Amending Certain Sections of the City Ordinance No. 277-96 and Municipal Ordinance No. 104-92

November 21, 2001 LAS PIAS CITY ORDINANCE NO. 539-01 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CITY ORDIN ANCE NO. 2 77-96 AND MUNICI PAL ORD INANCE NO. 104-92, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE REVENUE CODE LAS PIAS" AND IMPOSING GARBAGE SERVICE CHARGES ON REAL PROPERTY OWNERS Sponsored By: Honorable Councilors Henry C. Medina and Ruben C. Ramos Co-Sponsored by: Honorable Councilors Rogelio M. Alejandro, Perpetuo F. Camila, Berlin R. dela Cruz, Francis M. Fabian, Isabelo C. Gatbonton, Anne C. Lagunilla, Eduardo P. Lezarda, Restituto L. Martinez, Oscar C. Pea, Reynaldo B. Salvador, Mark Anthony G. Santos and Leonardo I. Suliguin, Jr. WHEREAS, the cost of supervising and regulating the day to day operations of businesses and private individuals has been spiraling and has increased hundred times in the last eight (8) years; WHEREAS, there has been a substantial increase in the operational costs of the local government unit and the City is operating on a tight and meager budget. WHEREAS, there is a substantial increase in the operational cost of garbage management and disposal, such as the rapid wear and tear of machineries and equipment, the demand for additional manpower and resources for garbage handling and collection and the serious need for the city's controlled dumpsite; WHEREAS, the City's regulatory fees and user charges were set in 1992 and reduced in 1996, thereby making the collection from said fees and charges disproportionate to the actual expenses being incurred by the City in the delivery of basic services to its constituents; WHEREAS, in order to maintain the efficient and effective delivery of basic services and adequate facilities by the City, new sources of revenue must be tapped to cover even partially the cost of such service; WHEREAS, one solution is to increase the City's Regulatory Fees and the Garbage Service Charges stated in City Ordinance No. 277-96 entitled "An Ordinance Amending Certain Provisions/Sections of Municipal Ordinance No. 104-92, Otherwise Known as the Revenue Code of Las Pias". The fees stated therein having stagnant and unchanged since July 5, 1996; WHEREAS, under the Local Government Code, each local government unit shall exercise its power to create its own sources of revenue and to levy fees and charges commensurate with the cost of regulation, inspection and licensing and/or services rendered; WHEREAS, under subparagraph (aa) and (bb), paragraph 3 Section 8, Article IV of Republic Act No. 8251, otherwise known as the City Charter of the City of Las Pias, the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all services rendered by the city government to private persons or entities and regulate or fix license fees for any business or practice of profession within the City; TCaEAD NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED, AS IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Las Pias, in session assembled, as follows: SECTION 1. City Ordinance No. 277-96 and Municipal Ordinance No. 104-92 are hereby amended as follows: xxx xxx xxx TITLE III Municipal Regulatory Fees and User Charges xxx xxx xxx shall now read as: TITLE III City Regulatory Fees and User Charges CHAPTER I Regulatory Fees ARTICLE I Mayors Permit Fees for Business and Other Activities SECTION 45. Imposition of Fees. The following permit fees shall be collected for the issuance of a permit by the City Mayor to operate a business, pursue an occupation or calling, or undertake an activity within the city; 1) Owners or operators of amusement places/devices: a) Night/day clubs, supper clubs, cocktail lounges, bars, disco houses, beer gardens, cabarets, dance halls P25,000.00 b) Social club/voluntary associations or Organizations 5,000.00 c) Skating rinks 7,500.00 d) Bath houses, resorts, steam baths, sauna baths, and the like 10,000.00 e) Billiard halls/pool halls per table 300.00 f) Bowling establishments 10,000.00 g) Circuses, carnivals per houses 7,500.00 h) Merry go rounds, roller coasters, ferries wheels, swing, shooting galleries, or similar contrivances per contrivance 1,000.00 i) Theaters and cinema houses 10,000.00 j) Boxing studio, auditoriums, gymnasium, concert halls, or similar halls or establishments 10,000.00 k) Race track establishments and cockpits 10,000.00 l) Amusement devices per device 1,000.00 2) Financial Institutions (banks, pawnshops, insurance companies, lending investors, money shops) Main Office P15,000.00 Per Branch 7,500.00 3) Pre-Need Companies (memorial plans, educational, etc.) Principal Office P7,500.00 Per Branch 4,000.00 4) Subdivision Operators 10,000.00 5) Private cemeteries/memorial parks 10,000.00 6) Boarding houses/lodging houses 5,000.00 7) Dancing/driving/speed reading schools/EDP 3,000.00 8) Private schools not regulated by DECS 5,000.00 9) Driving ramps, golf links, polo grounds 10,000.00 10) Private detective/security agencies Principal Office 5,000.00 For posting of security guards in City (regardless of number of guards) 1,000.00 11) Delivery trucks/vans/motorcycles regardless of the number of truck/van/motorcycle Per delivery truck/van/motorcycle 200.00 12) For maintaining window/display office 2,000.00 13) Promoters, sponsors/talent scouts 2,000.00 14) For maintaining an office, such as liaison office, administrative office, and/or similar office with an area as follows: 400 sq. m. or more P3,000.00 300 sq. m. or more but less than 400 sq. m. 2,000.00 200 sq. m. or more but less than 300 sq. m. 1,500.00 200 sq. m. or less 1,000.00 15) For operating warehouses 10,000.00 16) Cold Storages 7,500.00 17) Lumber Yards 15,000.00 18) Car Exchanges 6,000.00 19) Storage and sell of flammable substances 7,500.00 20) Businesses classified under Title II, Art. VIII Sec. 31 paragraphs (a) (Manufacturers etc.) & (b) (Wholesalers etc.) except for businesses classified by proper government agencies as small scale industries such as bakeries, ready to wear clothes, delicacies, picture frames etc. 7,500.00 21) Businesses classified under Title II, Art. VIII Sec. 31 paragraph (c) (Exporters, etc.) 5,000.00 22) Business classified under Title II, Art. VIII Sec. 31 paragraph (d) (Retailers) CHDaAE a. Except for businesses classified by proper government agencies as small scale industries such as Sari-Sari Stores, etc. 3,000.00 b. Sari-Sari Stores along main thoroughfares 2,000.00 c. Sari-Sari Stores with cigarettes and liquor 1,500.00 d. Sari-Sari Stores without cigarettes and liquor 1,000.00 23) Business classified under Title II, Art. VIII Sec. 31 paragraph (e) (contractors, service establishments, etc.) a. General building contractors, specially contractors, proprietors/operators of heavy equipment for rent or lease, garbage disposal contractors, sawmills, smelting plants, etc. 10,000.00 b. Advertising agencies, booking offices for film exchange and for transportation, business management service, stock brokers, landscaping contractors, janitorial services, custom brokers, feasibility studies, consultancy services, interior decorators, insurance agencies, towing services, stevedoring services (office only), steam laundry etc. 7,500.00 c. Gasoline services, filling stations and other like businesses 10,000.00 d. Business Agent 4,000.00 e. Video Services 1. Coverage 3,000.00 2. Rental 2,000.00 f. Watch Repair 1. Exclusively manufactured watches 2,000.00 2. Ordinary watch repair shops 1,000.00 g. Rent-a-Car 5,000.00 h. Escort Services 5,000.00 i. Barber shops, beauty parlor, etc. 5 or more chairs/equipment 3,000.00 less than 5 chars/equipment 2,000.00 j. Others not specifically mentioned above but classified by proper gov't. agencies as small scale industries 3,000.00 24) Business classified under Title II, Art. VIII, Sec. 31, paragraph (g) a. Cafe, restaurants, etc. 5,000.00 b. Carinderia, small scale industries 1,500.00 25) Lessors/sublessors, real estate dealers excluding subdivision operators 8,000.00 26) Dealers in fermented liquors/distilled Spirits, tobacco 8,000.00 27) Operators of privately owned 1. Public Markets, shopping centers 15,000.00 2. Talipapas and flea markets 10,000.00 28) Public/Private Market Operators 10,000.00 29) Occupational Mayor's Permit (Guards, waitresses, GRO's, sales clerks, food handlers, etc.) 200.00 30) Motels, Hotels and the like 25,000.00 SECTION 46. Payment of Fees. Permit fees prescribed under this Article shall be paid to the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies before any business occupation or calling can be lawfully begun or pursued to the ensuing year, payment of the annual permit fees shall be within the first twenty (20) days of the beginning of the calendar year. One business, occupation or calling does not become exempt by being conducted with some other businesses, occupation or calling for which the permit fees has been paid. SECTION 47. Administration Provisions. a) Supervision and Control over Establishments and Places . To maintain peaceful, healthful, sanitary and safe conditions in the City, businesses and occupations shall be conducted in such manner and mode prescribed under such rules and regulations promulgated by the City in accordance with existing laws. b) Application for Permit. An application for permit shall be filed with the City Mayor or his duly authorized deputies. The form to be provided for the purpose shall set forth all necessary information, including the name and citizenship of the applicant, the description of the business, occupation or undertaking to be conducted, and such other information as may be prescribed. aDHScI Any false statement made by the applicant or licensee shall constitute a sufficient ground for denying or revoking the permit without prejudice to the criminal liability of the applicant or licensee. A permit may be refused to any person (1) who had previously violated any ordinance or regulation relative to the granting of permits; (2) whose business establishment or undertaking does not conform with zoning regulations, safety, health and other requirements of the City; (3) who has an unsettled tax obligation, debt or liability to the government; or (4) who is not qualified under any provision of law or regulation to establish or operate the business applied for. c) Issuance of Permit . Upon approval of the application for a permit, two (2) copies of the Mayor's Permit together with the application signed by the City Mayor or his duly authorized deputy shall be returned to the applicant. One (1) copy shall be presented to the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies as basis for the collection of the permit fee and the corresponding business tax, if any. Every permit issued shall show the name of the applicant, his nationality, marital status, address, nature of organization, (whether sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation), location of business, date of issue and expiration of permit, and such other information or data as may be necessary. d) Posting of Permit . Every licensee shall keep his permit posted at all times in a conspicuous place of the business establishment or office. If he has no fixed place of business or office, he shall keep the permit or copy thereof, in his person. The permit shall immediately be produced upon demand by the duly authorized deputies of the City Mayor or Treasurer. e) Renewal of Permit . The permit issued shall be renewed every calendar year within the prescribed period, upon payment of the corresponding fee prescribed under this Article. f) Revocation of Permit . When a person doing business or engaging in an activity under the provisions of this Code violates any provision of this Chapter; violates any condition set forth in the permit; refuses to pay an indebtedness or liability to the City; abuses his privilege to do business or pursues an activity within the locality to the injury of public morals or peace; when the place where such business or undertaking is conducted becomes a nuisance or is permitted to be used as a resort for disorderly characters, criminals, or women or ill repute; or when the applicant has made any false statement on any portion in his application, the City Mayor or his duly authorized deputies may, after investigation, revoke the permit. Such revocation shall forfeit all sums which may have been paid with respect to the right granted in addition to the penalties provided for under this Code. DHIcET g) Expiration upon Revocation or Surrender. Every permit shall cease to be in force upon revocation or surrender thereof. Every person holding a permit shall surrender the same upon revocation, or upon closure of the business or discontinuance of the undertaking for which the permit was issued. The business shall be deemed finally closed only upon payment of all taxes, charges or fees due thereon. ARTICLE II Sanitary Inspection Fee SECTION 48. Imposition of Fee . Every owner/operator of business, industrial, commercial or agricultural establishments, accessories, shall secure sanitary certificate or permit for the purpose of supervision and enforcement of existing rules and regulations on sanitation and safety of the public upon payment to the City Treasurer of an annual fee in accordance with the following schedule: IEAaST a) Financial institutions such as banks, pawnshops, moneyshops, insurance companies and all other similar establishments Main Office P2,000.00 Every Branch P1,000.00 b) Gasoline and filling stations 2,000.00 c) Private Hospitals 8,000.00 d) Medical clinics, dental and Animal hospitals 3,0000.00 e) Hotels, motels, apartels and all other similar establishments 7,500.00 f) Apartments, per door 800.00 g) Houses for rent 1,000.00 h) Dormitories, lodging or boarding houses 1,500.00 i) Institutions of learning 3,000.00 j) Media facilities 2,000.00 k) Administration offices, display offices and/or office of professionals 2,000.00 l) All other business, industrial, commercial, Agricultural establishments not specifically mentioned above: With an area of 1,000 sq. m. or more P3,000.00 500 sq. m. or more but less than 1,000 sq. m. 2,500.00 200 sq. m. or more but less than 500 sq. m. 2,000.00 100 sq. m. or more but less than 200 sq. m. 1,000.00 50 sq. m. or more but less than 100 sq. m. 500.00 less than 50 sq. m. 200.00 In the case were a