DAVAO City, Oct 6 (PIA)
A city councilor calls for revisiting the zoning ordinance of the city as
he cites the need for a separate community development plan for districts of
Marilog and Paquibato District that will spur the progress in these areas.
Councilor Danilo
Dayanghirang said growth corridors can be developed like Calinan and Marilog,
Toril and Tugbok.
Reckoning his visit to
China, he said there were places that comprise the old town and the new town.
Dayanghirang said a more
profound zoning set up is needed to guide investors where to put their
enterprise.
He observed that once
the needs of an investor is not present in a target, he goes and invests his
money somewhere else.
“I am trying to impress
to lay down areas from light to heavy agricultural activities,” Dayanghirang
said citing that lawmakers must be allowed to adjust on the needs so that
investors may come in.
Dayanghirang said the
current zoning ordinance cannot change anything within a period of five years.
He admitted he was not
part of those who crafted the Zoning Ordinance which has three volumes.
“In other local
government units, their zoning ordinance is simple, easy to understand and easy
to comprehend. More rules give a lot of elbow room for adjustment.
It is easier if the rules are simple and can be easily understood,” Dayanghirang
pointed out.
He also said that the
delineation of the reservation areas like the watershed is unclear given that
the survey is going on.
Dayanghirang said what
are available are estimates.
He said that around
80,000 hectares in the city belong to reservation areas.
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