Republic of the Philippines
ILOILO CITY
Conservation Planning and Development for
Iloilo City Heritage Structures and Sites
Iloilo City Cultural Heritage Conservation Council (ICCHCC)
Prepared By:
ILOILO CITY CULTURAL HERITAGE
CONSERVATION COUNCIL
Hon. JED PATRICK E. MABILOG
CITY MAYOR
GOALS AND POLICIES FOR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION IN ILOILO CITY
•To adopt historic preservation principles as an integral
component in city planning and development process.
•To implement an active program to identify, interpret
and designate the city’s heritage sites and cultural
resources.
•To promote an understanding and appreciation of the
city’s heritage sites and cultural resources as an important
heritage center of the county.
•To fully integrate cultural management as a major aspect of
heritage conservation planning and development activities.
•To ensure compatibility between new development and
existing heritage sites and buildings.
•To actively pursue financial assistance to promote the
restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse of heritage
buildings and cultural resources.
•To encourage both public and private participation of the
city’s heritage preservation program.
LEVELS OF PRESERVATION
APPROACHES
•CBD Heritage Zone
•Historic Plazas and neighborhood
•Fort San Pedro Development Master Plan
•Institutions
(schools,
hospitals,
office
buildings, etc.)
•Cluster heritage buildings and houses
•Landmarks
REGULATION ORDINANCE NO. 00-54 AN
ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN BUILDING
STRUCTURES OR SITES IN ILOILO CITY AS
LOCAL HERITAGE OR LEGACY BUILDINGS,
STRUCTURES OR SITES PRESCRIBING ITS
USE AND CONSERVATION, CREATING THE
ILOILO
CITY
CULTURAL
HERITAGE
CONSERVATION COUNCIL (ICCHCC) AND FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES
AS
AMENDED
BY
REGULATION ORDINANCE NO. 2001-071
COMPOSITION OF ILOILO CITY
CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION
COUNCIL
•Chairperson – Official or non-official of the City of
Iloilo
•Vice Chairperson – Representative of the Association
of Architects in the City of Iloilo
•Iloilo City Visitors Bureau – (ILEA)
Iloilo Hotel, Restaurant and Resort Association
(IHRRA)
•Federation of Councilors Association – Tourism
•Department of Tourism Region 6 – Regional Director
•City Environment and Natural Resources Office
(CENRO)
•Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Association
(CREBA)
•City Engineers Office
•United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) Iloilo
Chapter
•UAP Marikudo Chapter
•UAP Hamili Chapter
• Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA) Iloilo Section
•Private Sector
•Private Sector
•City Planning and Development Office (CPDO)
•City Tourism Office
COMPOSITION OF TECHNICAL
WORKING GROUP
•TWG for planning
•TWG for ways and means
•TWG for policy formulation
•TWG for IEC and advocacies
•TWG for regulation and enforcement
•Other committee
•Executive director
IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE
DOWNTOWN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD HERITAGE
ZONE) WITH MAP AND LIST OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS
DECLARATION OF POLICY
The City shall pursue and ensure the rationale of
sustainable and conservation of Iloilo City Downtown Central
Business District Zone. As such it shall be the policy of the City
to:
•Safeguard the heritage City’s Central Business District by
preserving one or more buildings, sites or other historical
significant materials that reflect the City’s history, architectures,
archaeology, engineering or culture
•Promote use of Downtown Central Business District Heritage
Zone for education, tourism, pleasure, and social welfare of the
residents and visitors of Iloilo City
•Strengthen local economy
•Stabilize and improve property values in the
Downtown Central Business District Heritage Zone and
its surrounding areas
•Foster civic beauty
•Promote public information; and
•Support the conservation of the national heritage and
patrimony.
COVERAGE OF THE RULES
The rules shall apply to the development and
management of Iloilo City Downtown Central
Business District Heritage Zone and impact to the
environment, heritage structures and sites,
archaeological, land use, and infrastructure.
LIST OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS
AND SITES
General prohibitions and standards
Envelop control
Guidelines for infilling and new architecture
Streetscape
Arcades and sidewalks
Guidelines for restoration
Signage
Rehabilitation/renovation of heritage buildings in the
CBD in the Downtown
Reconstruction of heritage buildings in the CBD in the
downtown
Preservation of heritage buildings in the CBD in the
downtown
Exterior masonry
Architectural metals
Roof
Mechanical plumbing and electrical equipment
Historic parks and plaza
Architectural diggings and excavations
Painting & Color
Villanueva Bldg.
Old Building in Macao
INCENTIVE ORDINANCE
Regulation Ordinance No. 2010-275 providing
additional incentives for the houses, buildings,
structures. Declared or to be declared as historical sites
by the Iloilo Cultural Heritage Conservation Council.
•For every ten (10) years of existence in the Heritage
Zone one (1) year exemption from business taxes but not
exceeding three (3) years.
•For those putting up new business in the Heritage Zone
with a capitalization of at least one (1) million pesos –
25% of exemption in business taxes for every one (1)
million for one year.
•Preservation, reconstruction and restoration of legacy
or heritage buildings within our outside the heritage
zone - The owner shall be granted fifty percent (50%)
tax incentive on annual real property tax on both land
and structure where it is situated, provided, that the
whole land area forms part of the history as certified by
the ICCHCC , otherwise, it shall only apply on the
actual lot where the structure or building is actually
situated; and provided, further, that in the latter, at least
two (2) meters of the lot from the peripheral area
surrounding the structure or building shall be included
as part therein.
PENALTY
•First offense
P 2, 000.00
•Second offense
P 3, 500.00
•Third offense
P 5, 000.00
PRIORITY AREAS
CBD REVITALIZATION PROJECT
FORT SAN PEDRO
DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN
OLD FORT SAN PEDRO
EXISTING SITUATION
PROPOSED SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
NHA LINEAR PARK
RESTORATION OF FORT SAN PEDRO
PAROLA ECO-PORT
CATALOUGING OF HERITAGE
BUILDINGS/HOUSES
DISTRICT PLAZAS AND NEIGBORHOOD
MOLO PLAZA
PLAZA LIBERTAD
JARO PLAZA
PROJECTS AND BUDGET SCHEDULE
ACTIVITY
1
SCHEDULE OF
IMPLEMENTATION
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
BUDGETARY
REQUIREMENTS
RESPONSIBILITY
10
Implementation of CBD IRR
Completion of Cultural mapping
Completion Cataloguing of heritage buildings
Production of Cultural Map
CBD revitalization program
Street pedestrianization
Heritage lamp
Sidewalk upgrading
Signage
Painting
LGU/NGO
LGU/NGO
LGU/NGO
LGU/NGO
LGU/NA
Capacity building/information/educational program
Fort San Pedro development project
Restoration of Fort San Pedro
Retaining wall upgrading
Parola eco port
NHA/Linear park and landscaping
Sidewalk upgrading including lighting/landscaping
LGU/UPV/NGO/NCCA
Heritage month celebration
Creation of Iloilo Heritage Foundation
Conservation restoration guidelines of heritage buildings in
the wharf zone/Iloilo River
LGU/NGO/NCCA
NGO
LGU/NA/NGO
District plazas/neighborhood conservation areas
Landmark preservation/new landmark
Landmark plaques
Production of cultural resources books, publications,
booklets, brochures, etc.
LGU/NGO
LGU/NGO
LGU/NGO
LGU/NGO/ACADEME
1.
Completion of local register of historic buildings and sites
LGU/NGO
1.
Heritage tour
LGU/NGO
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
1.
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
LGU/DOT/NA
DPWH
LGU/ BOT
NHA/LGU
LGU