single person, partnership or corporation conducts or operates two or more businesses in one place or establishment, the sanitary inspection permit fee shall be imposed on the business with the highest rate. TDAcCa SECTION 49. Time of Payment . The sanitary inspection fee prescribed under this Article shall be paid at the Office of the City Treasurer concerned within ten (10) days from the date of inspection. SECTION 50. Administrative Provision . Except as otherwise provided, the Local Health Officer or his duly authorized representatives shall conduct an annual inspection of all houses, accessories or buildings for rent or as soon as circumstances require and all business establishments (commercial, industrial, agricultural) in order to determine their adequacy of ventilation, propriety of habitation and general sanitary conditions pursuant to the existing laws, rules and regulations. Sanitary permit shall be issued to the owner by the Local Health Officer or his duly authorized representative after such inspection was conducted and found to be sanitary. Every permit issued shall show the name of the applicant, his nationality, marital status, address, nature of organization (whether sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation), location information or data as may be necessary. The permit shall be granted for a period of not more than one year and shall expire on the 31st day of December following the date of issuance thereof, unless revoked or surrendered earlier. Every permit shall cease to be in force upon revocation; surrender of same upon closure of the business or discontinuance of the undertaking for which the permit was issued. The business shall be deemed finally closed upon payment of all taxes, charges and fees due thereon. ARTICLE III Health & Laboratory Fees SECTION 51. Health Certificate Fee . All persons required by existing laws, rules and regulations to secure health certificates from the Office of the Local Health Officer shall pay an annual fee of thirty pesos (P30.00). SECTION 52. Laboratory Fees . All persons requiring the services of the Local Health Officer for laboratory tests shall pay the following fees: 1) UA-Urinalysis P50.00 2) Stool Examination 50.00 3) RPR-Rapid Plasma Reagin 50.00 4) FBS-Fasting Blood Sugar 80.00 5) CBC-Complete Blood Count 80.00 6) HGB-Hemoglobin 50.00 7) HCT-Hematocrit 50.00 8) PT-Pregnancy Test 100.00 9) PLT CT-Platelet Count 60.00 10) Blood Typing 80.00 11) FA-Fecalysis 50.00 SECTION 53. Time of Payment . The Health Certificate Laboratory Fees prescribed in the preceding Sections shall be paid upon issuance of such Health Certificates and/or before the taking of the Laboratory Test to the City Treasurer or his representative. ARTICLE IV Fees for Sealing and Licensing of Weights and Measures Instruments SECTION 54. Imposition of Fees . The following are imposed for the sealing and licensing of weights and measures: a) For sealing linear metric measures: Not over one meter P30.00 Measure over one meter 60.00 b) For sealing metric measures of capacity: Not over ten liters P30.00 Over 10 liters 60.00 c) For sealing metric instruments of weights: With capacity of not more than 30 kg. P30.00 With capacity of more than 30 kg. but no more than 300 kg. 60.00 With capacity of more than 300 kg. but no more than 3,000 kg. 80.00 With capacity of more than 3,000 kg. 100.00 d) For sealing apothecary balance or other balances of precision: Over 3,000 kg. P200.00 Over 300 to 3,000 kg. 150.00 Over 30 to 300 kg. 100.00 30 kg. or less 80.00 e) For sealing scale or balance with complete set of weights: For each scale or balance with complete set of weights for use therewith P100.00 For each extra weight 50.00 For each and every re-testing and re-sealing of weights and measures instruments including gasoline pumps outside the office upon request of the owner or operator, an additional service charge of P100.00 for each instrument shall be collected. 100.00 Cost of Seal 100.00 SECTION 55. Payment of Fees and Surcharge . The fees herein imposed shall be paid and collected by the City Treasurer upon the sealing or licensing of the weights or measures instruments and renewable on or before the anniversary date thereof. The official receipt evidencing payment shall serve as a license to use such instrument for one year from the date of sealing unless such instrument becomes defective before the expiration period. Failure to have the instrument re-tested and the corresponding fee paid therefore within the prescribed period shall subject the owner or user to a surcharge of five hundred percent (500%) of the prescribed fees which shall no longer be subject to interest. SECTION 56. Exemptions . a) All instruments for weights and measures used in government work or maintained for public use by any instrumentality of the government shall be tested and sealed free. b) Dealers of weights and measures instruments intended for sale. SECTION 57. Administrative Provision . a) City Treasurer are hereby required to keep full sets of secondary standard for the use in testing of weights and measures instruments. These secondary standards shall be compared with the fundamental standards in the National Institute of Science and Technology annually. b) The City Treasurer or his deputies shall conduct periodic physical inspection and test weights and measures instruments within its locality. c) Instruments of weights and measures found to be defective and such defect is beyond repair shall be confiscated in favor of the government and shall be destroyed by the City Treasurer in the presence of the City Auditor or their representative. SECTION 58. Fraudulent Practices Relative to Weights and Measures and Corresponding Penalties. a) Fraudulent practices relative to weights and measures and corresponding penalties any person, other than the official sealer or weights and measures: 1. Who places an official tag or seal upon any instrument of weights or measures, or attaches it thereto; or 2. Who fraudulently imitates any mark, stamp or brand, tag or other characteristics sign used to indicate that weights and measures have been officially sealed; or 3. Who alters in any way the certificate given by the sealer as an acknowledgement that the weights and measures mentioned therein have been duly sealed; or 4. Who makes or knowingly sells, or uses any false or counterfeit stamp, tag, certificate, or license, or any dye for printing or making stamps, tags, certificate, or licenses which is an imitation of, or purports to be a lawful stamp, tag, certificate or license of the kind required by the provisions of this Article; or cDSaEH 5. Who alters the written of printed figures or letter on any stamp, tag, certificate of license used or issued; or 6. Who has in his profession any such false, counterfeit, restored or altered stamp, tag, certificate or license for the purpose of using or reusing the same in payment of fees or charges imposed in this Article; or 7. Who procures the commission of any such offense by another shall for each of the offense above, be fined by not less than two hundred pesos (P200.00) nor more than