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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SETTING OF OUTDOOR FIRE AND OPEN

BURNING IN THE CITY OF MUNTINLUPA AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
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Sponsored by: Hon. Coun. Lucio B. Constantino
Hon. Coun. Atty. Patricio L. Boncayao, Jr.
Hon. Coun. Bal Niefes
Hon. Coun. Stephanie G.IeYes
Hon. Coun. Allan Rey A. Camilon I
Hon. Coun. Ringo A. Teves
Hon. Coun. Louisito A. Arciaga \
Hon. Coun. Alexander Diaz
Hon. Coun. lvee Rhia Arciaga-Tadefa
Hon. Coun. Ma. Dhesiree G. Arevalo
Hon. Coun. Christine MaY A. Abas
Hon. Coun. Marissa Cole'Rongavilla
Hon. Coun. Mark Lester M. Baes
Hon. Coun. Rafael T. Sevilla
Hon. Coun. Victor L. UlandaY
Hon. Coun. Grace B' Gonzaga
Hon. Coun. Walter A. Arcilla - ABC

rwise known as
WHEREAS, under Section 458(1)(VI) of Republic Act 7160'
Panlungsod is
the New Local G overnment Code of 1991 , "the Sanggun ltpenalties for acts
empowered to Pro tect environment and impose appropriate 'es in
e environment xxx and such other activiti which result
which endanger th
po!!ution xxx or of ecological balance",
Bureau
WHEREAS,basedonrecordoftheMuntinlupaCityFireStationand..the
FireProtection,mostofthefiresthatoccurwithinMuntinlupaCityaregrassfire;

WHEREAS,in2Ol4,therewasarecordedlTTllreincidents,andoutofthese,
AZ r,r"ru jru$ fire. In ZOf 'S, if,"i" were 124 fire incidents and 59 were grass fire ln
2016, there were 137 gr"., ii;thrt
occurred within Muntinlupa city, even surpassing
year'
the total number of fire incidents the previous
tn"
WHEREAS, grass fires have caused unnecessary .expenditures -.?y
government because ot tne plirofeum' oil' lubricant'-
high maintenance on equipment
to such occurrences;
ind man-horrs that have been wasted from responses
public hearing was conducted bY the
WHEREAS, on January 23, 2017' a-
S aiety the agen da of which is entitled
Comm,tiee on Public Order, Security and fire and open burning in th
posed ordinance pro hibiting the setting o to utdoor
IVluntinltrPa and for er purposes.";

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, AS IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED, bY thE

{ Bth Sangguniang Panlungsod, in Session Assembled, the following:

SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be known as an prohibiting the setting of

outdoor fire and open burning in the city of Muntinlupa and providing penalties for
violation thereof.

SECTION 2. Definition of Terms - The following terms are defines as follows:

1) Agriculturat Waste refers to waste generated from planting or

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harvesting crops, trimming or pruning of plants and wastes or run-off
materials from farms and filled;

2) Campfire - means a small outdoor fire intended for recreation or cooking

but not including a fire intended for disposal of wood waste or refuse;

3) Ctean Wood - cleans means a natural wood which has not been painted,
varnished or coated with a similar; has not been pressure-treated with
preservatives; and does not contain resins or glues as in plywood or other

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composite wood Products'

4) Construction and demotition waste - means building waste materials,

' including but not limrted to insulation, lumber, treated wood, plinted wood'
wiring'-plastics,packagtngandrubblethatresultsfromconstruction'
|."roi"iing, repair and demolition operations on a house' commercial or
industrial building or other structure;
by
5)
-' Composting - refers to the controlled decomposition of organic matter
,i"to-org"ni'itm, mainly bacteria and fungi into humus-like product;

6) Envi ro n menta lY
AccePta b I e
I refers to the quality of being reusable,
hazardous t
biodegradable or comPostable' recyclable and not toxic and
the environment;

7) Hazardous waste refers to solid waste or combination of solid waste

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*hi.h b".rr." of its quantity, concentration' or physical' chemical o
infectious characteristics maY:
mortality or an
a Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in
illness;
increase in Jerious, irreversible, or incapacitating reversible
or;

Pose a substantial presence or poten tial hazard

to human hea or -
b. o,t or
the environment when improperly trea ted, stored, transpo
othe ise manage
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8) Open burning - refers to the thermal destruction of solid wastes by

means of direct exposure to fire or where the products of combustion are
emitted directly into the surrounding air without passing through a stack or
a chimney. This includes burning in a burn barrel. Furthermore, this
definition shall apply to traditional small-scale methods of community
sanitation "siga".

