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ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON URBAN PARKS AND GREEN AREAS

Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 19173, Dec. 9, 2005

Amended by Presidential Decree No. 19512, jun. 12, 2006

Presidential Decree No. 20722, Feb. 29, 2008

Presidential Decree No. 21098, Oct. 29, 2008

Presidential Decree No. 21215, Dec. 31, 2008

Presidential Decree No. 21528, jun. 9, 2009

Presidential Decree No. 21629, Jul. 16, 2009

Presidential Decree No. 21881, Dec. 14, 2009

Presidential Decree No. 21965, Dec. 31, 2009

Presidential Decree No. 22151, May 4, 2010

Presidential Decree No. 22239, jun. 29, 2010

Presidential Decree No. 22451, Oct. 14, 2010

Presidential Decree No. 23234, Oct. 19, 2011

Presidential Decree No. 23356, Dec. 8, 2011

Presidential Decree No. 23668, Mar. 13, 2012

Presidential Decree No. 23718, Apr. 10, 2012

Presidential Decree No. 24443, Mar. 23, 2013

Presidential Decree No. 24879, Nov. 22, 2013

Presidential Decree No. 25050, Dec. 30, 2013

Presidential Decree No. 25273, Mar. 24, 2014

Presidential Decree No. 25585, Sep. 2, 2014

Presidential Decree No. 25663, Oct. 22, 2014

Presidential Decree No. 25840, Dec. 9, 2014

Presidential Decree No. 26095, Feb. 10, 2015

Presidential Decree No. 26302, jun. 1, 2015

Presidential Decree No. 26484, Aug. 11, 2015

Presidential Decree No. 27064, Mar. 29, 2016

Presidential Decree No. 27471, Aug. 31, 2016

Presidential Decree No. 27472, Aug. 31, 2016

Presidential Decree No. 27526, Sep. 29, 2016

Presidential Decree No. 27640, Nov. 29, 2016

Presidential Decree No. 27751, Dec. 30, 2016

Presidential Decree No. 27960, Mar. 27, 2017

Presidential Decree No. 28372, Oct. 17, 2017

Presidential Decree No. 28579, Jan. 9, 2018

Presidential Decree No. 29357, Dec. 11, 2018

Presidential Decree No. 29846, jun. 11, 2019

Presidential Decree No. 30285, Dec. 31, 2019

Presidential Decree No. 30663, May 4, 2020

Presidential Decree No. 30704, May 26, 2020

Presidential Decree No. 31349, Dec. 31, 2020

Presidential Decree No. 31380, Jan. 5, 2021

Presidential Decree No. 31529, Mar. 9, 2021

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
 Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters delegated by the Act on Urban Parks and Green Areas and those necessary for enforcing said Act.
 Article 2 (Standards for Designating Pilot Project)
(1) Anyone who intends to implement a pilot project pursuant to Article 3 of the Act on Urban Parks and Green Areas (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") shall develop a pilot project plan in accordance with the master plan for parks and greenbelts pursuant to Article 5 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the “master plan for parks and greenbelts”): Provided, That where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the head of a relevant central administrative agency and a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as “Mayor/Do Governor”) deems it particularly necessary, the pilot project plan may be developed differently from the master plan for parks and greenbelts. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 13, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013>
(2) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall designate a project meeting the following standards as a pilot project: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013>
1. Contribution to the achievement of the goal of the pilot project, such as expanding or upgrading parks and greenbelts;
2. Positive responses from residents;
3. Appropriate and feasible financing plan.
(3) When the head of a relevant central administrative agency or Mayor/Do Governor intends to request the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to designate a pilot project pursuant to Article 3 (1) of the Act, he or she shall submit the following documents: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 13, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Sep. 2, 2014; Nov. 29, 2016>
1. A pilot project plan (including a location map and floor plan);
2. Documents evidencing that the project meets the designation standards prescribed in each subparagraph of paragraph (2);
3. A detailed statement of manpower, budget and the like that can be directly provided by the head of a relevant central administrative agency or Mayor/Do Governor who requests for the designation of the pilot project;
4. A written result of the hearing of residents’ opinions;
5. A deliberation result of a City/Do urban park committee (hereinafter referred to as the “City/Do urban park committee”) prescribed in Article 50 (1) of the Act [where a City/Do urban park committee is not established, referring to a deliberation result of the City/Do Urban Planning Committee (hereinafter referred to as “City/Do Urban Park Planning Committee”) under Article 113 (1) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act];
6. A written opinion of the head of the relevant local government.
(4) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may subsidize the budget necessary for implementing a pilot project. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013>
(5) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport designates a pilot project, he or she shall publicly notify the objectives and details of designation, areas subject to designation, etc. in the Official Gazette and notify the relevant Mayor/Do Governor thereof. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013>
(6) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, by authority, designates and implements a pilot project, he or she shall designate a person to implements and manges the project separately. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013>
(7) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (6), detailed matters necessary for implementing pilot projects for park and green areas shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 29, 2016>
 Article 3 (Research Data for Development of Policies)
(1) “Matters concerning the current state of parks and greenbelts, as prescribed by Presidential Decree” in subparagraph 4 of Article 4 of the Act means any of the following matters: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 13, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013>
1. Matters a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, the head of a Si/Gun (excluding the head of Gun in the jurisdiction of Metropolitan City; hereinafter the same shall apply) researches or manages in connection with the policies on the expansion of parks and greenbelts;
2. Other matters the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport deems necessary for formulating policies on the expansion of parks and greenbelts.
(2) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, the head of a Si/Gun shall endeavor to achieve the informatization of building and management of parks and greenbelts. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 13, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013>
CHAPTER II MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS AND GREENBELTS
 Article 4 (City Required to Develop Master Plan for Parks and Greenbelts)
“A Si prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 5 (1) of the Act means a city which shall develop an urban or Gun master plan pursuant to Article 18 (1) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act. <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Apr. 10, 2012>
 Article 5 (Details of Master Plan for Parks and Greenbelts)
“Matters prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 6 (1) 8 of the Act means the following: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 13, 2012; Mar. 9, 2021>
1. Matters concerning the implementation of the master plan for parks and greenbelts;
2. An annual investment plan and a financing plan for the implementation of the master plan for parks and greenbelts;
2-2. The current status of implementing an urban or Gun planning facility project (referring to an urban or Gun planning facility project under subparagraph 10 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) to create an urban park and the current status of utilizing each land parcel for which any project has not been implemented;
