| Ordinance Category | Description |
| Agriculture and Fisheries |
Ordinances pertaining to agricultural industry and agricultural regulations. |
| Barangay Affairs |
Ordinances pertaining to the administration of barangays and other barangay affairs. |
| Building and Zoning Administration |
Ordinances pertaining to building regulations, administration, and locational regulations. |
| Business and Industry |
Ordinances pertaining to business and industry, regulations and prohibitions and other matters relevant to business. |
| Career Service, and Human Resource Management |
Ordinances pertaining to recruitment of career service professionals to serve for the local government unit, government career items and other matters relevant to the said category. |
| City Economic Enterprises |
Ordinances pertaining to the city's economic enterprises, namely: the public market, the terminal and slaughterhouse and other economic investments entered into by the city. |
| Communications |
Ordinances pertaining to the establishments of telecommunications facilities, including television stations, telephone operations and other matters relevant to the said category. |
| Culture, Heritage and Naming of Streets |
Ordinances pertaining to the preservation of the local culture, heritage and the naming of streets in honor of places and persons relevant to Surigao City's history. |
| Education and Manpower Development |
Ordinances pertaining to education and manpower development. |
| Environmental Protection |
Ordinances pertaining to the protection of the environment and natural resources. |
| Fire Protection |
Ordinances pertaining to fire protection and safety. |
| Government Revenues, Regulatory Fees, Taxes and Charges |
Ordinances pertaining to the collection of the local government revenues, regulatory fees for services incurred from the City Government, taxes and other charges. |
| Public Health, Nultrition and Family Planning |
Ordinances pertaining to the health, nutrition and family planning of the Surigaonon people. |
| Housing and Resettlement |
Ordinances pertaining to the housing needs of the Surigaonons, regulations on housing development and resettlement of families affected by housing crisis. |
| Local Government Administration |
Ordinances pertaining to the administration of the City Government |
| Local Civil Registry |
Ordinances pertaining to life events, including birth registrations, marriage registrations and death registrations. |
| Maritime Regulation |
Ordinances pertaining to the marine protection in the City of Surigao and other regulations relevant to the preservation of the city's marine resources. |
| Peace and Order, and Public Safety |
Ordinances pertaining to the public safety of the Surigaonon people, and other ordinances relevant to the city's peace and order. |
| Real Property Assessments |
Ordinances pertaining to the assessments of real properties in the city. |
| Rescue and Disaster Management |
Ordinances pertaining to disaster management and rescue operations in times of disaster. |
| Roads and Highways |
Ordinances pertaining to roads and highways administration. |
| Social Development and Gender Development |
Ordinances pertaining to gender and development, women issues, and social development. |
| Social Welfare, Issues and Community Development |
Ordinances pertaining to social welfare, social issues, and community development. |
| Sports Development |
Ordinances pertaining to sports development. |
| Tourism |
Ordinances pertaining to tourism, the preservation of parks and natural scenic spots, and other tourism administration matters. |
| Traffic, Transportaion Regulation, and Land Transportation Franchises |
Ordinances pertaining to traffic administration, regulations and franchises of public utility vehicles plying the city's roads, and other transportation matters. |
| Veterinary and Animal Regulation |
Ordinances pertaining to animal regulations, animal welfare, veterinary needs of the residents and livestock management. |
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