five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment for not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or both at the discretion of the Court. b) Unlawful possession or use of instrument not sealed before using and not sealed within twelve (12) months from last sealing: Any person making a practice of buying or selling goods by weights and/or measures, or of furnishing services the value of which is estimated by weight or measure, who has in his possession, without permit, any unsealed scale, balance, weight or measure, and any person who uses in any purchase or sale or in estimating the value of any service furnished, any instrument of weight or measure that has not been officially sealed, or if previously sealed, the license therefore has expired and has not been renewed in due time, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not exceeding six (6) months, or both at the discretion of the Court. AcHSEa If however, such scale, balance, weights or measures, had been officially sealed at some previous time and the seal and tag officially affixed thereto remain intact and in the same position and condition in which they were placed by the official sealer, and the instrument is found not to have been altered or rendered inaccurate but still to be sufficiently accurate to warrant its being sealed without repairs or alterations, such instrument shall, if presented for sealing promptly on demand of any authorized sealer or inspector of weights and measures, be sealed, and the owner, possessor or user of the same shall be subject to no penalty except a surcharge equal to five (5) times the regular fee fixed by law for the sealing of an instrument of its class, this surcharge to be collected and accounted for by the City Treasurer in the same manner as the regular fees for sealing such instruments. c) Alteration or fraudulent use of instrument of weights and measures: 1. Any person, with fraudulent intent, alters any scale or balance, weight or measure after it is officially sealed or who knowingly uses any false scale or balance, weight or measure, whether sealed or not, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand pesos (P2,000.00) nor more than ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) or by imprisonment or not less than three (3) months nor more than two (2) years or both at the discretion of the Court. 2. Any person who fraudulently gives short weight or measure in the making of a sale, or who fraudulently takes excessive weight or measure in the making of a purchase, or who, assuming to determine truly the weight or measure, of any article bought or sold by weight or measure, fraudulently misrepresents the weights or measures thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand pesos (P2,000.00) nor more than five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months. HSaIDc SECTION 59. Administrative Penalties . The City Treasurer may compromise the following acts or omission not constituting fraud. a) Any person making a practice of buying or selling by weight and measure using unsealed and/or unregistered instrument: 1. When correct P500.00 2. When incorrect but within tolerable allowance of defect or short measure 1,000.00 b) Failure to produce weight and measure tag or license or certificate upon demand but the instrument is duly registered. 1. When correct P100.00 2. When incorrect but within tolerable allowance of defect or short measure 200.00 c) Any person found violating any of the above stated two (2) provisions for the second time shall be fined twice the above stated penalty. ARTICLE V Cattle Registration Fees SECTION 60. Imposition of Fees . Every person who owns large cattle is required to register his ownership thereof for which a certificate of ownership shall be issued upon payment of the following registration fees: Fee per annum a) Certificate of Ownership P50.00 b) Certificate of Transfer 100.00 c) Registration of Private Brand 50.00 SECTION 60-A. Time of Payment . The fees herein shall be paid to the City Treasurer prior to registration and renewal of the same. SECTION 61. Record of Registration . All large cattle presented to the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies for registration shall be recorded in a book showing the name and residence of the owner and the class, color, age, sex, brand and other identifying marks of the large cattle. This data shall also be stated in the certificate of ownership issued to the owner thereof. If the large cattle is sold or the ownership thereof is transferred to another person, the respective names and residences of the vendor and the vendee or transferee shall likewise be indicated in the transfer certificate of ownership. ARTICLE VI Processing Fees for Zoning or Locational Clearance SECTION 62. Imposition of Fees . The following fees for zoning or locational clearance for land use within the City shall be collected by the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies from the owners and/or contractors of land development, construction, renovation and expansion projects, as follows: a) Application/Filing Fee . For every application for locational clearance irrespective of whether approved or not; motions for reconsideration, reclassification and for filing or complaint are as follows: 1. For locational clearance for Urban Poor housing or Community Mortgage Programs P500.00 2. For locational clearance not classified above 2,000.00 3. For motion for reconsideration 1,000.00 4. For petition/request for reclassification 2,000.00 This excludes the cost of reclassification proceedings such as production/reproduction of maps and other documents; public hearings and publication which shall likewise be charged to the account of the applicant/proponent. 5. For zonal certification 1,000.00 6. For filing complaint, except those involving Pauper-litigant which shall be free of charge 2,000.00 b) Processing Fee . For approved application for locational clearance whether the project or activity to be undertaken is conforming or non-conforming, in accordance with the following schedules: STcADa 1. Residential (single detached and duplex type) P3.00/sq.m. of total floor area 2. Commercial establishments including apartments, mass housing, townhouses constructed primarily for gain purposes 5.00/sq.m. of total floor area 3. Industrial establishments 5.00/sq.m. of total floor area 4. Institutional (schools, hospitals, etc.) 2.50/sq.m. of total floor area 5. Memorial Parks/Cemeteries 2.00/sq.m. of total land area 6. Agro-industrial a) Manufacturing 5.00/sq.m. of total land area b) Non-Manufacturing 5.00/sq.m. of total land area 7. Telecommunications/Towers P10,000/unit 8. Billboards 10.00/sq.m. 9. Yards utilized for commercial purpose 2.00/sq.m. of total land area 10. Yards utilized for industrial purposes 2.00/sq.m. of total land area 11. All types of renovation 50% of the prescribed rate c) Certificate Fee. For each certificate of conformance/non-conformance and all other certifications issued P100.00 SECTION 63. Time of Payment . The prescribed processing fees shall be paid to the City Treasurer or its duly authorized deputies before any land development, construction or renovation project is lawfully begun or pursued within the territorial jurisdiction of the City. ScaHDT SECTION 64. Exemption . Except for government-owned or controlled corporation, all government projects whether national or local, are exempt from the payment of the prescribed fees. Provided, however, that the locational clearance must be secured prior to the finalization of plans and issuance of the corresponding building permit. ARTICLE VII Excavation Permit Fees SECTION 65. Imposition of Fees . The following fees and charges shall be collected from any person, firm or corporation whether private or government except those specifically exempted by law which shall make or cause to be made any excavation or digging on private or public roads, streets and thoroughfares, including passageways and sidewalks or to dig to make sources of water supply within the City. Diggings/Excavations 1. Filing Fee P200.00 2. Inspection Fee 300.00 (For house connection and all other excavations) 3. Processing Fee a) For water house connection 200.00 b) For all other excavation 500.00 4. Excavation Permit Fee 4.1 Underground Utility Lines a. For a maximum width of trench of 0.50 m a.1 First 50 linear meter length of excavation and below 1,000.00 a.2 Over 50 linear meter length of excavation 30.00/l.m. b. Excess over 0.50 meter width of trench 50.00/sq.m. 4.2 For foundations of structures 50.00/sq.m. 4.3 For road concreting/blocking and asphalt pavement 10.00/sq.m. 4.4 For installation of wooden/concrete utility poles 300.00/pole 4.5 For drilling wells a. For 2" pipes First 400 feet 300.00 Over 400 feet, per foot 2.00 b. For 3" pipes First 400 feet 200.00 Over 400 feet, per foot 2.00 c. For 4" pipes First 400 feet 600.00 Over 400 feet, per foot 4.00 d. For 5" pipes First 400 feet 1,000.00 Over 400 feet, per foot 5.00 SECTION 65-A. Restoration Deposit. The restoration shall be based on the following schedule: SaAcHE a. Concrete Pavement Per sq.m. or fraction thereof a.1 9" thickness P1,000.00 a.2 8" thickness 900.00 a.3 7" thickness 900.00 a.4 6" thickness 750.00 a.5 4" thickness 600.00 Concrete Sidewalk 600.00 Macadam Pavement 500.00 b. Asphalt Pavement b.1 2" thickness 550.00 c. Curb and Gutter 400.00 Maintenance Deposit a. Concrete Pavement Per sq.m. or fraction thereof a.1 9" thickness P250.00 a.2 8" thickness 250.00 a.3 7" thickness 200.00 a.4 6" thickness 200.00 a.5 4" thickness 150.00 b. Asphalt 150.00 c. Macadam 50.00 d. Curb and Gutter 100.00 SECTION 65-B. Engineering Supervision Fee . 3% of the restoration cost before the start of the restoration 7% SECTION 65-C. Schedule of Fines . The above fines shall be imposed as follows: Fine in Pesos Light Less Grave Grave Violation Violation Violation Minimum P1,000.00 P5,000.00 P10,000.00 Medium 2,000.00 7,500.00 15,000.00 Maximum 3,000.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 a. Minimum Fine for failure to comply with the terms of the first notice. b. Medium Fine for failure to comply with the terms of the second notice. c. Maximum Fine for failure to comply with the terms of the third and final notice. HAaDTI 1. Building Permit a) Filing Fee P200.00 b) Processing Fee 500.00 2. Compliant Filing Fee 500.00 SECTION 65-D. Building Permit and Related Fees . Authority of DPWH Sector to impose Fees and Charges. The assessment, collection and allocation of building permit fees, signboard permit fees, plumbing inspection and permit fees, sanitary inspection fees, electrical installation permit and inspection fees, mechanical installation and inspection fees, and such other levies as may be prescribed by the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications in the exercise of regulatory powers over public and private buildings and structures within the Metropolitan Manila under Presidential Decree No. 1096, otherwise known as the National Building Code of the Philippines, shall be governed by such Code and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. ARTICLE VIII Civil Registry Fees SECTION 66. Imposition of Fees . The following fees shall be collected for services rendered by the Civil Registry of the Municipality: Municipalities 1. Marriage fees: a. Application Fee P100.00 b. License Fee 52.00 c. Solemnization Fee 1. with license 100.00 2. without license (Art. 34) 200.00 d. Annulment 1. Registration Fee 100.00 2. Nullity of Marriage 100.00 3. Confirmation 100.00 2. Birth/Death Fees a. Court Decision 100.00 1. Change of Name 100.00 2. Adoption 100.00 b. Foundling 100.00 c. Acknowledgement Fee 100.00 d. Registration Fee 100.00 1. Late Registration 100.00 e. Election of Philippine Citizenship 100.00 f. Supplemental Report Fee 100.00 g. Legitimation Fee 100.00 3. Correction of Entry a. Clerical Error 1,000.00 b. Typographical Error 1,000.00 c. Change of Name/Nickname 3,000.00 d. Migrant (Service Fee) 500.00 4. Burial Fees a. Permit Fee 50.00 b. Entrance Fee 50.00 c. Late Registration Fee 100.00 d. Transfer Fee 50.00 e. Re-burial Permit Fee 50.00 5. Exhumation Fees a. Exhumation of Cadaver 200.00 b. For Cremation 100.00 c. Exhumation Permit for Autopsy 100.00 d. Exhumation 200.00 6. Naturalization Fees/Others a. Naturalization 1,000.00 b. Repatriation or voluntary renunciation of citizenship 500.00 c. Alien Registration Fee 200.00 d. Election of Citizenship 500.00 7. Certification Fee 50.00 8. Certified True Copy of documents 50.00/page 9. Supporting Documents 50.00/page 10. Civil Registry Forms 500.00/pad 11. Certified Photo-copy of Registered Documents such as Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates using Security Paper 100.00/page SECTION 67. Exemptions . The City Civil Registrar or equivalent functionary shall issue a copy of any civil registry document without payment of the fee herein required for official use upon the request of a competent court or other government agency. SECTION 68. Payment of Fees . The fees shall be paid to the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies before registration or issuance of the document or certified copy thereof. ARTICLE IX Secretary's Certification Fees SECTION 69. Imposition of Fees . Unless otherwise provided, the following fees are hereby imposed on every person securing a copy of official records/documents, certifications, clearances and the like in any of the offices of the City for whatever purpose. a) First page P50.00 b) For every page thereafter 10.00 SECTION 70. Time of Payment . The certification fee shall be paid to the City Treasurer or his deputy before the issuance of a copy of any official records or document/clearance and the like by the person requesting the same of his agent. SECTION 71. Exemption . The fee imposed in this Article shall not be collected for copies furnished to agencies, offices and other branches of the government for official business, except those copies required by courts at the request of the litigants, in which case the fee should be collected. ARTICLE X Police Clearance Fee SECTION 72. Imposition of Fees . The following fees shall be collected for every certificate issued to any person requesting for issuance of police clearance: a) For employment, scholarship, study grant or other purposes