H. No. 2003 / OG No. 3, 1183 (March, 1949)
"SEC. 2. Powers.—The territory within the boundaries described in the next succeeding section is to be known as Quezon City which shall be the capital of the Philippines and the permanent seat of the national government; and by that name it shall have perpetual succession; have and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; sue and to be sued, and prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution; take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey, and dispose of real and personal property, for the benefit of the city, within or without its corporate limits; contract and be contracted with; and execute all the powers hereinafter conferred."SEC. 2. Section three of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred two, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 3. Boundaries.—The boundaries and limits of the territory of said city, containing the total areas of fifteen thousand six hundred sixty hectares, more or less, are established and prescribed as follows:SEC. 3. There is hereby created and established a Capital City Planning Commission composed of seven Members three of whom shall not be government officials to he appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress of the Philippines. The terms of office of the members of the Commission shall expire at the termination of their work but any member may be removed by the President for cause. The members of the Commission, except the chairman, shall receive a per diem of twenty-five pesos for each day of meeting, not more than two times a week, actually attended by them. All members shall be given the necessary traveling and other expenses not exceeding one hundred pesos while engaged in work for the Commission. The President shall designate one of the members of the Commission as chairman thereof who will act as general manager and whose compensation shall be ten thousand pesos per annum. During the temporary absence of the chairman, the Commission shall elect one of its members as temporary chairman who will exercise all the duties and enjoy all the privileges and emoluments of the chairman during the time he is acting as such temporary chairman.Beginning at a point marked "1", which is the northwestern corner of the boundary of Quezon City, thence due north 660,00 M. to point "2"; thence No. 43 deg. 30' E., 3,680.00 M. to point "3"; thence N. 18 deg. 00' W., 3,200.00 M. to point "4"; thence N. 45 deg. 00' E., 4,100.00 M. to point "5"; thence due east 4,200.00 M. to point "6"; thence following the boundary line of the Novaliches watershed reservation to point "7"; thence S. 68 deg. 00' E., 1,220.00 M. crossing the Mariquina river eastward to point "8"; thence due south 760.00 M. to point "9"; thence S. 21 dog. 30' W., 3,160.00 M. to point "10"; thence S. 75 deg. 30' W., 730.00 M. to point "11"; thence S. 10 deg. 30' W., 880.00 M. to point "12"; thence S. 15 deg. 00' E., 670.00 M. to point "13": thence S. 37 deg. 15' W., 1,650.00 M. to point "14"; thence S. 22 deg. 00' W., 1,820.00 M. to point "15"; thence N. 87 deg. 30' W., 250.00 M. crossing Mariquina river westward to point "16"; which is a corner of Quezon city; thence following the northern boundary of Quezon City to point of beginning; and the territory covered by Quezon City as fixed in Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred two, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred fifty-nine."
(a) To make and adopt or cause to be made or adopted a general plan for the physical development of the Capital City of the Philippines accompanied with maps, sketches, overlays, plates, charts, and descriptive explanatory matter, showing the Commission's recommendations for the said physical development including, among other things, the general location, character, and extent of streets, viaducts, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, and other public ways, ground and open spaces; the general location and extent of areas suitable for residential development; the general location and extent of public buildings and other properties; and the general location and extent of public utilities, terminals, and markets, for water supply, power, sanitation, transportation, communication, distribution, and other purposes;SEC. 5. The sum of one hundred fifty thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be disbursed by the Commission for the salaries of the necessary personnel, for the per diems of the Members of the Commission and for such incidental expenses as may be incurred to carry out the provisions of this Act.
(b) To establish in said Capital City of the Philippines the necessary districts or zones for such purposes as industry, trade, transportation, residence, public or semi-public, civic activities, and recreation; and to determine the height of, and area covered by, buildings; the density of populations; business and advertising signs, in connection with which, restrictions regarding such factors as size and projection over street lines may be adopted; proportion of the lot on which buildings may be constructed; and sizes of lots, courts, and other open spaces;
(c) To adopt rules and regulations which shall govern the acquisition of private lands and their subdivision into small lots for lease or sale to the public as to residential zones, or for lease only as to industrial and commercial zones, which regulations may include provisions referring to the form of development proposed and to the uses of the surrounding land for streets; for light, air, and density of population; for water drainage and sanitary facilities; for lot sizes and shapes; for obligatory reservations of a reasonable minimum area for schools, parks, and other public purposes, and for the extent and manner in which these facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of plat;
(d) To appoint subject to the approval of the President such technical employees as may be required without regard to the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, the necessary consultants, and prescribe their duties and fix their salary or compensation; and
(e) In general, to have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to accomplish its task as outlined by this Act: Provided, That the general plan, the proper zoning and subdivision of the Capital City of the Philippines, pursuant to this Act, shall have as. their general purposes to guide and accomplish a coordinated, adjusted, harmonious construction and future development of the said Capital City of the Philippines which will, in accordance with the present and future needs, best promote"' health, safety, morals, orders, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; including, among other things, adequate provisions for light and air, the promotion of healthful and convenient distribution of population; the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, economic, wise, efficient and equitable expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements.