Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by REP. SITTIE SHAHARA “BAI DIMPLE” I. MASTURA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Every year, more and more people are purchasing automobiles.  Predictably, the 
surge in motor vehicle sales has affected our parking system in the Philippines. It has 
come to a point that parking or looking for a parking spot has become just as agonizing 
as traversing our congested roads. 
Other than the risky option of parking along the side of the road, the need for 
parking spaces has led to the proliferation of pay parking areas. However, pay parking 
in commercial and business establishments usually charge exorbitant parking fees. 
Moreover, the management of many parking facilities often deny liability for any loss, 
damage or theft incurred by the car owners while the vehicle is supposedly under their 
care and protection. 
Hence, the need for this measure seeking to regulate the operation of parking 
facilities, and assure the public of their security and protection from theft and other 
premeditated damages. 
In view of the foregoing considerations, the immediate approval of this 
proposed legislation is earnestly sought. 
REP. SITTIE SHAHARA “BAI DIMPLE” I. MASTURA 
November 7, 2022
8:00 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by REP. SITTIE SHAHARA “BAI DIMPLE” I. MASTURA 
AN ACT 
REGULATING THE OPERATIONS AND IMPOSITION OF FEES FOR THE USE OF 
PARKING SPACES AND PARKING FACILITIES IN VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS 
SUCH AS TO ACCOMMODATION, COMMERCIAL SERVICES, FOOD SERVICES, 
HEALTH 
SERVICES, 
RETAIL 
SERVICES, 
EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
INCLUDING INDEPENDENT PARKING ENTERPRISES AND PRESCRIBING 
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as  “The Parking Operations and 
Fees Regulation Act”; 
SEC. 2.   Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to prioritize public safety 
and public welfare, as well as to protect the interest and promote the general welfare of 
consumers while allowing reasonable return on investment. Towards this end, the State 
shall promulgate measures that will protect consumers who avail of parking facilities 
offered by business operators from unreasonable parking rates and fees. 
SEC. 3.   Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms are defined as 
follows: 
a.
Accommodation establishments refer to hotels, motels, hostels, inns, resorts,
lodging facilities and all other establishments that offer accommodation facilities
for lease.
b.
Corporate offices or facilities refer to all other public and private facilities that
serve the general public which are not accommodation establishments, food
service establishments, health service establishments or retail establishments,
including but not limited to government and private offices.
c. Covered establishments refer to accommodation establishments, corporate
offices or facilities, food service establishments, health service establishments,
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retail establishments and all other similar establishments, whether government-
owned or privately-owned, including independent parking enterprises that charge 
a parking fee for the use of its parking spaces. 
 
d.   Customer refers to a person who avails of a good or service in a covered 
establishment for  which the parking space is primarily intended. 
 
e.  Educational institutions refer to public or private schools, including daycare or 
childcare centers, preschools, nursery, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, 
tertiary or college. higher education institutions, universities, training institutions, 
and other learning facilities providing formal and informal education and training. 
 
f.  Food service establishments refer to restaurants, food parks, or any other 
establishment where food is prepared or served, which are independent from 
existing retail establishments. 
 
g.  Health service establishments refer to hospitals, clinics and other 
establishments that provide health services, which are independent from existing 
retail establishments. 
 
h. 
Independent 
parking 
enterprises 
refer 
to 
establishments, 
whether 
government-owned or privately-owned, whose primary business is to provide 
parking spaces and charge a corresponding parking fee for its use. 
 
i.  Parking client refers to a person who does not avail a good or service in a  
covered establishment and solely avails the use of a parking space in a covered 
establishment. 
 
j.  Parking fee refers to the amount paid or charged for the use of a parking space 
in a covered establishment. 
 
k. Retail establishments refer to establishments open to the general public or 
selected members of the general public for the sale of goods and services, 
including but not limited to, shopping malls, retail stores, supermarkets, shops, 
and other similar establishments. 
 
SEC. 4.  Coverage of this Act. — This Act shall cover all parking facilities of covered 
establishments for all types of vehicles such as but not limited to bicycles, motorcycles, 
and automobiles. 
    
Nothing in this Act shall prevent covered establishments from not charging any parking 
fee or charging less than the maximum rates imposed herein. 
 
SEC. 5. Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking Fees for Health 
Service Establishments. — Health service establishments are encouraged to offer 
their parking spaces to their customers free of charge. 
 
Health service establishments shall provide free parking for confined patients and out-
patients who avail of medical services: Provided, That the confined patient or out-
patient shall provide proof of confinement or that medical services were indeed availed 
of respectively: Provided further, That each patient can only avail one (1) free parking 
slot per day. 


    For parking clients, the maximum parking fee that health service establishments may 
impose shall be Twenty pesos (Php 20.00) per hour. 
 
