Senior Citizens will now enjoy free parking privileges in the malls and other areas of Bacolod City, as per resolution of Councilor El Cid Familiaran, which was approved in the mid-week session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City.
The granting of such welfare services to senior citizens will alleviate their state and well-being which will also provide comfort & convenience in their daily transactions. The services that will also make elder people’s lives easier is by affording and giving them due respect & appropriate services, which among others, by exempting them fees on parking imposed by malls/department stores and/ or in areas within the City of Bacolod. This is stipulated in the Ordinance known as, "An Ordinance Giving Privilege of Free Parking for Senior Citizens in Malls and other Areas in the City of Bacolod." In short, the "Elderly Free Parking Ordinance." It is a policy of the City to provide welfare services and benefits thru incentives to its elderly people. Towards such end, senior citizens deserve respect, and appropriate services to realize such objective. Senior citizens who personally drive a vehicle are given privilege of free parking. However, for purposes of authenticity and veracity, senior citizens who may wish to avail of this privilege shall present his/her Senior Citizens ID. A priority parking space for vehicles driven by senior citizens shall be reserved at malls or at any concerned business entity in the City. For this purpose, a waiver for parking fee maybe issued by mall or business management. Violation of this ordinance would mean penalty. First Offense -One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P 1,500.00). Second Offense - Three Thousand Pesos (P 3,000.00). Third Offense - Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00). This Ordinance shall take effect Fifteen (15) days after publication in the newspaper of local circulation in the City of Bacolod.*
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