Text of the provision
Art. 683. Subject to zoning, health, police and other laws and regulations, factories and shops may be maintained provided the least possible annoyance is caused to the neighborhood.
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
Factories and shops may be maintained, provided they cause the least possible annoyance to the neighborhood. They remain subject to zoning, health, police and other laws and regulations.
Related provisions
- Article 682 — Easement Against Nuisance.
- Article 685 — Void Stipulations On Excavations.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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