Section 4
SEC. 4. The Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To make and adopt or cause to be made or adopted a general plan for the physical development of the Capital City of the Philippines accompanied with maps, sketches, overlays, plates, charts, and descriptive explanatory matter, showing the Commission's recommendations for the said physical development including, among other things, the general location, character, and extent of streets, viaducts, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, and other public ways, ground and open spaces; the general location and extent of areas suitable for residential development; the general location and extent of public buildings and other properties; and the general location and extent of public utilities, terminals, and markets, for water supply, power, sanitation, transportation, communication, distribution, and other purposes; (b) To establish in said Capital City of the Philippines the necessary districts or zones for such purposes as industry, trade, transportation, residence, public or semi-public, civic activities, and recreation; and to determine the height of, and area covered by, buildings; the density of populations; business and advertising signs, in connection with which, restrictions regarding such factors as size and projection over street lines may be adopted; proportion of the lot on which buildings may be constructed; and sizes of lots, courts, and other open spaces; (c) To adopt rules and regulations which shall govern the acquisition of private lands and their subdivision into small lots for lease or sale to the public as to residential zones, or for lease only as to industrial and commercial zones, which regulations may include provisions referring to the form of development proposed and to the uses of the surrounding land for streets; for light, air, and density of population; for water drainage and sanitary facilities; for lot sizes and shapes; for obligatory reservations of a reasonable minimum area for schools, parks, and other public purposes, and for the extent and manner in which these facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of plat; (d) To appoint subject to the approval of the President such technical employees as may be required without regard to the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, the necessary consultants, and prescribe their duties and fix their salary or compensation; and (e) In general, to have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to accomplish its task as outlined by this Act: Provided, That the general plan, the proper zoning and subdivision of the Capital City of the Philippines, pursuant to this Act, shall have as. their general purposes to guide and accomplish a coordinated, adjusted, harmonious construction and future development of the said Capital City of the Philippines which will, in accordance with the present and future needs, best promote"' health, safety, morals, orders, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; including, among other things, adequate provisions for light and air, the promotion of healthful and convenient distribution of population; the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, economic, wise, efficient and equitable expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements.