DAVAO CITY TO REVISE ZONING CODE

  City Council sets public hearings on

Davao City revised zoning code

BY ROGER M. BALANZA

    The Davao City Council is set to conduct public hearings on revision of the 1996 Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, after Mayor Sara Duterte submitted to the council a draft proposal, said city councilor Arnolfo Cabling, chair of the committee on housing, rural and urban development.

    Cabling said the public hearings would be spaced out between committee hearings his committee would hold together with the commitee on rules, laws and ordinances chaired by floor leader councilor Tomas Monteverde before tossing it up to plenary.

    We will be doing it fast, said Cabling.    

    Mayor Sara Duterte has submitted to the Davao City Council the Updated Zoning Ordinance 2012-2021 and the Comprehensive Development Plan 2012-2021, the twin documents that spell out a nine-year blueprint for the city's development.