Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REP. PM VARGAS 
AN ACT REGULATING THE OPERATIONS THE OPERATIONS AND 
IMPOSITION OF FEES FOR USE OF PARKING SPACES AND PARKING 
FACILITIES IN VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS TO 
ACCOMODATION, COMMERCIAL SERVICES, RETAIL SERVICES, 
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING INDEPENDENT PARKING 
ENTERPRISES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS 
THEREOF  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is the policy of the State that it shall protect the interests of the 
consumer, promote their general welfare, and establish standards of conduct 
for business and industry.  
Among the services that have been highly in demand, especially in the 
urban metros, is the use of parking spaces. In most business establishments 
like retail centers, supermarkets, theaters, and other similar establishments, 
parking fees are charged to consumers at unregulated prices. 
As it is the responsibility of the government to protect the public as 
consumers, this measure seeks to provide standard rates for parking fees in 
the country. Furthermore, it mandates the review of the applicability of rates 
every three (3) years as well as recommend appropriate changes based on 
relevant economic factors.   
  This version of the bill has been approved on 3rd reading during the 
18th congress and submitted to the Senate.  
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is urgently sought. 
REP. PM VARGAS   
Fifth District, Quezon City 
February 14, 2023
3:55 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REP. PM VARGAS 
AN ACT REGULATING THE OPERATIONS THE OPERATIONS AND 
IMPOSITION OF FEES FOR USE OF PARKING SPACES AND PARKING 
FACILITIES IN VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS TO 
ACCOMODATION, COMMERCIAL SERVICES, RETAIL SERVICES, 
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING INDEPENDENT PARKING 
ENTERPRISES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS 
THEREOF  
Be it enacted by the Senate and 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” 
SECTION 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. 
SECTION 3. Definition. – 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, or retail establishments, 
including but not limited to government and private offices.  
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c.) Covered establishments refer to accommodation establishments, 
corporate offices or facilities, food service establishments, and health 
service 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 and 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 of a good or service 
in a covered establishment and solely avails of 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 
of 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. 
  
SECTION 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.   
 
SECTION 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 (P20.00) per hour. 
 
SECTION 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 a transaction with 
the accommodation establishment. 
 
For parking clients, the maximum parking fee that accommodation 
establishments may impose shall be Thirty pesos (P30.00) per hour. 
 
SECTION 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 a 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 (P20.00) per hour. 
 
 For parking clients, the maximum parking fee that food service 
establishments may impose shall be Twenty pesos (P20.00) per hour. 
 
SECTION 8. Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking 
Spaces for Educational Institutions. –Educational institutions are 
encouraged to provide their parking spaces free of charge. Educational 
institutions shall provide 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 (P20.00) per hour. 
 
SECTION 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 such customers shall 
provide proof that at least One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) worth of products 
or services, in not more than two (2) transactions, were purchased in such 
establishments. 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 Twenty pesos (P20.00) per hour but not to exceed One hundred pesos 
(P100.00) per day, except for those who will be subjected to an overnight 
parking fee. 
 
SECTION 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 to their customers free of charge. 
 
 
The maximum parking fee that corporate offices or facilities may impose 
shall be Forty pesos (P40.00) for the first four (4) hours and an additional 
Twenty pesos (P20.00) per succeeding hour thereafter, but in no case shall 
the parking fee exceed One hundred forty pesos (P40.00) per day.    
 
SECTION 11. Provision of Parking Spaces and Regulation of Parking 
Fees for Independent Parking Enterprises. – For independent 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 (P30.00) per vehicle for the first three (3) hours 
and an additional Twenty pesos (P20.00) per succeeding hour 
thereafter but not to exceed One hundred pesos (P100.00) per day, 
except for those who will be subjected to overnight parking fee. 
b. )Multilevel Parking Enterprise. For multilevel parking establishments, 
the maximum parking fee that may be imposed shall be Forty pesos 
(P40.00) per vehicle for the first three (3) hours and an additional 
Twenty pesos (P20.00) per succeeding hour thereafter but not to 
exceed One hundred pesos (P100.00) per day, except for those who 
will be subjected to the overnight parking fee.  
 


SECTION 12. Street Parking Fee. – For enterprises or corporations that are 
duly authorized to provide and regulate street parking, the maximum parking 
fee that may be imposed shall be Fifty pesos (P50.00) per hour.  
 
SECTION 13. Overnight Parking Fee. – The maximum overnight parking fee 
that may be imposed by any covered establishment shall be One hundred fifty 
pesos (P150.00) per hour.  
 
SECTION 14. Lost Parking Ticket. – The maximum lost parking ticket fee 
that may be imposed by any covered establishment shall be One hundred fifty 
pesos (P150.00) per vehicle: Provided, That the owner is able to provide 
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.   
 
SECTION 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 that remain beyond the twelve (12) 
hour period.   
 
SECTION 16. Prohibition from Invoking Waiver of Liability.  – Covered 
establishments shall comply with the minimum standards for parking 
facilities. They shall be prohibited from invoking the waiver of liability in case 
of loss of property or damage to the customer's or parking the client’s vehicle. 
They shall only be liable for loss of property or damage to the customer’s or 
parking client’s vehicle upon proof of failure to comply with the minimum 
standards required by this Act, negligence, want of care, or any similar act 
showing that it failed to provide safe and secure parking areas. 
 
 
 
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 eh person primarily responsible for any injury to a customer or 
parking client, or damage or loss of their vehicle. 
 
SECTION 17. Obligations of Customers and Parking Clients in Using 
Parking Spaces of Facilities. – Customers and parking clients shall observe 


the parking rules and regulations 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. 
 
SECTION 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 footage 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; 


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 the safety of all customers and parking 
clients. 
    
SECTION 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).  
 
SECTION 20. Penalties. – Any person or establishment who violates the 
provisions of this Act shall be fined not less than One hundred thousand 
pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than Three hundred thousand pesos 
(P300,000) per customer that is charged with a fee beyond the maximum rates 
imposed herein, or in suspension or cancellation of business permits and 
licenses, or both, upon the discretion of the court. 
 
SECTION 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 the 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%).       
 
SECTION 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. 
 
SECTION 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. 
 


SECTION 24. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders, presidential 
decrees or issuances, letters 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.   
 
SECTION 25. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of 
general circulation.  
 
Approved,