Act on leave applications of officials and employees appointed by him and the commutation of the monetary value of their leave credits in accordance with law;

(o)Authorize official trips of city officials and employees outside of the City for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days;

(p)Call upon any national official or employee stationed in or assigned to the City to advise him on matters affecting the City and to make recommendations thereon; coordinate with said officials and employees in the formulation and implementation of plans, programs and projects; and when appropriate, initiate an administrative or judicial action against a national government official or employee who may have committed an offense in the performance of his official duties while stationed in or assigned to the City;

(q)Authorize payment for medical care, necessary transportation, subsistence, hospital or medical fees of city officials and employees who are injured while in the performance of their official duties and functions, subject to availability of funds;

(r)Solemnize marriages, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding;

(s)Conduct an annual palarong panlungsod which shall feature traditional sports and disciplines included in national and international games, in coordination with the Department of Education, Culture and Sports; and

(t)Submit to the provincial governor the following reports: an annual report containing a summary of all matters pertinent to the management, administration and development of the City and all information and data relative to its political, social and economic conditions; supplemental reports when unexpected events and situations arise at any time during the year, particularly when man-made or natural disasters or calamities affect the general welfare of the City.

(2)Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance of the City and in the exercise of its appropriate powers as well as implement all approved policies, programs, projects, services and activities of the City and in addition shall:

(a)Ensure that the acts of the City's component barangays and of its officials and employees are within the scope of their prescribed powers, duties and functions;

(b)Call conventions, conferences, seminars or meetings of elective or appointive officials of the City, including provincial and national officials and employees stationed in or assigned to the City, at such time and place and on such subject he may deem important for the promotion of the general welfare of the local government unit and its inhabitants;

(c)Issue such executive orders for the faithful and appropriate enforcement and execution of laws and ordinances;

(d)Be entitled to carry the necessary firearms within his territorial jurisdiction after the procurement of necessary permit/s and/or license/s from duly constituted authorities;

(e)Act as the deputized representative of the National Police Commission, formulate the peace and order plan of the City, upon its approval, implement the same; and as such exercise general and operational control and supervision over the police forces in the City in accordance with Republic Act No. 6975; and

(f)Call upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies to suppress disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebellion or sedition, or apprehend violators of the law when public interest so requires and the city police forces are inadequate to cope with the situation or the violators.

(3)Initiate and maximize the generation of resources and revenues and apply the same to the implementation of development plans, program objectives and priorities, particularly the resources and revenues programmed for agro-industrial development and countryside growth and progress, and relative thereto, shall:

(a)Require each head of an office or department to prepare and submit an estimate of appropriations for the ensuing calendar year, in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991;

(b)Prepare and submit to the sanggunian for approval the executive and supplemental budgets of the City for the ensuing calendar year in the manner provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

(c)Ensure that all taxes and other revenues of the City are collected and that city funds are applied to the payment of expenses and settlement of obligations of the City, in accordance with law or ordinance;

(d)Issue licenses and permits and suspend or revoke the same for any violation of the conditions upon which said licenses or permits had been issued pursuant to law or ordinance. This also includes the issuance of licenses and permits to gambling operations authorized by law subject to the ordinance of the sangguniang panlungsod;

(e)Issue permits without need of approval therefor from any national agency, for the holding of activities for any charitable or welfare purpose, excluding prohibited games or shows contrary to law, public policy and public morals;

(f)Require owners of illegally constructed houses, buildings or other structures to obtain the necessary permit, subject to such fines and penalties as may be imposed by law or ordinance, or to make necessary changes in the construction of the same when said construction violates any law or ordinance, or to order the demolition or removal of said house, building or structure within the period prescribed by law or ordinance;

(g)Adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve land, mineral, forest, marine and other resources of the City;

(h)Provide efficient and effective property and supply management in the City; and protect the funds, credits, rights and other properties of the City; and

(i)Institute or cause to be instituted administrative or judicial proceedings for violation of ordinances in the collection of taxes, fees or charges, and for the recovery of funds and property; and cause the City to be defended against all suits to ensure that its interests, resources and rights shall be adequately protected.

(4)Ensure the delivery of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities and in addition thereto:

(a)Ensure that the construction and repair of roads and highways funded by the national government shall be, as far as practicable, carried out in a spatially contiguous manner and in coordination with the construction and repair of the roads and bridges of the City and of the province; and

(b)Coordinate the implementation of technical services, including public works and infrastructure programs, rendered by national offices and provincial office.

(5)Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 9. The City Vice Mayor. -

(a)There shall be a vice mayor who shall be elected in the same manner as the city mayor and shall at the time of his election possess the same qualifications as the city mayor. He shall hold office for three (3) years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a monthly compensation corresponding to salary grade twenty-six (26) as prescribed under Republic Act No. 6758 and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto.

(b)The city vice mayor shall exercise the following duties:

(1)Act as presiding officer of the sangguniang panlungsod and sign all warrants drawn on the city treasury for all expenditures appropriated for the operation of the sangguniang panlungsod;

(2)Subject to civil service law, rules and regulations, appoint all officials and employees including the secretary of the sangguniang panlungsod, and such employees of the individual members of the sangguniang panlungsod, except those whose manner of appointment is specifically provided for under existing laws;

(3)Assume the office of the city mayor for the unexpired term of the latter in the event of permanent vacancy;

(4)Exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the city mayor in cases of temporary vacancy; and

(5)Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

ARTICLE IV

THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

Section 10. The Sangguniang Panlungsod. - The sangguniang panlungsod, the legislative body of the City, shall be composed of the city vice mayor as presiding officer, ten (10) regular sangguniang members, the president of the city chapter of the liga ng mga barangay, the president of the panlungsod na pederasyon ng mga sangguniang kabataan and the sectoral representatives, as members.

(a)In addition thereto, there shall be three (3) sectoral representatives: one (1) from the women; and as shall be determined by the sangguniang panlungsod within ninety (90) days prior to the holding of the local elections, one (1) from the agricultural or industrial workers; and one (1) from the other sectors, including the urban poor, indigenous cultural communities or disabled persons.

(b)The regular members of the sangguniang panlungsod and the sectoral representatives shall be elected in the manner as may be provided for by law. The elective members of the sangguniang panlungsod shall possess the qualifications as provided under Section 39 of Republic Act No. 7160.

(c)They shall receive such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.

(d)The sangguniang panlungsod shall:

(1)Approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an efficient and effective city government, and relative hereto shall:

(a)Review all ordinances approved by the sangguniang barangay and executive orders issued by the punong barangay to determine whether these are within the scope of the prescribed powers of the sangguniang barangay and of the punong barangay;

(b)Maintain peace and order by enacting measures to prevent and suppress lawlessness, disorder, riot, violence, rebellion or sedition and impose penalties for the violation of said ordinances;

(c)Approve ordinances imposing a fine not exceeding Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) or an imprisonment for a period not exceeding one (1) year, or both at the discretion of the court, for violation of a city ordinance;

(d)Adopt measures to protect the inhabitants of the City on harmful effects of man-made or natural disasters and calamities, and to provide relief services and assistance for victims during and in the aftermath of said disasters or calamities and in their return to productive livelihood following said events;

(e)Enact ordinances intended to prevent, suppress and impose appropriate penalties for habitual drunkenness in public places, vagrancy, mendicancy, prostitution, establishment and maintenance of houses of ill repute, gambling and other prohibited games of chance, fraudulent devices and ways to obtain money or property, drug addiction, maintenance of drug dens, drug pushing, juvenile delinquency, the printing, distribution or exhibition of obscene or pornographic materials or publications, and such other activities inimical to the welfare and morals of the inhabitants of the City;

(f)Protect the environment. To this end, it may set aside, at least, ten percent (10%) of its development funds for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing the ecological balance of the City. It may also impose appropriate penalties for acts which endanger the environment, such as dynamite fishing and other forms of destructive fishing, illegal logging, smuggling of logs, smuggling of natural resources products and of endangered species of flora and fauna, slash-and-burn farming and such other activities which result in pollution, acceleration of eutrophication of rivers and lakes or of ecological imbalance;

(g)Subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991 and the pertinent laws, determine the powers and duties of officials and employees of the City;

(h)Determine the positions and the salaries, wages, allowances and other emoluments and benefits of officials and employees paid wholly or mainly from city funds and provide for expenditures necessary for the proper conduct of programs, projects, services and activities of the city government;

(i)Authorize the payment of compensation to a qualified person not in the government service who fills up a temporary vacancy or grant honorarium to any qualified official or employee designated to fill a temporary vacancy in a concurrent capacity at the rate authorized by law;

(j)Provide a mechanism and the appropriate funds therefore, to ensure the safety and protection of all city government property, public documents, or records such as those relating to property inventory, land ownership, record of births, marriages, deaths, assessments, taxation, accounts, business permits and such other records and documents of public interest in the offices and departments of the city government;

(k)When the finances of the city government allow, provide for additional allowances and other benefits to judges, prosecutors, public elementary and high school teachers, and other national government officials stationed in or assigned to the City;

(l)Provide legal assistance to city and barangay officials including the members of the city police who, in the performance of their official duties or on the occasion thereof, have to initiate judicial proceedings or defend themselves against legal actions. The sangguniang panlungsod may authorize the city mayor to engage the services of private counsel for this purpose; and

(m)Provide for group insurance or additional insurance coverage for all officials, including members of barangay tanod brigades and other service units, with public or private insurance companies, when the finances of the city government allows said coverage.

(2)Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the development plans, program objectives and priorities of the City, with particular attention to agro-industrial development and city-wide growth and progress, and relative thereto, shall:

(a)Approve the annual and supplemental budgets of the city government and appropriate funds for specific programs, projects, services and activities of the City, or for other purposes not contrary to law in order to promote the general welfare of the City and its inhabitants;

(b)Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991 and the applicable laws, and upon the majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang panlungsod, enact ordinances levying taxes, fees and charges, prescribing the rates thereof for general and specific purposes and granting tax exemption, incentive or relief;

(c)Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991, and upon the majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang panlungsod, authorize the city mayor to negotiate and contract loans and other forms of indebtedness;

(d)Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991 and applicable laws, and upon the majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang panlungsod, enact ordinances authorizing the floating of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness, for the purpose of raising funds to finance development projects;

(e)Appropriate funds for the construction and maintenance or the rental of buildings for the use of the City and upon the majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang panlungsod, authorize the city mayor to lease to private parties such public buildings held in a proprietary capacity, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;

(f)Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of property within the jurisdiction of the City;

(g)Adopt a comprehensive land use plan for the City and that, the formulation, adoption or modification of said plan shall be in coordination within the approved provincial comprehensive land use plan;

(h)Reclassify lands within the jurisdiction of the City subject to the pertinent provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991;

(i)Enact integrated zoning ordinance in consonance with the approved comprehensive land use plan, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations; establish fire limits or zones, particularly in populous centers, and regulate the construction, repair or modification of buildings within said fire limits or zones in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Code;

(j)Subject to national law, process and approve subdivision plans for residential, commercial or industrial purposes and other development purposes, and to collect processing fees and other charges, the proceeds of which shall accrue entirely to the City where approval of a national agency or office is required, said approval shall not be withheld for more than thirty (30) days from receipt of the application. Failure to act on the application within the period stated above shall be deemed as approval thereof;

(k)Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991, grant the exclusive privilege of constructing fish corrals or fish pens, or the taking or catching of bangus fry, prawn fry or kawag-kawag, or fry of any species of fish within the city waters;

(l)With the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of the sangguniang panlungsod, grant tax exemptions, incentives or relief to entities engaged in community growth-inducing industries, subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991;

(m)Grant loans or provide grants to other local government units or to national, provincial and city charitable, benevolent or educational institutions: Provided, That said institutions are operated and maintained within the City;

(n)Regulate the numbering of residential, commercial and other buildings; and

(o)Regulate the inspection, weighing and measuring of articles of commerce.

(3)Subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991, enact ordinances granting franchises and authorizing the issuance of permits or licenses, upon such conditions and for such purposes intended to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the City and pursuant to this legislative authority, shall:

(a)Fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all services rendered by the city government to private persons or entities;

(b)Regulate or fix license fees for any business or practice of profession within the City and the conditions under which the license for said business or practice of profession may be revoked and enact ordinances levying taxes thereon;

(c)Provide for and set the terms and conditions under which public utilities owned by the City shall be operated by the city government, and prescribe the conditions under which the same may be leased to private persons or entities, preferably cooperatives;

(d)Regulate the display of and fix the license fees for signs, signboards or billboards at the place or places where the profession or business advertised thereby is, in whole or in part, conducted;

(e)Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, authorize and license the establishment, operation and maintenance of cockpits, and regulate cockfighting and commercial breeding of gamecocks. The existing rights should not be prejudiced;

(f)Subject to the guidelines prescribed by the Department of Transportation and Communications, regulate the operation of tricycles and grant franchises for the operation thereof within the territorial jurisdiction of the City; and

(g)Upon approval by a majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang panlungsod, grant a franchise to any person, partnership, corporation or cooperative to do business within the City; establish, construct, operate and maintain ferries, wharves, markets or slaughterhouses; or undertake such other activities within the City as may be allowed by existing laws. The cooperatives shall be given preference in the grant of such franchise.

(4)Regulate activities relative to the use of land, buildings and structures within the City in order to promote the general welfare and for said purpose, shall:

(a)Declare, prevent or abate any nuisance;

(b)With the concurrence of a majority of the members of the sangguniang panlungsod, a quorum being present, deny the entry of legalized gambling by ordinance into any part of the City or regulate its location in the City;

(c)Require that buildings and the premises thereof and any land within the City be kept and maintained in a sanitary condition; impose penalties for any violation thereof; or upon failure to comply with said requirement, have the work done at the expense of the owner, administrator or tenant concerned require the filling up of any land or premises to a grade necessary for proper sanitation;

(d)Regulate the disposal of clinical and other wastes from hospitals, clinics and other similar establishments;

(e)Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of cafes, restaurants, beerhouses, hotels, motels, inns, pension houses, lodging houses and other similar establishments, including tourist guides and transports;

(f)Regulate the sale, giving away or dispensing of any intoxicating malt, vino, mixed or fermented liquors at any retail outlets;

(g)Regulate the establishment and provide for the inspection of steam boilers or any heating device in buildings and the storage of inflammable and highly combustible materials within the City;

(h)Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of any entertainment or amusement facilities, including the theatrical performances, circuses, billiard pools, public dancing schools, public dance halls, sauna baths, massage parlors and other places for entertainment or amusement; regulate such other events or activities for amusement or entertainment, particularly those which tend to disturb the community or annoy the inhabitants, or require the suspension or suppression of the same; or prohibit certain forms of amusement or entertainment in order to protect the social and moral welfare of the community;

(i)Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of funeral parlors and the burial or cremation of the dead, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations; and

(j)Provide for the impounding of stray animals; regulate the keeping of animals in homes or as part of a business, and the slaughter, sale or disposition of the same; and adopt measures to prevent and penalize cruelty to animals.

(5)Approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the basic services and facilities as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and in addition to said services and facilities, shall:

(a)Provide for the establishment, maintenance, protection and conservation of communal forest and watersheds, tree parks, greenbelts, mangroves and other similar forest development projects;

(b)Establish markets, slaughterhouses or animal corrals and authorize the operation thereof by the city government; and regulate the construction and operation of private markets, talipapas or other similar buildings and structures;

(c)Authorize the establishment, maintenance and operation by the city government of ferries, wharves, and other structures intended to accelerate productivity related to marine and seashore or offshore activities;

(d)Regulate the preparation and sale of meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruits, fresh dairy products, and other foodstuffs for public consumption;

(e)Regulate the use of streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, parks and other public places and approve the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of the same; establish bus and vehicle stops and terminals or regulate the use of the same by privately-owned vehicles which serve the public; regulate garages and operation of conveyances for hire; designate stands to be occupied by public vehicles when not in use; regulate the putting up of signs, signposts, awnings and awning posts on the streets; and provide for the lighting, cleaning and sprinkling of streets and public places;

(f)Regulate traffic on all streets and bridges; prohibit encroachments or obstacles thereon and, when necessary in the interest of public welfare, authorize the removal of encroachments and illegal constructions in public places;

(g)Subject to existing laws, establish and provide for the maintenance, repair and operation of an efficient waterworks system to supply water for the inhabitants and to purify the source of the water supply; regulate the construction, maintenance, repair and use of hydrants, pumps, cisterns and reservoirs; protect the purity and quantity of the water supply of the City and, for this purpose, extend the coverage of appropriate ordinances over all territory within the drainage area of said water supply and within one hundred meters (100 m.) of the reservoir, canal, conduit, aqueduct, pumping station or watershed used in connection with the water service; and regulate the consumption, use or wastage of water and fix and collect charges therefore;

(h)Regulate the drilling and excavation of the ground for the laying of water, gas, sewer, and other pipes and the construction, repair and maintenance of public drains, sewers, cesspools, tunnels and similar structures; regulate the placing of poles and the use of crosswalks, curbs and gutters; adopt measures to ensure public safety against open canals, manholes, live wires and other similar hazards to life and property; and regulate the construction and use of private water closets, privies and other similar structures in buildings and homes;

(i)Regulate the placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair and construction of all gas mains, electric telegraph and telephone wires, conduits, meters and other apparatus; and provide for the correction, condemnation or removal of the same when found to be dangerous to the welfare of the inhabitants;

(j)Subject to the availability of funds and the existing laws, rules and regulations, establish and provide for the operation of vocational and technical schools and similar post secondary institutions and, with the approval of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports and subject to existing laws on tuition fees, fix and collect reasonable tuition fees and other school charges in educational institutions supported by the city government;

(k)Establish a scholarship fund for poor but deserving students in schools located within its jurisdiction or for students residing within the City;

(l)Approve measures and adopt quarantine regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases;

(m)Provide for an efficient and effective system of solid waste and garbage collection and disposal and prohibit littering and the placing or throwing of garbage, refuse and other filth and wastes;

(n)Provide for the care of disabled persons, paupers, the aged, the sick, persons of unsound mind, abandoned minors, juvenile delinquents, drug dependents, abused children and other needy and disadvantaged persons, particularly children and the youth below eighteen (18) years of age; and subject to availability of funds, establish and provide for the operation of centers and facilities for the said needy and disadvantaged persons;

(o)Establish and provide for the maintenance and improvement of jails and detention centers, institute a sound jail management program, and appropriate funds for the subsistence of detainees and convicted prisoners in the City;

(p)Establish a city council whose purpose is the promotion of culture and the arts, coordinate with government agencies and nongovernmental organizations and, subject to the availability of funds, appropriate funds for the support and development of the same; and

(q)Establish a city council for the elderly which shall formulate policies and adopt measures mutually beneficial to the elderly and to the community; provide incentives for nongovernmental agencies and entities and, subject to the availability of funds, appropriate funds to support programs and projects for the benefit of the elderly.

(6)Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Approved: MARCH 5, 2001