9) Person refer to any being, natural or juridical, susceptible of rights and

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obligations, or of being the subject of legal relations;

1O)Refuse - means any waste material except tress' logs, brush' stumps,'
leaves, grass clippings, and other vegetative matter;

11\Sanitary Landfill - refers to a waste disposal site designated,

engineering control over significant potential environmental impacts
arising from the development and operation of the facility;

1l)Secured Area - refers to the place where open burning is allowed,

however subject to certain limitations such as:

a. The location thereof must not be less than fifteen (15) meters from
any structure and adequate provisions and fire extinguishing
+tr equipment shall be present to prevent the fire from spreading;

permitted only when wind direclion and other

-b b Burning is
meteor-ological conditions such that smoke and other pollutants will
o, pres"ni hazard to any public road, landing strip or have a
negative effect on
any building, structure or
sensitive
receptor/electric equiPment

c Other fire safety measures necessary that may be imposed by the

City Fire Marshal having jurisdiction;

)Segregation - refers to a solid waste management practice of separating

'Jitflr"it materials found in solid waste in order to promote recycling and
,"-ra" of resources and to reduce the volutne of waste for collection and
t\ disposal.

14) Solid Waste refers to all discarded household,

commercial waste, non-
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hazardous institutional and industrial waste, stree t sweeping, "solid
constructi
( debris, ag ricultural waste and other non-hazatdou s/non-toxic
as used in this ordinance shall not include:

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a. Waste identified or listed as hazardous waste of a solid, liquid,
contained gaseous or semi-solid form which may cause or
contribute to an increase in mortality or in serious or incapacitating
reversible illness, or acute/chronic effect on the health of persons
and other organism,

b. lnfectious waste from hospitals such as equipment, instruments,

utensils, and fomites of a disposable nature from patients who are
suspected to have or to have been diagnosed as having
communicable diseases and must therefore be isolated as required
by public health agencies, laboratory waste such as pathological
specimens (i.e. all tissues, specimens of blood elements' excreta,
and secretions obtained by patients or laboratory animals), and
disposable fomites that my harbor or transit pathogenic organism,
and surgical operating room pathogenic specimens, and disposable
fomites attendant thereto, and similar disposable materials from
outpatient areas and emergency rooms; and

15)Urban Areas - refer to all municipalities with population density of at least

five hundred (500) persons per square kilometer;

16)YardWaste-referstowood,smallorchippedbrunches,leaves'grass
-'clippings,
garden debris, vegetable residue that is recognized as part of a
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plant or vegetables.
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SEcTloN3.ScopeofApptication,Thisordinanceshallbeapplicabletoand
refuse
observed in all households, indusirial, commercial or business establishments,
junk dealers and all persons, whether living or
collector disposal area, operators and jccumulating,
rojo*rg in the city, generating, storing' collecting' transporting'
ft;;t;i.i, ireating, utitizlig and diJposing refuse or other waste materials

SEcTloN 4, Prohibit Acfs, This ordinance shall prohibit the followtng:

1 Its hall be prohibited to set outdoor fires and openly burn Specifically:

a.
" No person shall be allowed to set fire or burn in any yard' .lot
paper or other
it""!.t occupied), street, alley, rubbish' garbage'
or.
combustible material;
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or urban centers
b. No fire maY be allowed to burn in residential areas
is likewise Prohibited,

Open-burning of refuse is prohibited

d. Charcoal making in resid tial areas or urban centers ts

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2) Open burning of the following materials shall likewise be prohibited

a. Construction and demolition wasfes,'

b. Hazardous subsfances including but not limited to batteries,
househotd chemicals, pesticides, used oil, diesel, kerosene,
gasoline, paints, varnishes, and solvent;
c. Furniture and aqqliances;
d. Tires and rubberized materials;
e. Scrap electrical wire insulators;
f. Any plastic material including but not limited to nylon, PBC'
AEiS,' polystyrene or urethane foam, and synthetic fabrics,
p!astic films and plastic containers;
'Treated
g or painted wood inctuding but not limited to plywood'
composite wood products or other wood products that are
painted, varnished or treated with preservatives'

3) That the following may however be allowed but sub.lect to certain

conditions as stated

a Campfire, bonfire, retigious, cultural or recreational fire'

firefighting dritls and training are allowed P.rovided that a
p"riit" Jatt be secured from the Local Environment office
'aiia iespective Local Fire Marshal' Provided Further' that such
aiciirity' snoutd be done within a definite and limited span
of
time onlY.

b The burning of materials as authorized above may

occur only
under the following conditions:
tt must be attended bY a resP onsible person of not less
i.
than eighteen (18) years of age who shall be Present at
the site of the fire at all times to observe and co ntrol
the
fire;
ii. A fire extinguisher' garden hose, or other
instrumentation caPable of immediatelY exti nguishin
fire must be available at all ti mes during burning; onlY
iii. Materials burned for this purp ose shall include
clean wood, Yard waste such as branches,
coconut
leaves and the like;
Fire must be small and caPa ble of being readilY c
a change in
controlled or extinguished in the event that
wind direction or other factors wo uld result;
v. Fire must be comPletelY extingu ished after substanti
completion of the c bustion;

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lf these result on a protest or complaint by adjacent residents or

property owners, or poses a threat to persons or property, the Fire
Department may order the person burning to extinguish the fire. ln the event
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I he fails or refuses to obey a lavvful command to extinguish any fire, the Fire
Department may extinguish the fire and citation shall be issued.