not herein specified P50.00 b) For firearms permit application 200.00 c) For change of name 200.00 d) For passport or visa application 100.00 e) For application for Philippine citizenship 1,000.00 SECTION 73. Exemption . The fee shall not be collected from (a) officials and employees of local governments and (b) national government officials and employees in relation to official business. DISaEA SECTION 74. Payment of Fees . The fees shall be paid to the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies by the person applying for police clearance. ARTICLE XI Tricycle Regulatory Unit (TRU) Processing Fees/Registration of Body Number, Pedicab, Bicycle and Tricycle Fees SECTION 75. Imposition of Fees and Other Administrative Provisions . There shall be collected from every person who shall own or possess a tricycle, pedicab/bicycle used either for hire or private use in the City the following fees: Registration of Body Number (RBN) good for 3 years a. Tricycle P250.00 b. Pedicab 150.00 Tricycle Regulatory Unit (TRU) a. Processing Fee 250.00 b. License Fee 100.00 Pedicab Identification Plate 50.00 Pedicab Sticker 50.00 Supervision Fee 100.00 Bicycle Registration Fee 30.00 Bicycle Plate 50.00 SECTION 76. Time of Payment . The fees herein prescribed shall be paid to the City Treasurer before the unit is registered and the same shall be renewed on or before the end of January of the following year. SECTION 76-A. Administrative Provisions . The plate number shall be placed on a portion of the bicycle or tricycle exposed to public view. No person shall own, possess or maintain any bicycle or tricycle within the City without first securing a license therefore, and no license shall be issued unless a satisfactory written evidence of ownership or legal possession of such bicycle or tricycles filed with the Tricycle Regulatory Unit (TRU) the license shall be renewed on or before the anniversary date thereof, and the failure to renew the same on time shall subject the owner thereof to a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%). The Tricycle Regulatory Unit (TRU) of the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall be responsible for the proper implementation hereof. ARTICLE XII Assessor's Fees and City Prosecutor's Clearance Fees SECTION 77. Imposition of Fees . The following fees are hereby imposed on all persons transacting with the Assessor's Office and City Prosecutor's Office. A. Assessor's Processing/Certification Fees: 1. Processing Fee P150.00 2. Verification Fees (Tax Mapping) 100.00 3. Certified True Copy of Tax Declaration 100.00 4. Certificate of "No Improvement" 100.00 5. Certificate of "With Property" 100.00 6. Certificate of "No Property" 100.00 7. Certificate of "With Shanty" 100.00 8. Certificate of Tax Mapping 100.00 B. City Prosecutor's Clearance Fees 1. Passport Clearance for employment and Travel Abroad 175.00 2. Issuance of License to possess firearms 600.00 3. Fiscal Clearance for Business a. Capital is P50,000 or less 300.00 b. Capital is more than P50,000 500.00 4. For Naturalization purposes 1,000.00 5. For any other clearance not specified 75.00 6. Terminal Fee 75.00 7. Retirement 100.00 8. Fiscal Clearance AFP Training 75.00 9. PNP Requirement 75.00 10. For Loans 75.00 11. Legal Purposes 100.00 12. BFP/BJMP Requirement 75.00 13. For Military Purposes 75.00 14. Commission in Phil. Navy 75.00 15. Fiscal Clearance For Local Employment 75.00 16. For Board Exam 75.00 17. GSIS (Policy Claim) 75.00 18. For Navy Training 75.00 19. For Cooperative Purposes 75.00 20. For Absolute Pardon 100.00 21. Fiscal Clearance-Enlistment Phil. Marines 75.00 22. Fiscal Clearance-Commissionship-AFP 100.00 SECTION 77-A. Time of Payment . The City Treasurer's Office shall collect and issue the necessary receipt for the payment upon presentation of an order of payment issued by the City Assessor's Office and the City Prosecutor's Office. No clearance, certification and/or any official document shall be issued by the aforementioned offices without the prior payment of the fees herein prescribed. ScaHDT CHAPTER II User Charges ARTICLE I Garbage Service Charges SECTION 78. Garbage Service Charge on Businesses . Except as otherwise provided herein, garbage service charges for businesses shall be collected annually within the first 20 days of the beginning of the calendar year, with option to pay on a quarterly basis from every person (natural or juridical) engaged in business, occupation or calling or any undertaking in the City in accordance with the following schedule. SCHEDULE A AIRCRAFT AND WATERCRAFT COMPANIES Annual Rate 1. Main Office P10,000.00 2. For every branch, school or office 6,000.00 SCHEDULE B AMUSEMENT PLACES 1. Amusement centers and establishments with coin operated machines, appliances, amusement rides and shooting galleries, side show booths and other similar establishments with contrivances for the amusement of customers, per contrivance 500.00 2. Billiard and/or pool halls, per table 300.00 3. Bowling establishments: a. Automatic, per lane 600.00 b. Non-automatic, per lane 400.00 4. Casinos 25,000.00 5. Circuses, carnivals & the like 10,000.00 6. Cockpits 10,000.00 7. Golf links and/or ranges 6,000.00 8. Gymnasiums 6,000.00 9. Membership clubs, Associations or organizations: a. Serving foods, drinks and lodging facilities 8,000.00 b. Serving foods and drinks without lodging facilities 6,000.00 10. Night/Day clubs, discos, beer gardens and other similar establishment 10,000.00 11. Race tracks, Jai-alai Fronton, coliseum or similar establishment 8,000.00 For every off-track and/or off-fronton betting centers 6,000.00 12. Resorts or other similar establishments 15,000.00 13. Sauna baths and massage clinics, per cubicle 6,000.00 14. Skating rink 6,000.00 15. Stadia, sports complexes 10,000.00 16. Theaters or cinema houses, per theater 5,000.00 17. Pelota courts, tennis courts and other of similar nature 800.00 SCHEDULE C ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANIES 1. Main office and/or each power plant P30,000.00 2. Every branch office thereof 15,000.00 SCHEDULE D FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 1. Banks a. Commercial banks (main office) P7,000.00 Every branch thereof 3,000.00 b. Savings banks (main office) 3,000.00 Every branch thereof 2,000.00 c. Rural banks 2,000.00 2. Savings and Loan Associations, Insurance Companies, Pawnshops: Main Office 4,000.00 Every branch thereof 1,500.00 3. Financial and/or lending investors Establishments, money shops: a. Main office 4,000.00 Every branch thereof 1,500.00 b. Authorized dealer in Foreign currencies and stock brokers 3,000.00 SCHEDULE E GASOLINE SERVICE/FILLING STATION 1. Having an area of 1,500 sq. m. or more 10,000.00 2. Having an area of more than 1,000 but less than 1,500 sq. m. 8,000.00 3. Having an area of 1,000 sq. m. or less 6,000.00 4. Curb pumps and filling stations 4,000.00 SCHEDULE F PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS WITH BED CAPACITY FOR: 1. More than 500 persons 15,000.00 2. 301 to 500 persons 10,000.00 3. 151 to 300 persons 6,000.00 4. 101 to 150 persons 4,500.00 5. 