Overhaul Agora: Redevelopment and Improving Architectural Features of Ramos Market

Chapter 05: Conceptual Framework

Performance Objectives:
 Lighting System
o Light Intensity
o Selective focus
o Modeling and Visibility
o Direction and Movement
o Electrical Connection System
 Water Distribution System
o Public Water Supply
o Types of sources of water
o Distribution Pipes
o Water Supply Maintenance
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 Circulation
o Horizontal Circulations
o Vertical Circulations
o Circulation Elements
o Zoning and Area Analysis
o Space Distribution
 Security and Electronic System
o Information System
o Security Camera System
o Fire Alarm and Suppression System
o
 Sanitary Distribution System
o
Guidelines- Rules & Ordinances of Ramos Public market:

Republic Act No. 3857

An Act to Revise the Charter of the City of Cebu

ARTICLE III
The City Council

Section 31. Legislative powers. Any provision of law and executive orders to the contrary
notwithstanding, the City Council shall have the following legislative powers:

(15) To establish or authorize the establishment of, fix the fees for the use of, slaughterhouses
and markets and inspect, regulate the keeping, preparation and sale of meat, fruits, poultry,
game, milk, fish, butter, cheese, lard, vegetables, bread and other provisions or articles of food
offered for sale; to adopt such measures to prevent the introduction and spread of disease as
may, from time to time, be deemed desirable or necessary, and to permit and regulate or
prohibit the establishment or operation within city limits of public markets and slaughterhouses
by any person, entity, association or corporation other than the city;

ARTICLE VIII
Department of Finance

Section 50. Powers and duties of the City Treasurer. There shall be a City Treasurer with a
salary of seven thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, who shall have charge of the City
Department of Finance and shall act as chief fiscal officer and financial adviser of the city and
custodian of its funds.

The City Treasurer shall exercise the functions of municipal collector of taxes and shall collect
all taxes and assessments due the city, all licenses authorized by law or ordinance, and all rents
due for lands, markets, and other property owned by the city, and shall receive and receipt for
all costs; fees, fines and forfeitures imposed by the city court, from the clerk thereof, and the
fees collected by the sheriff or his deputies; and shall collect all miscellaneous charges made by
the Department of Engineering and Public Works and by other departments of the city
government, and all charges made by the City Engineer for inspections, permits, licenses, and
the installation, maintenance, and services rendered in the operation of the private privy system.
He shall collect, as deputy of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, by himself or deputies, all
taxes and charges imposed by the Philippine Government upon property or persons in the City
of Cebu, depositing daily such collections in any depository bank of the Government. Unless
otherwise specifically provided by law or regulations, he shall perform in and for the city, the
duties by law or regulation upon provincial treasurers generally, as well as the other duties
imposed upon him by law. Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, he shall
purchase all supplies, equipment and other property required by the city as may be authorized
by ordinances or regulations approved by the Mayor, and issue such supplies, equipment and
other property upon authority of the Mayor. He shall be accountable for all funds and property of
the city and shall render such accounts in connection therewith as may be prescribed by the
Auditor General. He shall deposit daily all municipal funds and collections in any bank duly
designated by the City Council as government depository.

ARTICLE X
Department of Assessment

Section 51. Powers and duties of the City Assessor. There shall be a City Assessor with a
salary of seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum, who shall have charge of the
Department of Assessment. The City Assessor and his authorized deputies who are
empowered to administer any oath authorized to be administered in connection with the
valuation of real estate for the assessment or collection of taxes, shall appraise and value at
their fair market value all the real estate in the city, and assess for taxation all such real estate
not expressly exempt, including machines, mechanical contrivances, instruments, tools and
implements, appliances, apparatus and paraphernalia used for industrial, agricultural, or
manufacturing purposes when attached to land or buildings. He shall prepare and file with the
City Treasurer before April first of each year a list of the real estate, machines, mechanical
contrivances, instruments, tools and implements, appliances, apparatus, and paraphernalia so
valued which are exempt from taxation, and a separate list of the taxable real estate, machines,
apparatus, appliances, mechanical contrivances, instruments, tools, implements and
paraphernalia: Provided, nevertheless, That if any taxpayer desires to pay his tax before April
first the City Assessor must furnish the City Treasurer, upon request, with a certified list of the
assessed value of the taxable properties of such taxpayer pertaining to the year for which the
tax is offered to be paid. The City Assessor shall have an assistant and such other personnel to
assist him with his duties as may be provided for from time to time by appropriation ordinances.
ARTICLE XIII
Department of Public Services

Section 93. City Public Service Officer. There shall be a City Public Service Officer with a salary
of six thousand pesos per annum who shall have charge of the Department of Public Services.
The city public service officer shall have general supervision and control over the sanitary
building and plumbing inspection service; care, custody and cleaning of all public buildings,
including markets, crematories, slaughterhouses and building rented for city purposes, public
toilets, collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, contents of toilet and cesspools, and all other
offensive and dangerous substances within the city. He shall have authority to charge, at rates
to be fixed by the City Council with the approval of the Mayor, fees for public services and
supplies furnished by his department to private parties. He shall have authority to declare that
any lot or ground within the City of Cebu belonging to any person or corporation or to the
National Government, or any branch or political subdivisions thereof, is so low, excavated, or
walled, diked or dammed as to admit or cause the formation on the surface thereof of stagnant
or foul water, or that it is a nuisance or a menace to public health, unless filled in or its sanitary
condition otherwise improved, and all communicate the same to the Mayor. He shall execute
and enforce all laws, ordinances, and regulations relating to public services, and shall
recommend to the City Council the passage of ordinances as he may deem necessary for the
better and more adequate extension of public services. He shall cause to be prosecuted all
violations of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to public services. The city public service
officer shall have an assistant and such other personnel to assist him in his duties as may be
provided for from time to time by appropriation ordinances.

Ordinance No. 1361

An ordinance establishing a system of garbage collection, imposing fees therefore, and

expropriating funds and for other related purposes.

Resources:

https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1964/ra_3857_1964.html

http://www.globenet.org/preceup/pages/ang/chapitre/capitali/cas/phimana_e.htm