53 Shameful Shameless Seconds

On April 4, 2022 it took the City Council only 𝟓𝟑 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐌𝐕 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝟐 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝟑 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 (allowing building up to 60 storeys high?) . And this led to PODC proposing to build the 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 . A coincidence? NAKAYA nila ipasa ang ordinansa without consulting the immediate affected area and community which is MMV? 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒌𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒈 53-𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕?

The source of the shameful video with the blitzkrieg approval of the CITY ORDINANCE NO.14256-2022 is found at   

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPDzledT9Vs

Go to timestamp 1:24:47 to watch the 53 shameful shameless seconds

Now it can be told: The 53 shameful shameless seconds rezoning ordinance DID NOT FOLLOW THE LAW!

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑫𝑯𝑺𝑼𝑫 10 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑳 𝑩.𝑨𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑨𝑵, 𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒍 5 2023, 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝑴𝑽𝑯𝑶𝑨 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑵𝒐.14256-20223 𝒓𝒆𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑪2 𝒕𝒐 𝑪3 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍:

Please be advised that as per Section A 57 of Cagayan de Oro City Ordinance No.13032-2016,known as the Ordinance Adopting the Integrated Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cagayan de Oro xx, it specifically states the following, to wit:

“Section 57.Amendments to the Integrated Zoning Ordinance- Changes in the Integrated Zoning Ordinance, as a result of the review by the LZRC shall be treated as an amendment, provided that the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance or provisions thereof shall be subject to the public hearing and shall be caried out through a resolution of three-fourths vote of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐁 (𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐇𝐒𝐔𝐃)."

Kindly note that as of this writing, this Office 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐆𝐔 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥. However, rest assured that as part of DHSUD's mandate to monitor land use changes of cities and municipalities, we will be 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐆𝐔 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞. Should the LGU of Cagayan de Oro City be able to submit the warranted application, the DHSUD will review the matter before approving or ratifying the same.