76 to 100 persons 3,000.00 6. or less 2,000.00 Animal hospitals and others 3,000.00 SCHEDULE G HOTELS, MOTELS, APARTELS, PENSION INNS, DRIVE INNS, BOARDING HOUSES, LODGING HOUSES, DORMITORIES, DWELLINGS AND OTHER SPACES FOR LEASE OR RENT: Per room 600.00 SCHEDULE H INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING 1. Private universities, colleges, schools and educational or vocational institutions based on the total semestral enrollment as follows: a. 50,000 students or more 15,000.00 b. 30,000 or more but less than 50,000 students 10,000.00 c. 20,000 or more but less than 30,000 students 8,000.00 d. 10,000 or more but less than 20,000 students 6,000.00 e. 5,000 or more but less than 10,000 students 5,500.00 SCHEDULE I LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM: Gas dealer: 1. Marketer 6,000.00 2. Dealer 4,000.00 SCHEDULE J MARKET STALLHOLDERS: Public Markets/Private Markets (Operators) 5,000.00 Per each stall (lessee/vendor) 1,500.00 SCHEDULE K MEDIA FACILITIES: 1. Newspaper, books, or magazine 1,500.00 publications 2. Radio Stations 3,000.00 3. T.V. Stations 5,000.00 SCHEDULE L TELEGRAPH, TELETYPE, CABLE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION COMPANIES, ETC.: 1. Main Office 7,500.00 2. Every branch/Station thereof 5,000.00 SCHEDULE M TELEPHONE COMPANIES: 1. Main Office 25,000.00 2. Every branch/Station thereof 15,000.00 SCHEDULE N TERMINAL GARAGE FOR BUS, TAXI AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLES: 1. With an area of 1,000 sq. m. or more P25,000.00 2. With an area of 700 sq. m. or more but less than 1,000 sq. m. 15,000.00 3. With an area of 500 sq. m. or more but less than 700 sq. m. 10,000.00 4. With an area of 300 sq. m. or more but less than 500 sq. m. 8,000.00 5. With an area of less than 300 sq. m. 6,000.00 SCHEDULE O PEDDLERS, AMBULANT VENDORS, EXCEPT DELIVERY VANS OR TRUCKS 300.00 SCHEDULE P ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, DISPLAY OFFICES AND/OR OFFICES OF PROFESSIONALS 2,000.00 SCHEDULE Q FILM SHOOTING, PER DAY 300.00 SCHEDULE R PRIVATE WAREHOUSE OR BODEGA 15,000.00 SCHEDULE S ALL OTHER BUSINESS AND OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ABOVE: I. Manufacturers, producers and processors: Factory with an aggregate area of: 1,000 sq. m. or more 30,000.00 500 or more but less than 1,000 sq. m. 20,000.00 200 or more but less than 500 sq. m. 15,000.00 100 or more but less than 200 sq. m. 12,000.00 50 or more but less than 100 sq. m. 10,000.00 25 or more but less than 50 sq. m. 6,000.00 Less than 25 sq. m. 4,000.00 II. Exporters/Importers 15,000.00 III. Brewers, Distillers, Compounders and Public Eating Places with an aggregate area of: 1,000 sq. m. or more 20,000.00 500 or more but less than 1,000 sq. m. 15,000.00 200 or more but less than 500 sq. m. 12,000.00 100 or more but less than 200 sq. m. 10,000.00 50 or more but less than 100 sq. m. 7,000.00 25 or more but less than 50 sq. m. 5,000.00 Less than 25 sq. m. 3,000.00 Carinderia 2,000.00 IV. Owners or Operators of Business Establishments Rendering Services. A. Business Offices of General Contractors (Building Specialty Engineering); Manpower service/employment agencies, private detective agencies; advertising agencies with an aggregate area of: 1,000 sq. m. or more 12,000.00 500 or more but less than 1,000 sq. m. 10,000.00 200 or more but less than 500 sq. m. 8,000.00 100 or more but less than 200 sq. m. 6,000.00 50 or more but less than 100 sq. m. 4,000.00 50 sq. m. or less 3,000.00 B. Other contractors/business establishments in rendering services, printers and publishers with an aggregate area of: 1,000 sq. m. or more 14,000.00 500 or more but less than 1,000 sq. m. 12,000.00 200 or more but less than 500 sq. m. 10,000.00 100 or more but less than 200 sq. m. 8,000.00 50 or more but less than 100 sq. m. 6,000.00 25 or more but less than 50 sq. m. 1,000.00 less than 25 sq. m. 600.00 V. Independent Wholesalers, Dealers, Distributors, Repackers and Retailers with an aggregate area of: 1,000 sq. m. or more 12,000.00 500 or more but less than 1,000 sq. m. 10,000.00 200 or more but less than 500 sq. m. 8,000.00 100 or more but less than 200 sq. m. 6,000.00 50 or more but less than 100 sq. m. 4,600.00 25 or more but less than 50 sq. m. 3,000.00 less than 25 sq. m. 1,000.00 SECTION 78-A. Garbage Service Charges for Multiple Business . Where there are two (2) or more kinds of business subject to the garbage charges, conducted in the same place or establishment by the same owner or operator, the charge to be collected shall be that which has the highest rate among the business concerned plus twenty-five percent (25%) thereof, provided that the total garbage fee shall not exceed Thirty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P37,500.00) per annum. SECTION 78-B. Manufacturers/Producers Maintaining or Operating Principal Offices, Factories and/or Sales Offices in the same Premises . For purposes of collection of the garbage charges under Schedule S (l), manufacturers or producers maintaining their factory, principal or sales offices in the same premises shall pay the garbage charges based on the total aggregate area of such business premises at rates prescribed herein. SECTION 78-C. Newly Established Business . In the case of a newly started business, the applicable garbage charges shall be computed proportionately to the annual charge. SECTION 79. Garbage Service Charge on Lot/Land Owners . A garbage service charge is hereby imposed on all lot/land owners in the city at the following schedule. 500 sq.m. or more P600.00 400 sq.m. but less than 500 sq.m. 500.00 300 sq.m. but less than 400 sq.m. 400.00 200 sq.m. but less than 300 sq.m. 350.00 100 sq.m. but less than 200 sq.m. 300.00 less than 100 sq.m. 250.00 SECTION 79-A. Leased Properties and/or Properties Used for Business . When the real property is used for business purposes by the lot owner, the garbage service charge shall be based on the garbage service charge for business prescribed in the preceding section or in the rate prescribed in Section 79, whichever is higher. If the property is a leased property used for business purposes other than by the lot owner, the lot owner shall pay the service charge prescribed in Section 79 while the business operator shall pay the rates prescribed in Section 78. SECTION 79-B. Time of Payment . The fee prescribed under this article is due and demandable every 1st day of each calendar year, the same however may be paid without penalty on a quarterly basis simultaneous with the payment of the real property taxes or business taxes whichever is applicable. SECTION 80. Administrative Provision. a. The Chief of the Business Permit and License Office (BPLO) shall assess the garbage fees herein prescribed for businesses every first twenty (20) days of the beginning of the calendar year simultaneous with the renewal of business permits. The fee, however, may be paid on a quarterly basis. aESIHT b. The City Assessor shall issue Order of Payment (OP) pertaining to the garbage fees herein imposed to lot/land owners simultaneously with the issuance of RPTOP before the end of the 1st quarter of each calendar year. The fee however may be paid on a quarterly basis simultaneously