4) lt shall be also prohibited for any person to discard or loss cigarette butts
or anything capable to ignite a fire on grass, trash bins or any other place'
or receptacles where fire is likely to occur'

5) lt shall also be prohibited to burn wastes for purposes stated hereunder:

a. Yard waste such as branches and agricultural waste such as rice

straw, rice husks, coconut shells and corn cobs used as fuel for
household cooking;

b. Yard waste and agricultural wastes as stated above that are used
as fuel for industrial and commercial purposes shall be allowed'
Provided, such are burned in a confined structure and is provided
with a emission control device Such operation shall only be
allowed to operate upon securing a permit to operate of any air
pollution source control device from Environmental Management
'Bureau
of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources'

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6)lfaminorcommittedanyoftheprohibitedactsstatedabove,theparents
the actions of their child and shall be subject to
shall be responsible for ill
thesamefinesandpenaltiesasstatedinSection6ofthisordinance.

SECTION 5. Responsib le person for authorized outdoor burning'

1 . The aPPlicant shall be the resPonsrble person for outdoor burnin

authorized bY the Fire DePartmen t and the Environmental
Sanitation
Center (E SC). He is required to be present
pior and during the burning
or
activity. He shall tikewise be liable for the consequences, damages,
injuries resulting from the said burning'

2 tf activity of a company or any bu-siness establishment

the burning is an
o.f another' claims shall
and have caused damage fo persons or property )
partnership liability'
n" g"riirii
by appticaile laws on corporate or

not excePt or excuse the

f, 3. The granting of the Fire Safety Clearance does
apphcant thereof from complying with all other entities havin
aPPlicable laws,
ordinances, regulations and o rs of gove rnmental
jurisdiction.

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SECTION 6. Fines and Penalfies. Violation of this ordinance shall have fines
and penalties as follows:

1. Violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined

an amount as stated below.

First Offense Phpl,000.00

Second Offense Php2,000.00
Third Offense Php3,000.00

2. Any person who refuses to pay the fine shall be charged in Court
and if found guilty shall be had liable for an imprisonment for a
period not exceeding six (6) months or a fine not exceeding Five
Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00), or both, at discretion of the court.

3. lf the burning caused damage to adjacent properties or anything of

monetary value, the owner or agent of the property damaged by
the fire is not precluded to file appropriate claims as indemnity to
the damaged sustained bY him.

SECTION 7. Monitoring the implementation of this ordinance

1 The Environmental Sanitation Center and the City Fire Department
shall be the lead agency in the implementation of this Ordinance.
This provides implementing guidelines and deputized
I environmental police to ensure strict implementation of this
ordinance. J
2. Barangay Officials shall be responsible in closely monitoring any
occurrence of grass fires and other acts of open-burning and shall
subsequently endorse such cases to the City Fire Departme nt
and/or the Environmen tal Sanitation Center (ESC) for appropriate
action. They shall be also req uired to install road signs and marks
regarding this Ordinance for i nformation dtsseminatton as well as
compliance.
part or
SECTION 8. Separa bility Clause lf, for any reason or reasons, any
- other parts or
prov isions of this ordinance strati be held to be unconstitutional or
invalid,
prov isions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to
be in full force and
effect.
with this
SEcTloNg.RepealingClause.Allpreviousordina nces inconsistent
ordinance shall be deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

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SECTION 10. EffectivitY Clause This ordinance shall
after its comPletion of its P cation in a r circulati on. \
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ENACTED, by the 8th Sangguniang Panlungsod of Muntinlupa this 13th day

of March, 2017 , on its 30th Regular Session.

CONCURRED:
DI TR TI:

COUN. ATTY. PAT CIO L. BONCAYAO, JR.

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COUN. BA FES COUN. STE G. TEVES
Member Member

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co REY CAMILON COUN. RIN A
Member Member

h.r\ COUN-ALEXA NDER B, DI

COUN. LOUISITO.'JA. ARCIAGA -
Mem A/lember ",

cou E RHIA A FA
Member

DISTRICT II

COUN, MA. DHESIREE G. AREVALO cou STIN

Member Memb'er

COUN. c A co .M
Member Member

B. CONSTANTIN o cou S
l/lember Mem

NZAGA ICTOR L, U
COUN. GRAC
Member Member

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COUN. E A. ARCILLA
Sec I Rep sentative

League of B arangay Captains

I HEREBY CERTIFY, as to the correctness of the foregor tnance

CECILI RTE
Secre ry

ATT TED:

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Vice-May, r/Presiding Officer

APPROVED:

ATTY. JAI EDI

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Date: 22 MAR 2017

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