DEMOLITION ORDER

A group of concerned homeowners of Greenhills Subdivision, Casuntingan,

Mandaue City approached the City Legal Office and amplified their objection
against the 2nd deep-well drilling activity authored by Greenhills Homeowners
Association, Inc. Officers and Board of Directors. The documents revealed that
the 2nd deep-well drilling activity has no permit and it is constructed in a road
lot.
The Local Building Ordinance of Mandaue City of 2010 expressly declares
nuisance or illegal structure any building, structure or contraption erected on
any private lot within the City of Mandaue if there is no building permit and
Barangay clearance issued by the City government of Mandaue and the
concerned barangay where such is constructed. Further, if there is such
building, structure or contraption, it shall be demolished by the owner or
his/her authorized representatives within TEN (10) days from date of receipt
of such notice to demolish, otherwise, failure to do so would automatically
authorize the City government to demolish at the expense of the owner.
In line with the abovementioned violations, the former City Engineer Englis
issued a Notice of Illegal Drillling to Greenhills Homeowners Association on
October 7, 2004 and subsequently issued a Suspension Order. Further, when
NWRB issued a Policy Guidelines for water quality management on November
15, 2006, it included a Moraturium on the acceptance of water permit
application in Mandaue City.
Moreover, on January 21, 2016, the City Zoning Board of Mandaue City denied
the application of GHAI for Special Permit to activate and operate the back-up
well. There were also Cease and Desist Orders issued by then City Legal Officer,
Giovanni Y. Tianero and former City Mayor Gabriel Luis R. Quisumbing. The
conditional Water Permit granted GHAI by NWRB were revoked/ cancelled.
Gleaming from the above mentioned legal actions and orders, it is evident that
GHAI officers and BODs exhibited an open disregard to the abovesaid legal
actions which tantamount to violation of the existing pertinent laws, rules and
regulations.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, by the powers vested in me as the City
Mayor of the City of Mandaue, I hereby order the City Legal Office-Enforcement
Unit, in coordination with the Mandaue City Police SWAT, City Engineers Office,
Bantay Mandaue, the Office of Barangay Casuntingan, this City, to DEMOLISH
AND/OR REMOVE the abovementioned structures of GHAI, Casuntingan,
Mandaue City in order to restore the said road lot to its unobstructed and
passable condition.

SO ORDERED.
___ July 2019. Mandaue City, Philippines

HON. JONAS C. CORTES

City Mayor