with the Real Property Taxes. The Business Permit & Licensing Office and City Assessor shall first secure a tax/fee clearance from the Treasurer's Office before issuing subsequent Mayor's Permit and/or a new TDN. ARTICLE II Cemetery Charges SECTION 81. Imposition of Charge . The following fees/charges are hereby imposed for cadavers to be buried in City Cemeteries except paupers who shall be buried free of charge, the City Health Office shall be responsible for the efficient operation of the City Cemetery. Receipts from Cemetery Reburial Permit P200.00 Transfer Permit 200.00 Entrance 200.00 Cemetery Charge Renewal of City Cemetery Fund 1,000.00 City Cemetery Fund 500.00 SECTION 81. * Time of Payment . No permit shall be issued unless the fee herein imposed is first paid to the City Treasurer. aSTHDc ARTICLE III Stalled Vehicles, Towing, Impounding SECTION 82. Stalled Vehicle Charge . There shall be collected from every owner of any stalled vehicle in any street within the jurisdiction of the City, the following charges: a. Stalled Vehicle Charges P500.00 b. For Towing Charges 1. Vehicles with gross capacity weight of 4,000 kgs. or less for the 1st 3 km. or fraction thereof 500.00 For every additional km. or fraction thereof 50.00 2. Vehicles with gross capacity weight of more than 4,000 kgs. for the 1st 3 km. or fraction thereof 1,000.00 For every additional km. or fraction thereof 100.00 c. Impounding Charge: For each day or fraction thereof that the vehicle remains impounded 100.00 SECTION 83. Time of Payment . The charges for stalled vehicles and towing thereof shall be paid to the City Treasurer or his duly authorized deputies before the vehicle is released. An Order of Payment shall be issued by the Traffic Bureau for the purpose. IaEASH SECTION 84. Surcharge . Failure to pay the charges for stalled vehicle and/or towing thereof, within the period prescribed in the preceding section shall subject the owner/operator of the vehicle to a daily surcharge equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the charges imposed for the first two months, thirty percent (30%) for the third and fourth months and forty percent (40%) for the fifth and sixth months, but not to exceed Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00), provided, that if after six (6) months the charges and surcharges shall not have been paid by the operator or owner of the vehicle, the same shall be sold at public auction, the proceeds of which shall be applied to the accumulated charges and the excess, if any, shall be returned to the operator or owner. ARTICLE IV Fishery Rentals SECTION 85. Rate of Rentals . The rate of fishery rentals within the City for the grant of exclusive fishery rights to erect fish corrals, operate fishponds or oyster beds, and any other species of fish for propagation: Charge per Annum a. Erection of fish corrals in the sea: Per hectare P5,000.00 b. Fish corrals or fish pens in inland and fresh waters with an area of: 1 hectare or more 5,000.00 less than 1 hectare 2,500.00 c. For the grant of privilege to take fish from municipal waters with nets, traps or other fishing gears 2,000.00 d. For the operation of fishing vessel of three (3) tons or less 2,000.00 e. Processing Fee 1,000.00 (Department of Agriculture) f. Department of Agriculture Permit 1,000.00 SECTION 85-A. Time of Payment . The fees herein prescribed shall first be paid to the City Treasurer before the issuance of a permit to operate and renewed every 1st twenty (20) days of each year. ARTICLE V Public Utility Charges SECTION 86. Rate of Charges . The Municipality shall collect appropriate charges for services rendered in connection with the operation of public utilities owned or operated by the Municipality. The maximum annual net profit that may be derived from such operations shall not be in excess of ten percent (10%) of the capital invested in the public utility. SECTION 87. Audit of Financial Statements . The yearly financial statements covering the utility shall be audited by the Commission on Audit or its duly authorized representatives and should the amount of net profit from the operation of the public utility be found to be in excess of the percentage fixed in the preceding Section, the charge shall be accordingly adjusted and the excess profit shall be spent only for the improvement of the public utility. ARTICLE VI Parking Charges SECTION 88. Rate of Charges . The City shall collect appropriate charges for services rendered in connection with the operation of public utilities owned or operated by the City. The maximum annual net profit that may be derived from such operations shall not be in excess of ten percent (10%) of the capital invested in the public utility. DSEaHT a) For cars: For the first two (2) hours or fraction thereof P20.00 For each subsequent hour or fraction thereof 10.00 b) For buses, trucks, and others: For the first hour or fraction thereof 50.00 For each subsequent hour or fraction thereof 20.00 For continuous parking for twelve (12) hours 100.00 For continuous parking for twenty-four (24) hours 150.00 c) Night parking: For using street, sidewalk or public place or in front of their houses and place of business as a private garage or parking space. For cars or jeepneys P500.00/quarter For buses & trucks 1,000.00/quarter For containerized vans/trailers 100.00/day or fraction thereof SECTION 89. Time of Payment . The charges prescribed in the preceding section shall be paid to the City Treasurer or to a duly designated collector upon removal of the vehicle from the parking space except night parking fees which shall be paid on or before the 20th of the beginning of the quarter. IEaATD SECTION 90. Administrative Provision . a) City streets, roads and thoroughfares may be designated or allotted for parking space by the local government shall be subject to the approval of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. b) It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle owner or operator to use portion of any street, sidewalk or public place as a private garage or parking space from 10:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the following day without securing permit from the Local Chief Executive. Upon proper application and payment of the corresponding fee therefor, a sticker duly signed by the Local Chief Executive and the Local Treasurer shall be issued to be displayed conspicuously at the windshield of the vehicle. xxx xxx xxx SECTION 2. The Office of the City Treasurer is hereby ordered to strictly monitor the implementation of this Ordinance to prevent evasion or manipulation. SECTION 3. The City Treasurer, the City Public Information Officer and the Chief of the Business Permits and License Office are hereby tasked to conduct an information dissemination campaign regarding this Ordinance. SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2002. ENACTED by the Sangguniang Panlungsod at its regular session today, November 21, 2001 in the City of Las Pias. HON. LUIS I. BUSTAMANTE Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer ATTESTED: ATTY. JERRY A. TANCHUAN Sanggunian Secretary APPROVED: HON. VERGEL A. AGUILAR City Mayor