3. Other matters deemed necessary by a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si under Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as the “development authority of the master plan for parks and greenbelts”) for the local condition.
 Article 6 (Standards for Developing Master Plan for Parks and Greenbelts)
(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall determine the standards for developing master plans for parks and greenbelts pursuant to Article 6 (3) of the Act, taking into account following matters comprehensively: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Apr. 10, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 5, 2021; Mar. 9, 2021>
1. To lay the foundation for the pleasant lives of citizens, by presenting long-term development direction-setting for the conservation, expansion, management, and utilization of parks and greenbelts;
2. To ensure direction-setting for a feasible plan by fully considering regional characteristics, such as nature, humanities, history, and cultural environment, and local conditions;
3. To ensure that a future vision of parks and greenbelts is foreseeable in terms of management and utilization of natural resources, based on the result of basic survey on natural resources;
4. To ensure that a venue of leisure activities is formed and a network by which human and nature coexist is established, by maintaining and managing the natural environment systematically and continuously;
5. To flexibly respond to changing conditions, such as the characteristics of future users;
6. To ensure that the plan complies with upper level plans, such as the metropolitan plan (referring to the metropolitan plan pursuant to subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act), and the urban or Gun master plan (referring to the urban or Gun master plan prescribed in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act; hereinafter the same shall apply), and matches with the sectoral plan of the urban or Gun master plan;
7. To ensure that an urban or Gun planning facility project does not remain unimplemented for a long time by reviewing a financing plan for the installation of urban or Gun planning facilities (referring to urban or Gun planning facilities defined in subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act; hereinafter the same shall apply).
(2) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport determines the standards for developing the master plan for parks and greenbelts pursuant to paragraph (1), he or she shall consult with the head of a relevant central administrative agency. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013>
 Article 7 (Basic Survey for Developing Master Plans for Parks and Greenbelts)
(1) “Matters prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 7 (1) of the Act means the following: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Mar. 9, 2021>
1. Landscaping and prevention of disasters;
2. Relevant plans such as upper level plans;
3. Natural conditions, such as topography, ecologic resources, geological features, soil, water system, and small habitats of living organisms;
3-2. The current status of implementing an urban or Gun planning facility project to create an urban park and the current status of utilizing each land parcel for which any project is not implemented;
4. Other matters deemed necessary by the development authority of the master plan for parks and greenbelts for the development or amendment of the master plan for parks and greenbelts.
(2) When the development authority of the master plan for parks and greenbelts must conduct a survey and measurement pursuant to Article 7 (1) of the Act, if there is data, etc. which has been surveyed or measured under the provisions of other statues or regulations regarding the matters to be surveyed or measured, he or she may utilize it.
 Article 8 (Approval for Master Plan for Park Greenbelt)
(1) When the head of a Si referred to in Article 4 intends to obtain approval for development or amendment of the master plan for parks and greenbelts pursuant to Article 9 (2) of the Act, he or she shall submit the master plan for parks and greenbelts to Do Governor with the following documents attached: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 13, 2012; Sep. 2, 2014; Nov. 29, 2016>
1. The findings of the basic survey prescribed in Article 7 of the Act;
2. The results of a public hearing prescribed in Article 8 (1) of the Act;
3. The conclusions from hearing opinions of the local councils prescribed in Article 8 (3) of the Act;
4. Documents necessary for consultation with the head of a relevant administrative agency and deliberation of a local urban planning committee under the latter part of Article 9 (2) of the Act;
5. The results of the consultation by a Si/Gun urban park committee referred to in Article 50 (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Si/Gun urban park committee” [where no Si/Gun urban park committee was established, referring to the results of the consultation by a Si/Gun/Gu urban planning committee under Article 113 (2) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act)].
(2) When a Do Governor deemed that the master plan for parks and greenbelts submitted under paragraph (1) fails to meet the standards, etc. for developing master plans for parks and greenbelts determined by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport pursuant to Article 6 (3) of the Act, he or she may request the Mayor who developed such master plan parks and greenbelts to supplement the plan. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 23, 2013>
(3) Public announcements of master plans for parks and greenbelts prescribed in Article 9 (5) of the Act shall be made by publishing the relevant plan on the public gazette of the relevant local government, and the period of public perusal of the relevant documents shall be not less than 30 days. <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010>
CHAPTER III URBAN AFFORESTATION AND EXPANSION OF URBAN PARKS AND GREENBELTS
 Article 9 (Standards for Developing Urban Afforestation Plan)
When the standards, etc. for developing urban afforestation plans are determined by ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Special Self-Governing Province, or Si, pursuant to Article 11 (4) of the Act, any of the following matters shall be considered comprehensively: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Apr. 10, 2012>
1. To ensure that a region which especially requires conservation and expansion of greenbelts is set up and an upgrade plan regarding urban afforestation is developed, based on the plan regarding urban afforestation which was developed through the urban or Gun master plan and the master plan for parks and greenbelts;
2. To ensure basic direction-setting, such as target amount and period, on the subject of urban afforestation, and presented in order to accomplish inter-connectivity between the urban afforestation plan and the urban greenbelts location plan and the greenbelts network formation plan;
3. To ensure that locations, such as places which require urban afforestation and where urban afforestation is possible, are selected, and regions, where it is possible to enter into the greenbelt utilization contracts pursuant to Article 12 of the Act and the afforestation contracts pursuant to Article 13 of the Act, are researched and selected.
 Article 10 (Standards for Concluding Greenbelt Utilization Contracts)
(1) When matters necessary for concluding, etc. the greenbelt utilization contracts pursuant to Article 12 (3) of the Act is determined by ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Special Self-Governing Province, Si or Gun (excluding Guns in the jurisdiction of Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, and Special Self-Governing Province; hereinafter the same shall apply), the followings shall be considered comprehensively: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Apr. 10, 2012>
1. A land subject to the greenbelt utilization contracts shall fall under all of the following matters:
(a) Land of not less than 300 square meters, owned by a single owner: Provided, That, by the ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Special Self-Governing Province, Si or Gun, land of less than 300 square meters or land which is not a land owned by a single owner may be determined as the subject of the greenbelt utilization contracts to meet the local conditions;