SEC. 6.  Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking Fees in 
Accommodation Establishments. — Accommodation establishments are encouraged 
to offer their parking spaces to their customers free of charge. 
 
   Accommodation establishments shall provide free parking for their customers: 
Provided, That customers shall provide proof of transaction with the accommodation 
establishment. 
 
   For parking clients, the maximum parking fee that accommodation establishments 
may impose shall be Thirty pesos (Php 30.00) per hour.  
 
SEC. 7. Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking Fees in Food 
Service Establishments. — Food service establishments are encouraged to offer their 
parking spaces to their customers free of charge. 
 
  Food service establishments shall provide free parking for their customers for the first 
two (2) hours: Provided, That customers shall provide proof of transaction with the food 
service establishment: Provided further, That if a customer exceeds the  grace period of 
two (2) hours, the maximum parking fee that may be imposed by any food service 
establishment shall be Twenty pesos (Php 20.00) per hour. 
 
   For parking clients, the maximum parking fee that food service establishments  may 
impose shall be Twenty pesos (Php 20.00) per hour. 
 
SEC. 8. Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking Fees for 
Educational Institutions. — Educational institutions are encouraged to provide their 
parking spaces free of charge. Educational institutions shall provide free parking 
spaces for officials, employees, faculties, students, and guests: Provided, That 
necessary identification cards are presented. 
 
   For parking clients, the maximum parking fee that educational institutions may 
impose shall be Twenty pesos (Php 20.00) per hour. 
 
SEC. 9.   Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking Fees for Retail 
Establishments. — Retail establishments are encouraged to offer their parking spaces 
to their customers free of charge. 
 
   Customers of retail establishments shall be allowed to park free of charge for a 
maximum of two (2) hours only: Provided, That customers shall provide proof of 
transaction with the retail establishment for an amount not less than Five hundred 
pesos (Php 500.00). If a customer exceeds the grace period of two (2) hours, the 
maximum parking fee that may be imposed by any retail establishment shall be Ten 
pesos (Php 10.00) per hour but not to exceed Fifty pesos (Php 50.00) per day except 
for those who will be subjected to the overnight parking fees. 
 
SEC. 10. Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking Fees for 
Corporate Offices or Facilities. — Corporate offices or facilities are encouraged to 
offer their parking spaces free of charge. 
 


   The maximum parking fee that corporate offices or facilities may impose shall be 
Forty pesos (Php 40.00) for the first four (4) hours and an additional Twenty pesos (Php 
20.00) per succeeding hour thereafter, but in no case shall the parking fee exceed One 
hundred forty pesos (Php 140 00) per day. 
 
SEC. 11. Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking Fees for 
Independent Parking Enterprises. — For individual parking enterprises, the 
imposition of parking fees for the use of their parking spaces shall be subject to the 
following: 
 
 a. Open Parking Establishments.  For open single-level parking establishments, the 
maximum parking fee that may be imposed shall be Thirty pesos (Php 30.00) per 
vehicle for the first three (3) hours and an additional Twenty pesos (Php 20.00) per 
succeeding hour thereafter. 
 
b. Multilevel Parking Enterprises. For multilevel parking establishments, the maximum 
parking fee that may be imposed shall be Forty pesos (Php 40.00) per vehicle for the 
first three (3) hours and an additional Twenty pesos (Php 22 20.00) per succeeding 
hour thereafter. 
 
SEC. 12. Street Parking Fee. — For enterprises or corporations who are duly 
authorized to provide and regulate street parking, the maximum parking fee that may 
be imposed shall be Fifty pesos (Php 50.00) per hour. 
 
SEC. 13. Overnight Parking Fee. — The maximum overnight parking fee that may be 
imposed by any covered establishment shall be One Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php 150.00) 
per vehicle. 
 
SEC. 14. Lost Parking Ticket Fee. — The maximum lost parking ticket fee that may 
be imposed by any covered establishment shall be One hundred fifty pesos (Php 
150.00) per vehicle: Provided, That the owner is able to provide the necessary 
documents to prove his or her ownership of the subject vehicle: Provided further, That 
covered establishments shall refund the lost parking ticket fee when the customer 
returns or surrenders the parking ticket or card within sixty (60) days from the time they 
used the parking facility. 
 
SEC. 15. Exigent Circumstances. — In case of natural disasters such as floods, 
heavy typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and fires, covered 
establishments shall waive all parking fees during the occurrence of the natural 
disaster.  
 
Once the natural disaster ceases, covered establishments shall issue a notice posted in 
three(3) conspicuous places requiring the removal of parked vehicles within twelve (12) 
hours. 
 
Regular parking fees shall be imposed for vehicles which remain beyond the twelve 
(12)-hour period. 
 
