Appointment Qualifications, Compensation, Powers and Duties.
Section 185
SEC. 185. Appointment Qualifications, Compensation, Powers and Duties.— (1) The city engineer shall be appointed by the city mayor, subject to civil service law, rules and regulations. (2) No person shall be appointed city engineer unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, of good moral character, a licensed civil engineer, and has been an assistant city engineer or has engaged in the practice of his profession for at least five years. (3) The city engineer shall receive such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law or ordinance. (4) The city engineer shall: (a) Take charge of all the surveying and engineering works of the city, and perform such services in connection with public improvements, or any work entered upon or projected by the city or any office thereof, as may require the skill and experience of a civil engineer; (b) Ascertain, record and establish monuments of the city surveys and from thereon extend the surveys of the city, and locate, establish, and survey all city property and also private property abutting on the same, whenever directed by the city mayor; (c) Prepare and submit plans, maps, specifications, and estimates for buildings, streets, bridges, docks, and other public works, and supervise the contruction and repair of the same; (d) Make such tests and inspection of engineering materials used in construction and repair as may be necessary to protect the city from the use of materials of a poor or dangerous quality; (e) Prevent the encroachment of private buildings and fences on the streets and public places of the city; (f) Conduct general supervision and inspection of all private docks and landing places and other property bordering on the rivers, esteros, and waterways of the city, and issue permits for the construction, repair and removal of the same, and enforce all ordinances relating to the same; (g) Supervise the laying of mains and connections for the purpose of supplying gas to the residents of the city; (h) Periodically inspect and report on the conditions of public property and public works to the sangguniang panlungsod and the city mayor; (i) Regulate and supervise the location and use of engines, boilers, forges, and other manufacturing and heating appliances in accordance with law and ordinance relating thereto, and charge fees, at rates to be fixed by the sangguniang panlungsod for services and supplies furnished by his office; (j) Inspect and supervise the construction, repair, removal and safety of private buildings, and regulate and enforce the numbering of houses in accordance with ordinances of the city; (k) With the previous approval of the city mayor in each case, order the removal of materials employed in the construction or repair of any building or structure made in violation of law or ordinance, and cause buildings and structures dangerous to the public to be made secure or torn down; (l) File and preserve all maps, plans, notes, surveys and other papers and documents pertaining to his office; and (m) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. (5) In the absence of a city highways engineer, the Minister of Public Works and Highways may designate the city engineer to act as ex officio city highways engineer.