Republic of the Philippines
Province of La Union
MUNICIPALITY OF AGOO
OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN
Q. RA 7279 providing for a comprehensive and continuing urban development and housing program, and establishing the mechanism for its implementation, and for other purposes. R. PD 1216 defining "Open Space" in residential subdivisions and amending section 31 of Presidential Decree No. 957 requiring subdivision owners to provide roads, alleys, sidewalks and reserve open space for parks or recreational use.
S. PD 953 requiring the planting of trees in certain places and penalizing unauthorized cutting, destruction, damaging and injuring of certain trees, plants and vegetation.
T. Department Administrative Order 14 otherwise known as the "Revised Quality Standards of 1992, series of 1993, Revising and Amending Air Quality Standards of 1978". U. National Land Use Act.
V. RA 9275 providing for a comprehensive water quality management and for other purposes. W. RA 9003 providing for an ecological solid waste management program, creating the necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaring certain acts prohibited and providing penalties, appropriating funds therefore, and for other purposes.
Article 2
Definition of Terms
Section 12.01. The herein terms are conceptually and/or operationally defined as
A. Agricultural Lands- lands of public domain which are neither forest mineral lands nor national park.
B. Ambient Air Quality - the average atmospheric purity as distinguished from discharge measurements taken at the source of pollution. It is the general amount of pollution present in a broad area.
C. Buffer an identified area outside the boundaries of and immediately adjacent to designated protected areas that need special development control in order to avoid or minimize harm to the protected area.
D. Municipal Waters - include not only streams, lakes and tidal waters within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality, not being the subject of private ownership, and not included within national parks, public forests, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery reserves; and marine waters included between two (2) lines drawn perpendicularly to the general coastline from points where the boundary lines of the Municipality touch the sea at low tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline and fifteen (15) kilometers from such coastline.
E. Cover Crop Planting the process of conditioning denuded areas which are highly cogonal, rocky or erodible calopognium, stylosanthes, desmodium, lablab, bean, psophocarpus, patani, or by planting suitable non-legumes such as morning glory vine, wild sunflower and kikuyu grass, in order to improve soil fertility, organic matter, and water holding capacity prior to or concurrent with the planting of trees and other perennials in such area.
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