Building owners required to set parking for motorcycles
>> Wednesday, March 13, 2019
By Aileen P.
Refuerzo
BAGUIO CITY – Owners of buildings,
establishment parking sites are now required to allocate a portion of their
parking lots for motorcycles and bicycles.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan
ratified Ordinance No. 19 series of 2019 or the “Motorcycle and Bicycle Parking
Ordinance in the City of Baguio” imposing said requirement.
“Nowadays, there are
numerous individuals and associations that prefer motorcycles and bicycles as
their mode of transportation (but) riders find difficulty in parking due to
lack of parking spaces designated for their means of transport that often
times, they park their (ride) in any space or area causing obstruction to motor
vehicles and pedestrians alike,” the measure read.
The measure covers
buildings required by law to provide parking spaces, establishments which
provide parking spaces for its use to employees, clients and/or tenants,
parking areas whether pay or free parking maintained, managed or supervised by
the City Government of Baguio, barangay or private entity and designated common
parking space.
As stipulated in the
measure, the number of parking slots for motorcycle and bicycle will be
determined by the owner of the building or management or officer-in-charge but
a minimum of two slots for motorcycles and two slots for bicycles with bicycle
rack to be provided in the designated parking space.
“Motorcycle Parking” and
“Bicycle Parking” signs should be installed on the designated parking space.
The City Buildings and Architecture Office
(CBAO) has been tasked to oversee the implementation of the ordinance.
The covered establishments will be notified and
given 30 days to comply with the requirement.
Meanwhile, the ordinance
also mandates the City Engineering Office-Traffic and Transportation Management
Division to designate within 30 days from effectivity of the ordinance the
parking space for motorcycles and bicycles in parking lanes within the Central
Business District except in places where motorcycles and bicycles are not
allowed to traverse and the City Environment and Parks Management Office
(CEPMO) to do the same in city parks where parking is applicable.
The barangays may
likewise designate parking space for motorcycles and bicycles.
Violators will be fined P5,000 initially and
another P5,000 for every one month delay in compliance.
The measure also
provides that motor vehicles that will park on spaces designated for motor and
bicycles and vice versa will also be liable for illegal parking.
The measure was authored by Couns. Benny
Bomogao, Michael Lawana, Faustino Olowan, Vice-Mayor Edison Bilog, Couns.
Leandro Yangot Jr., Edgar Avila, Joel Alangsab, Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon,
Peter Fianza, Lilia Fariñas, Arthur Allad-iw, Francisco Roberto Ortega VI and
Levy Lloyd Orcales
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