SEC. 16. Prohibition on Invoking Waiver of Liability. — Covered establishments 
shall maintain and provide security in their parking lots. They shall be responsible for 
the safety of their customers and parking clients and shall be liable for damages for 
vandalism or loss of the vehicle while duly parked within their establishment. They shall 


be prohibited from invoking the waiver of liability in case of loss of property or damage 
to the customers or parking client’s vehicle. 
 
The prohibition enunciated in the immediately preceding paragraph shall likewise apply 
to operators of independent parking enterprises. 
 
Nothing in this Act shall prevent covered establishments from collecting damages from 
the person primarily responsible for any damage caused to a customers or parking 
client’s vehicle. 
 
SEC. 17. Obligations of Customers and Parking Clients in Using Parking Spaces 
or Facilities. — Customers and parking clients shall observe the parking rules and 
regulation imposed by covered establishments as mandated in this Act and should only 
park in designated parking spaces of the covered establishment that they will 
particularly visit, do business with, or make any similar transaction. 
 
Customers shall provide any receipt of purchase of any amount or any proof of visit in 
the establishment before paying. This is to avoid overcrowding of parking areas and to 
assure that designated spaces will be fully utilized by legitimate clients, visitors, 
customers, and patrons of the covered establishments. 
In the same respect, customers and parking clients shall keep their receipt of entry and 
exit from the covered establishments for better surveillance. 
 
SEC. 18. Minimum Standards for Parking Facilities. — All covered establishments 
charging parking fees shall maintain the following minimum standards: 
a.  Customers and parking clients shall be issued a parking receipt upon entering 
or exiting a parking facility. A parking receipt must contain the effective date 
and time and the plate number of the motor vehicle the customer or parking 
client is paying for; 
b. Such number of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras as may be 
sufficient to monitor all parked vehicles. Upon the occurrence of a crime, 
covered establishments shall, without delay, render immediate assistance to the 
victim, and allow the victim and law enforcement agencies access to the scene of 
the crime. Covered establishments shall also give the victim and law enforcement 
agencies copies of the CCTV footage which captured the incident. Refusal to 
allow immediate access to the crime scene or give copies of CCTV footages shall 
render the owner, operator, or manager of covered establishments liable for 
damages, as well as for obstruction of justice under Presidential Decree No. 1829; 
c.  Such number of security guards to monitor all parked vehicles; 
d.  Such number of entrance booths to prevent congestion in public roads and 
highways; 
e.    Such number of exit booths to prevent congestion within the parking lot; 
f.     A minimum of not less than four percent (4%) of the total parking slots per parking 
level, in the most convenient and accessible location, shall be reserved 
exclusively for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs); 
 
g. Minimum safety standards: 
 
 
i.   Necessary traffic safety signs; 


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ii.  Pedestrians crossing signs and markings; 
 
 
iii.  Speed bumps or rumble strips; and 
iv.  The maximum speed limit shall be set at twenty kilometers per hour (20 
km/hr) to ensure safety of all customers and parking clients. 
  
SEC. 19. 
Provision for Bicycle Parking. — All covered establishments shall install a 
fixed structure that will serve as their designated bicycle parking areas. The number of 
allotted bicycle parking slots shall be determined by concerned local government units 
(LGUs) in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). 
 
SEC. 20. 
Penalties. — Any person or establishment who violates the provisions of this 
Act shall be fined with not less than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but not 
more than Three hundred thousand (P300,000.00) per customer that is charged with a 
fee  
beyond the maximum rates imposed herein, or a suspension or 
cancellation of business  permits and licenses, or both, upon the discretion of the court. 
SEC. 21. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). — Within ninety (90) days 
from the effectivity of this Act, the DTI shall, in consultation with the Department of 
Transportation, Department of Public Works and Highways, and Department of Interior 
and Local Government, promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to effectively 
implement the provisions of this Act. 
The Secretary of the DTI is authorized to review the applicability of this Act and to 
adjust the parking fees as prescribed herein not oftener than once every three (3) 
years, taking into consideration the cost of maintenance of parking facilities, provision of 
security, real property taxes, the inflation rate and other operating expenses, but in no 
case shall  
parking fees be adjusted or increased by more than fifteen percent (15%). 
SEC. 22.  Transitory Provision. — All covered establishments are given a period of 
six (6) months from the effectivity of the IRR of this Act to implement the necessary 
logistical and technological adjustments to comply with such IRR. 
SEC. 23.  Separability Clause. — If any provision or part of this Act is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and 
effect. 
SEC. 24. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees or 
issuances, letter of instruction, administrative orders, rules, and regulations as well as 
local ordinances contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 25. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
  
Approved,