(b) Land shall be selected mainly from the lands expected to benefit greatly from entering into the greenbelt utilization contracts, such as land which has excellent forest floors in urban areas lack of greenbelts (referring to the urban areas under the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, including district-unit planning zones designated in control areas under the same Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) or lands where it is highly necessary to conserve greenbelts but there is a high possibility of damage thereof;
(c) Land on which no rights of using or earning revenue is created;
2. The term of greenbelt utilization contracts shall be at least five years but the term may be adjusted according to the condition of land at the time of initial contract.
(2) When a greenbelt utilization contract is entered into, necessary matters among the followings shall be determined: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Apr. 10, 2012>
1. The district of land subject to greenbelt utilization contracts (including the address, owner, area and classification of land);
2. Matters relating to building and maintaining necessary facilities for the convenience of general citizens using greenbelts, such as trails and squares;
3. Matters relating to building and maintaining facilities necessary for conservation of greenbelts;
4. Matters relating to method of managing greenbelts;
5. Matters relating to amendment or cancellation of greenbelt utilization contracts;
6. Matters relating to measures in case of a breach of greenbelt utilization contracts;
7. Matters relating to supportive measures, such as reduction of property tax, partial subsidization expenses incurred in building, maintaining, and managing facilities, in greenbelt utilization contracts;
8. Matters relating to the purchase of the land designated as urban park and greenbelt among urban or Gun planning facilities, where the greenbelt utilization contract of the relevant land remains in effect for at least ten years;
9. Other matters deemed necessary by a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun.
 Article 10-2 (Contracts for Use of Urban Park Sites)
(1) "Criteria prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 12-2 (2) of the Act means the following criteria:
1. A contract for use of a park site under Article 12-2 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "contract for use of a park site") shall include the following matters:
(a) Land area subject to the contract for use of the park site (including its address, owner, area, and land category);
(b) The term of the contract for use of the park site;
(c) Site usage fee, as well as the time and method of paying the fee;
(d) Matters relating to the establishment and management of park facilities;
(e) Matters relating to the amendment or termination of the contract for use of the park site;
(f) Matters relating to measures, etc. to be taken against any breach of the contract for use of the park site;
2. The initial contract term of a contract for use of a park site shall be less than three years;
3. Article 71 of the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects shall apply mutatis mutandis to the method of calculating site usage fees: Provided, That if the contracting parties have agreed on a different method of calculating a site usage fee, the method agreed upon shall apply;
4. No right to use the relevant site or to make profits therefrom shall have been established.
(2) Where the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun has concluded or amended a contract for use of a park site, he or she shall publicly announce such fact without delay by installing a sign publicizing such fact or by posting it on the website of the relevant Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or Si/Gun, pursuant to Article 12-2 (3) of the Act.
(3) Article 14 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the method of publicly notifying any urban or Gun planning facility that has lost its effect pursuant to Article 12-2 (5) of the Act.
[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 11, 2018]
 Article 11 (Standards for Conclusion of Afforestation Contract)
(1) When matters necessary for concluding, etc. afforestation contracts are determined by ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Special Self-Governing Province, Si or Gun pursuant to Article 13 (2) of the Act, the following matters shall be considered comprehensively: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
1. The afforestation contract shall be in the form of an agreement, in which a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun provides support necessary for an urban afforestation, based on voluntary intentions or agreements of land owners or residents in certain regions of urban areas;
2. Where some land owners or residents breach the agreement, land owners or residents shall resolve it autonomously, and where an autonomous resolution of breaches by land owners or residents is impossible or the state of breach of agreement continues more than six months, the afforestation contract may be cancelled;
3. The area of afforestation contract shall be in principle divided in sections, and the term of afforestation contract shall be at least five years.
(2) The scope of urban afforestation subject to the afforestation contract shall be in consideration of harmonization with the surrounding environment, and it shall not infringe on any property rights of neighboring residents.
(3) When an afforestation contract is entered into, necessary matters among the followings shall be determined: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
1. Matters relating to the type, number, and place of trees, etc. planted and raised;
2. Matters relating to the management of trees, etc. planted and raised;
3. Matters relating to the management period of urban afforestation;
4. Matters relating to amendment or cancellation of afforestation contracts;
5. Matters relating to measures in case of a breach of afforestation contracts;
6. Matters relating to support necessary for urban afforestation, such as provision of urban afforestation materials, including seedlings and administrative or financial support;
7. Matters relating to boundary marking, etc. of afforestation contract regions;
8. Matters relating to ownership and rights of urban afforestation materials, including seedlings;
9. Other matters deemed necessary by a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province, or the head of a Si or Gun.
 Article 12 (Development Plan including Plan for Securing Urban Parks or Greenbelts)
“Development the size of which is equal to or greater than the size of the development prescribed by Presidential Decree” in the provisions, with the exception of its subparagraphs, of Article 14 (2) of the Act means development whose size exceeds the one prescribed in the following classifications: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 9, 2021>
1. A development plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 1 of the Act: an urban development plan exceeding 10,000 square meters;
2. A housing construction project plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 2 of the Act: a housing construction project of more than 1,000 households: Provided, That excluded herefrom shall be housing construction projects included in the site of development project pursuant to subparagraphs 1, 3, and 5 through 8;
3. A site-leveling project plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 2 of the Act; a site-leveling project exceeding 100,000 square meters;
4. A rearrangement plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 3 of the Act: a house redevelopment project, house reconstruction project and urban condition improvement project exceeding 50,000 square meters: Provided, That the standards referred to in subparagraph 2 shall apply to the cases falling under subparagraph 2;
5. A development plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 4 of the Act; a project where the area planned for residential occupancies, among industrial complex development cites, shall exceed 10,000 square meters;
6. A housing site development plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 5 of the Act: a housing site development project exceeding 100,000 square meters;
7. A project plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 6 of the Act: a project where the area planned for residential occupancies, among joint collection and delivery center projects, exceeds 100,000 square meters;
8. A development plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 7 of the Act: a project where the area planned for residential occupancies, among general regional development projects, exceeds 100,000 square meters;
9. A development plan provided for in Article 14 (2) 8 of the Act: a project falling under the size of each development plan in subparagraphs 1 through 8;
10. A development plans provided for in Article 14 (2) 9 of the Act: projects of at least the size specified in the following classifications:
(a) A development plan for the implementation of a project that meets all of the following requirements: a project whose area of the site for a development project is at least 50,000 square meters:
(i) A project for developing a public housing zone defined in subparagraph 3 (a) of Article 2 of the Special Act on Public Housing;
(ii) A project with the purpose of achieving residential stability for disadvantaged groups in housing, including residents in a shabby one room apartment (referring to persons living below the minimum residential standards publicly announced by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport pursuant to Article 17 of the Framework Act on Residence);
(b) A development plan, other than that referred to in item (a): a project where the area planned for residential occupancies, among development project cites, exceeds 10,000 square meters.
[Title Amended on Mar. 9, 2021]
CHAPTER IV BUILDING AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN PARK
 Article 12-2 (Period of Notification of Results of Handling Proposal to Formulate Park Building Plan)
“Period prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 16 (4) of the Act means 60 days (180 days when the details of proposal under Article 16 (3) of the Act are special cases under Article 21-2 of the Act). <Amended on Sep. 29, 2016>
[This Article Newly Inserted on Jun. 29, 2010]
 Article 12-3 (Composition of Joint Committee)
Where a Mayor/Do Governor intends to coordinate joint deliberation with a City/Do urban park committee and a City/Do urban planning committee under the latter part of Article 16 (5), he or she shall organize a joint committee (hereinafter referred to as “joint committee”) according to the following criteria and undergo the deliberation thereof:
1. Members of the joint committee shall be appointed or commissioned from among the members of the City/Do urban park committee and the City/Do urban planning committee by a Mayor/Do Governor;
2. The joint committee shall be composed of up to 25 persons;
3. The members of the City/Do urban park committee shall be not less than 1/3 of the members of the joint committee;
4. The chairperson of the joint committee shall be as follows (where the relevant public officials are not less than two persons, referring the person designated by the relevant Mayor/Do Governor):
(a) In the case of the Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, or a Special Self-Governing City: a Deputy Mayor;
(b) In the case of a Do or a Special Self-Governing Province: a Deputy Governor.
[This Article Newly Inserted on Nov. 29, 2016]
 Article 13 (Insignificant Changes of Park Building Plan)
“Matters prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 16-2 (3) 2 of the Act means any of the following matters: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 13, 2012; Jun. 11, 2019>
1. Deleted; <Jun. 29, 2010>
2. Building park facilities not exceeding 33 square meters that are easy to move or install, such as rest areas, bench, toilet, fence, wall, bulletin board, sign, and waste bin;
3. Changing location of park facilities;
4. Other matters determined by ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, a Special Self-Governing City, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or a Si or Gun.
 Article 13-2 (Public Announcement of State-Owned or Public Land Subject to Invalidation)
(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may publicly announce that any of the following State-owned or public land is unable to maintain the function of an urban park under the proviso of Article 17 (2) of the Act: Provided, That any State-owned or public land that the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport deems that the invalidation of a decision of an urban or Gun management plan concerning the establishment of an urban park following public announcement (hereinafter referred to as "decision on urban parks") is likely to cause disharmony with the surrounding scenery, disorderly development and restrictions on the use of the park, may be excluded from the land to be publicly announced:
1. State-owned or public land that cannot be used as an urban park due to existing buildings and structures etc. installed thereon, instead of park facilities;
2. State-owned or public land for which a detailed project plan, etc. has been formulated for purposes other than for an urban park;
3. State-owned or public land deemed not to maintain the independent function of an urban park, in consideration of the location, size, surrounding conditions, etc., such as the land not situated in close proximity of any urban park already created or scheduled to be created, or the small size of the land;
4. Other State-owned or public land recognized by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as unable to maintain the function of an urban park.
(2) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport intends to publicly announce that any State-owned or public land is unable to maintain the function of an urban park pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister shall consult with the heads of the relevant central administrative agencies, such as the Minister of Economy and Finance and the Minister of the Interior and Safety.
(3) In making a public announcement pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall publicly notify the following matters in the Official Gazette by not later than 30 days before the decision on urban parks for the State-owned or public land becomes invalid, and notify such fact to the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the Mayor of the large city (referring to the Mayor of a large city with a population of at least 500,000, except for Seoul Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, and a Special Self-Governing City under Article 175 of the Local Autonomy Act; hereinafter the same shall apply):
1. The date that a decision on urban parks becomes invalid;
2. Lot number of State-owned or public land;
3. Agencies owning State-owned or public land.
(4) Where it is deemed necessary to modify any matter publicly announced pursuant to paragraph (1), a Mayor/Do Governor or the Mayor of a large city may request the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to modify such matter within 15 days from the date of receipt of notification pursuant to paragraph (3).
(5) Where deemed necessary to modify the publicly announced matters following the review of the request for modification under paragraph (4), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall modify and publicly re-notify in the Official Gazette the matters publicly notified before the date the decision on urban parks becomes invalid pursuant to subparagraph 1 of Article 3 after consultation with the heads of the relevant central administrative agencies, such as the Minister of Economy and Finance and the Minister of the Interior and Safety.
(6) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may request the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun to formulate or modify an urban or Gun management plan for the relevant State-owned or public land, in order to encourage the planned development of State-owned or public land for which a decision on urban parks becomes invalid following public announcement or public announcement for modification under paragraph (1) or (5).
[This Article Newly Inserted on May 4, 2020]
 Article 14 (Method of Publicly Notifying Invalidation of Decision on Urban Parks)
Notification that the decision on urban parks has become invalid pursuant to Article 17 (4) of the Act shall be made by publicly notifying the date of invalidation, grounds therefor, and details of urban or Gun management plan on the public gazette of the relevant local government. <Amended on Apr. 10, 2012; May 4, 2020>
[Title Amended on May 4, 2020]
 Article 15 (Requirements for Residents to Request for Upgrade of Park Building Plan)
(1) “Requirements determined by Presidential Decree” in Article 18 (1) of the Act means a request by residents based on the following classifications: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
1. Small parks and children’s parks: requests by at least 500 residents residing within 250 meters from the boundaries of a park district;
2. Parks other than small parks and children’s parks: requests by at least 2,000 residents residing within 500 meters from the boundaries of a park area.
(2) When there is a request by residents prescribed in paragraph (1), a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun shall review whether a park building plan shall be upgraded after consultation with City/Do urban park committee (where a City/Do urban park committee is not established, referring to the City/Do urban planning committee) or Si/Gun urban park committee (where a Si/Gun urban park committee is not established, referring to the Si/Gun urban planning committee). <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Nov. 29, 2016>
 Article 15-2 (Installation and Management of Closed-Circuit Television)
Where the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun intends to install and manage closed-circuit televisions, emergency bells, etc. in major spots inside urban parks pursuant to Article 19-2 of the Act, he or she shall hear and reflect the opinions of the residents, the commissioner of the competent City/Do police agency, or the chief of a relevant police station. <Amended on Dec. 31, 2020>
[This Article Newly Inserted on Oct. 17, 2017]
 Article 15-3 (Installation and Management of Safety Facilities in Children's Parks)
A park management agency shall select major places in a children's park where traffic accidents are likely to occur, and install and manage safety facilities at such places pursuant to Article 19-3 of the Act, after verifying the status, etc. of traffic accidents each year and hearing opinions of residents, the commissioner of the competent City/Do police agency, or the chief of the competent police station. <Amended on Dec. 31, 2020>
[This Article Newly Inserted on Jun. 11, 2019]
 Article 16 (Vicarious Performance of Work of Park Management Agency)
(1) Any person commissioned to manage urban parks or park facilities by proxy pursuant to Article 20 (1) of the Act, any person who manages urban parks or park facilities pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the Act and any person who manages urban parks or park facilities as a manager of river, road, tap-water and sewage system, stormwater detention facilities, other facilities, structures, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "other structures") (hereinafter referred to as “park manager”) pursuant to Article 23 (1) of the Act may vicariously perform, the following works of a park management agency engaged in the management of urban parks or park facilities pursuant to Articles 20 (3), 21 (2), and 23 (3) of the Act: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Oct. 17, 2017>
1. Consultation on method of managing any urban park or park facilities pursuant to Article 23 (1) and (2) of the Act (excluding consultation on matters consulted by any park management agency and park manager) and public notification thereof;
2. Consultation on the bearing of costs incurred in managing any urban park or park facilities pursuant to Article 39 (4) of the Act (excluding consultation on matters consulted by any park management agency and park manager);
3. Preparing and maintaining a register of urban parks pursuant to Article 51 (1) of the Act.
(2) The vicarious performance of works prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be limited to where one park manager manages the relevant urban park entirely.
 Article 17 (Report on Results of Vicarious Performance of Work)
(1) When a park manager vicariously performs the work of any park management agency pursuant to Article 16 (1) 1 and 2, he or she shall report the following matters to the park management agency without delay:
1. The name or title and address of the subject agency or person of a consultation;
2. The name and location of urban parks or park facilities and other structures, the subject of consultation;
3. The details of consultation and the date of public announcement thereof.
(2) When a park manager vicariously performs the work of any park management agency prescribed in Article 16 (1) 3, he or she shall report the following matters to the park management agency without delay, along with a copy of the urban park register:
1. The date the urban park register is drawn up and the name and address of a person in charge of preparation thereof;
2. The method of keeping the urban park register and the place at which the register is kept and the name and address of a person in charge of keeping it.
 Article 18 (Application for Approval of Building and Management of Urban Parks by Private Park Promoters)
When a private park promoter builds or manages urban parks or urban facilities pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the Act, he or she shall submit a written application for designation of an implementer of an urban or Gun planning facility project referred to in Article 96 (1) of the Enforcement Decree of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act and a written application for authorization of the implementation plan referred to in Article 97 (3) of the Enforcement Decree of the same Act to the park management agency, along with the following documents: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Apr. 10, 2012>
1. A document stating the ratio of the total area of a site for park facilities to the area of urban park and the ratio of the area of buildings, which are the park facilities, to the area of urban park;
2. A document stating the managing body, management method, management plans, etc. of management of urban parks or park facilities.
[Title Amended on Jun. 29, 2010]
 Article 19 (Type of Concurrently-Used Structures)
“Facilities and structures prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 23 (4) of the Act means stormwater detention facilities. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
 Article 20 (Application for Permission to Occupy and Use Urban Parks)
(1) Anyone who intends to obtain permission to occupy and use urban parks pursuant to Article 24 of the Act shall submit an application for permission to occupy and use urban parks to any park management agency, along with the following documents: In such cases, the park management agency shall check a cadastral map through the sharing of administrative information prescribed in Article 36 (1) of the Electronic Government Act: <Amended on Dec. 31, 2008; May. 4, 2010>
1. A project plan (including a location map and floor plan);
2. A construction implementation plan;
3. A restoration plan.
(2) When any park management agency intends to grant approval to occupy and use urban parks pursuant to Article 24 of the Act for the urban park managed by a park manager, it shall listen to the opinion of the park manager in advance.
 Article 21 (Minor Acts Not Requiring Permission to Occupy and Use Urban Parks)
“Minor activities prescribed by Presidential Decree, including thinning of any forest” in the proviso of Article 24 (1) of the Act, with the exception of its subparagraphs, means any of the following acts: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
1. Thinning for the purpose of managing forests;
2. Planting trees without acts of felling trees;
3. Plowing and digging own rice paddy or field for farming;
4. Felling or supplementarily planting fruit trees, where the use of own land is orchard.
 Article 22 (Subject Matter of Permission to Occupy and Use Urban Parks)
The subject matter of permission to occupy and use urban parks prescribed in Article 24 (3) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Jun. 12, 2006; Jul. 16, 2009; Dec. 31, 2009; Mar. 13, 2012; Apr. 10, 2012; Nov. 22, 2013; Sep. 2, 2014; Feb. 10, 2015; Aug. 11, 2015; Mar. 29, 2016; Nov. 29, 2016; Oct. 17, 2017; Dec. 11, 2018; May 4, 2020; Jan. 5, 2021; Mar. 9, 2021>
1. Installing distributed power facilities such as an electric pole, electric wire, substation, underground transformer, switch, street light panel board, telecommunications facility (excluding telecommunications facility for military purpose), hydrogen fuel supply facilities, and solar energy facility etc.;
2. Installing a water pipeline, sewer pipeline, gas pipeline, oil pipeline, gas pressure regulation facility, heat pipeline, utility tunnel (including a management office of the utility tunnel), power cable tunnel, transmission line, and ground anchorage (earth anchor);
3. Installing a road, bridge, railroad and track, off-street parking lot, and dock;
4. Installing a water intake facility of water for agricultural purpose, irrigation canal (limited to cases of setting up risk preventing facility), drainage facility constructed in hillside to provide water for living (limited to cases providing by gravity flow), emergent water supply facility, and appurtenant facilities thereof;
5. Installing a police patrol division or box, guard post, lighthouse, and sign such as beacon;
6. Installing a fire-fighting water tank and underground evacuation facility;
7. Installing a telecommunications facility for military purposes, and fortification facility, and other minimum facilities deemed inevitable for the military operation by the Minister of National Defense;
8. Installing a temporary building for management, built by anyone who works in agriculture, forestry, livestock farming, fisheries or mining industry in his or her own land for direct supply to his or her own production;
9. Installing a temporary structure established in his or her own land, which is any of the following facilities under the provision of attached Table 1 of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act:
(a) Office among class II neighborhood living facilities;
(b) Warehouse facilities;
(c) Stables, crop cultivation sheds, seeds and seedlings cultivation facilities, greenhouses for flowers and potted trees, etc., among facilities related to animals and plants;
(d) Crop cultivation sheds, seeds and seedlings cultivation facilities, facilities similar to greenhouses for flowers and potted trees, etc., related to plants, among facilities related to animals and plants (excluding zoos and botanical gardens);
9-2. Installing a temporary building needed by a development project operator for the relevant development project on the site for an urban park and greenbelt included in the development plan under Article 14 (2) of the Act;
10. Installing a temporary building needed by any park management agency or park manager for the management and operation of urban parks;
11. Installing a temporary building for a refugee camp in case of emergency disaster;
12. Installing a structure deemed necessary by any park management agency for prevention of or recovery from disaster;
13. Installing a short-term temporary building or short-term temporary structure for a game, rally, exhibition, exposition, performance, movie screening or movie shooting;
14. The extension, reconstruction, or major repair of the existing building or existing structure at the time of determining urban parks;
14-2. Installing a facility such as underground transportation passage or warehouse facility, which is deemed necessary for industrial activities, by any park management agency after going through the deliberation of the City/Do urban park committee (where a City/Do urban park committee is not established, referring to the City/Do urban planning committee) or Si/Gun urban park committee (where a Si/Gun urban park committee is not established, referring to the Si/Gun/Gu urban planning committee);
15. Installing a yard for construction equipment and materials necessary for installing facilities pursuant to subparagraphs 1 through 14 and 14-2;
15-2. Installing a yard for construction equipment and materials necessary for installing building or structures in the adjacent land;
16. Changing the shape and quality of land, collecting soil stone and felling or planting trees;
17. Installing a facility which has similar functions to those of facilities under subparagraphs 1 through 13;
18. Installing a facility prescribed by ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, a Special Self-Governing City, a Special Self-Governing Province, or a Si or Gun, which meet all of the following requirements. In such cases, it shall be limited to up to five facilities in one urban park:
(a) A facility not affecting the function of urban parks and not causing inconvenience to park users;
(b) A facility installed in the urban park pursuant to Article 15 (1) 3 (h) of the Act;
(c) Infrastructure in subparagraph 6 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act;
(d) A facility not exceeding 200 square meters in total floor area of building, for an individual facility.
 Article 23 (Standards for Granting Permission to Occupy and Use Urban Parks)
The standards for granting permission to occupy and use urban parks pursuant to Article 24 (3) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>
1. General standards for granting permission to occupy and use urban parks:
(a) The object of occupation and use shall be arranged so as not to affect the aesthetics and scenary of urban parks and the function as urban parks;
(b) The structure of the object of occupation or use installed on the ground shall prevent falling or collapsing, etc. and it shall not affect the conservation of park facilities and the use of urban parks;
(c) The structure of the object of occupation or use installed underground shall be robust and long lasting, and shall not harm the conservation of park facilities and other objects of occupation or use, and the use of urban parks;
(d) Changing the shape and quality of land, collecting soil and stones, felling or planting trees and stacking up stuffs shall not affect the aesthetics and scenary of urban parks and the function as urban parks, and shall not affect the conservation of park facilities and the use of urban parks, and shall not cause harms therefrom;
2. Specific standards for granting permission to occupy and use urban parks shall be prescribed in attached Table 1.
 Article 24 Deleted. <Nov. 29, 2016>
 Article 24-2 (Designation of National Urban Parks and Subsidization of Expenses)
(1) The requirements for designation of a national urban park prescribed in Article 25-2 (1) of the Act (referring to a national urban park provided for in Article 15 (1) 1 of the Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) shall be as specified in attached Table 1-2.
(2) A park management agency may apply to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for designating the relevant urban park as a national urban park.
(3) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport designates a national urban park pursuant to Article 25-2 (1) of the Act, he or she shall publicly notify such designation on the Official Gazette.
(4) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may subsidize some of the expenses incurred in building and managing facilities which are directly related to the purpose of designation of a national urban park to the relevant local government pursuant to Article 25-2 (2).
[This Article Newly Inserted on Sep. 29, 2016]
CHAPTER V URBAN NATURAL PARK AREAS
 Article 25 (Standards for Designating and Changing Urban Natural Park Areas)
(1) When a Mayor/Do Governor or the Mayor of a large city designates or changes urban natural park areas pursuant to Article 26 of the Act, he or she shall comply with the standards prescribed in the following classifications: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 29, 2016; Jan. 9, 2018>
1. Standards for designation:
(a) To designate areas that can protect the natural environment and scenary of a city and to provide sound leisure and rest areas to citizens, such as areas where it is necessary to limit the development that destroys forests with good vegetation in urban areas;
(b) To designate by considering an environmental assessment map under the Framework Act on Environmental Policy, an ecological and natural map under the Natural Environment Conservation Act, a green area natural map, a forest-type map and the result of land suitability assessment under the National Land Planning and Utilization Act;
2. Standards for marking boundary lines:
(a) To mark boundaries by including areas, etc. of certain sizes worthy of conservation, by considering topographic characteristics and boundaries of administrative districts;
(b) To mark boundaries by considering the status of use and ownership of surrounding land;
(c) To prevent the boundaries of urban natural park areas from penetrating functionally integrated land or facilities such as a village area under Article 28 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “village area”), school, religious facility, and farmland;
3. Standards for change or revocation:
(a) To revoke designation of areas with a highly degraded function of conserving the natural environment due to damage to greenbelts;
(b) To revoke designation of areas which have lost function as leisure and rest areas for citizens.
(2) Specific standards for designating and changing urban natural park area, except as provided in paragraph (1), shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 23, 2013>
 Article 26 (Types of Buildings or Structures Subject to Permission for Acts)
The types and scope of buildings constructed or structures installed after obtaining permission from a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun pursuant to Article 27 (1) 1 of the Act shall be prescribed in attached Table 2. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
 Article 27 (Changes to Form and Quality of Land Not Involving Construction of Building)
Changes to the form and quality of land not involving the construction of any building pursuant to Article 27 (1) 3 of the Act shall be following acts, to the extent not compromising the aesthetics and scenery of an urban natural parks area: <Amended on Nov. 22, 2013; Jan. 9, 2018; Jan. 5. 2021>
1. A reclamation or creation of grassland for the purpose of agriculture or forestry for planting trees. In such cases, the land planned to be reclaimed shall have a gradient not exceeding 21 degrees and the land where a grassland is planned to be created shall have a gradient not exceeding 36 degrees;
2. A change to the form and quality of land for installing farm roads or forest trails;
3. A change to the form and quality of land for transforming a rice paddy to a field;
4. A change to the form and quality of land for installing an agricultural reservoir or agricultural water provision facilities;
5. A change to the form and quality of land for the implementation of projects necessary for the rearrangement of a village area;
6. A change to the form and quality of land for converting the land where buildings were demolished and the land adjacent thereto into grassland, etc.;
7. An embankment of over 50 centimeters in height for the purpose of farming in the fields or paddies of which the ground have been lowered compared to the neighboring fields or paddies due to the implementation of public works projects under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects or due to disasters;
8. A change to the form and quality of land for the purpose of constructing access roads where houses or neighborhood living facilities are newly built inside a village area.
[Title Amended on Jan. 5, 2021]
 Article 28 (Collection of Soil and Stones that May be Subject to Permission for Acts)
“Acts, which are all prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 27 (1) 4 of the Act means following acts to the extent not compromising the aesthetics and scenary of urban natural parks area: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Nov. 22, 2013; Dec. 11, 2018; Jan. 5, 2021>
1. Collecting soil and stones for soil conditioning or soil dressing of a rice paddy or field under cultivation;
2. Felling bamboo of lumbering area of not exceeding 500 square meters or lumbering number of not exceeding 5 cubic meters;
3. Piling sand, gravel, soil stone, stone, lumber, steel, polyvinylchloride, container, concrete product, drum, bottle, and other stuffs which are not wastes pursuant to subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Waste Control Act, with gross weight not exceeding 50 tons or total volume not exceeding 50 cubic meters.
 Article 28-2 (Partition of Land Eligible to Apply for Permission for Acts)
“Cases prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 27 (1) 5 (b) of the Act means any of the following:
1. To implement public works projects referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 4 of the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects;
2. To affiliate land with adjacent land;
3. To install farm roads and forest trails;
4. To change the form and quality of land under item (a) of subparagraph 4 of attached Table 3: Provided, That excluding cases the other parcel whose form and quality is not changed is less than 60 square meters after partition.
[This Article Newly Inserted on Nov. 29, 2016]
 Article 29 (Minor Acts that May be Done without Obtaining Permission for Acts)
“Minor acts prescribed by Presidential Decree, including the thinning of any forest” in Article 27 (2) of the Act means acts specified in attached Table 2-2.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 11, 2018]
 Article 30 (Standards for Granting Permission to Engage in Activities)
The standards for granting permission to engage in activities subject to permission referred to in Article 27 (3) of the Act shall be as specified in attached Table 3.
 Article 31 Deleted. <Nov. 29, 2016>
 Article 32 (Standards for Designating Village Area and Rearrangement Thereof)
(1) The standards for designating village areas shall be as follows: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Apr. 10, 2012; Jan. 9, 2018>
1. The number of houses forming the village area shall be at least 10;
2. The number of houses per 10,000 square meters shall be at least 10;
3. The boundary lines of a village area shall be marked by considering the followings:
(a) To designate by using the boundary lines of the urban or Gun management plan, the boundary lines of areas, districts and zones under other statutes or regulations, road, river, forest land, boundary lines of cadastre of land, or other natural or artificial terrain features. In such cases, where the land is classified as a site, a lot shall not be divided as little as possible;
(b) To be the area within 100 meters from the most peripheral house;
(c) To exclude the areas with excellent forest floor or areas with a gradient exceeding 30 percent located in the outskirt;
(d) To exclude areas prone to disasters;
(e) To exclude areas, the surrounding scenery of which is at risk of being destroyed by the development after the designation as the village area;
(f) To exclude areas within less than 50 meters from the area with excellent forest floor or natural resources to be protected;
(g) To ensure that large-scale development shall not be implemented when marking the boundary of the village area.
(2) The standards for calculating the number of houses pursuant to paragraph (1) and other detailed matters necessary for designating the village area, shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013>
 Article 33 (Special Cases concerning Purpose and Height of Buildings In Village Areas)
The purpose, height, total floor area, building-to-land ratio and floor area ratio of buildings in a village area pursuant to Article 28 (3) of the Act shall comply with the standards applied to the urban natural park areas outside the village areas, except in the following cases: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 24, 2014>
1. To change the purpose of an existing building, the new construction of which is prohibited, to Class I neighborhood living facilities (referring to Class I neighborhood living facilities prescribed in subparagraph 3 of attached Table 1 of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act, excluding subparagraphs (g) (only referring to public restrooms and evacuation shelters) and (h) (excluding city gas piping prescribed in the same subparagraph): Provided, That for anyone who intends to change the purpose into rest restaurants, the cases shall be limited to those complying with the following standards:
(a) To be residents who have lived at least five years in the urban natural park areas, or residents thereof at the time of designation;
(b) The total floor area of building shall not exceed 300 square meters, and parking lots, the total floor of which is not exceeding 200 square meters, may be constructed using the adjacent land, and where the use of rest restaurants is changed to other use, the land of parking lot may be restored to the original classification;
2. To construct houses and neighborhood living facilities prescribed in subparagraph 6 of attached Table 2 according to the following standards:
(a) Where the building-to-land ratio exceeds 40/100;
(b) Where the floor area ratio of buildings is not more than 100 percent;
(c) Where the building height is not more than 12 meters and the number of floors is not more than three.
 Article 34 (Standards for Assessing Land Subject to Purchase)
(1) The standards for assessing the land subject to purchase pursuant to Article 29 (3) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “land subject to purchase”) shall be as follows. In such cases, the causes of decreased land utility, impossibility of using land or earning revenue from land, etc., shall not be attributable to the land owner: <Amended on Aug. 31, 2016; May 4, 2020>
1. The land, the utility of which has decreased greatly since it is impossible to use it for the previous purpose: the officially announced individual land price (referring to the officially announced individual land price pursuant to Article 10 of the Public Notice of Values of Real Estate Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) of the relevant land on the date of filing claims for purchase at present is not more than 70 percent of the average officially announced individual land price of the same land classification in the urban natural park areas designated in the eup, myeon, dong where the land is located, since it is impossible to use the land subject to purchase for the land classification before the designation of urban natural park areas at the time of filing claims for purchase (where the purchase claimant is proven by public data that he or she was legally using the land differently from the land classification in the land cadastral register before the designation of urban natural park area, the actual use before the designation of urban natural park area shall be deemed the land classification), at the time of filing claims for purchase;
2. Land which is practically is impossible to use and earn revenue therefrom: it is impossible to use and earn revenue from the land due to the restrictions on acts pursuant to Article 27 of the Act.
(2) The Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun having jurisdiction over an urban natural park area may set at not less than 70 percent of the ratio of the officially announced individual land price of the land subject to purchase to the average under paragraph (1) 1 as prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government in consideration of the local conditions or may establish different standards for assessing land which is practically impossible to use and earn revenue therefrom under subparagraph 2 of the same paragraph. <Newly Inserted on May 4, 2020>
 Article 35 (Period for Purchase)
“Period as set by Presidential Decree” in Article 30 (2) of the Act means three years from the date of notifying the purchase claimant of the land subject to purchase. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
 Article 36 (Timing and Methods of Calculating Purchase Price)
(1) The purchase price in the latter part of Article 30 (3) of the Act shall be appraised on the basis of the officially announced price of reference land (referring to “officially announced price of reference land" pursuant to Article 3 of the Act on the Public Announcement of Real Estate Values; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) at the time of filing claims for purchase, during the period from the base date of public notice to the date of payment to the purchase claimant, considering the following changes: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Aug. 31, 2016>
1. The location, shape, environment, utilization status, etc. of the relevant land;
2. The land price fluctuation rate and the producer inflation rate surveyed by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport pursuant to Article 125 (1) of the Enforcement Decree of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act.
(2) The purchase price prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be, on the basis of the officially announced price of reference land, the arithmetic mean of at least two prices of appraisal and assessment made by appraisal business entities (hereinafter referred to as “appraisal business entities”) prescribed in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Act on Appraisal and Certified Appraisers. <Amended on Mar. 29, 2016; Aug. 31, 2016>
 Article 37 (Purchase Procedures)
(1) Anyone who intends to file a claim for purchase shall submit documents prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, including a land purchase invoice stating the following matters to a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun, pursuant to Article 30 (4) of the Act: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 13, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013>
1. The name and address of the land owner (in the case of a corporation, referring to the name and address thereof, and the name and address of the representative thereof);
2. The lot number, classification and status of use of land;
3. Where rights other than ownership are established in the relevant land, the types and details thereof and the name and address of the rights holder (in the case of a corporation, referring to the name and address thereof, and the name and address of the representative thereof);
4. Grounds for filing a claim for purchase.
(2) A Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun, in receipt of a request to purchase land pursuant to paragraph (1), shall decide whether the land subject to purchase meets the standards prescribed in Article 34 and notify whether it is subject to purchase and the estimated purchase price (limited to the cases meeting the standards of Article 34) to the purchase claimant. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
(3) The estimated purchase price prescribed in paragraph (2) shall be the officially announced individual land price as at the time of filing claims for purchase.
(4) When a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun notified the estimated purchase price pursuant to paragraph (2), he or she shall determine the purchase price after requesting the appraisal of the land subject to purchase to appraisal business entities and notify it to the purchase claimant. In such cases, a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun shall notify the purchase claimant of the fact that the request for appraisal assessment is made by no later than one month before requesting the appraisal. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
 Article 38 (Notification of Payment of Expenses of Appraisal Assessment)
(1) Where the purchase claimant requests the appraisal assessment pursuant to Article 37 (4) and notifies the retraction of his or her purchase claim without any reasons falling under each subparagraph of Article 31 (2) of the Act, a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun, shall have the purchase claimant bear all expenses of the appraisal of the relevant land. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
(2) A Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun, shall issue the notice of payment of appraisal assessment expenses, including following matters to the purchase claimant, within seven days from the date he or she was notified the retraction of purchase claim under paragraph (1): <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
1. The name and address of a land owner (in cases of a corporation, referring to the name and address thereof, and the name and address of the representative thereof);
2. The number of land parcel and land area;
3. The notified expenses to be paid;
4. The period of payment;
5. The detailed statement of calculation of appraisal assessment expenses.
(3) The purchase claimant notified to pay the expenses of appraisal assessment pursuant to paragraph (2), shall pay the notified appraisal assessment expenses to a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun, within one month from the date he or she is notified thereof. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
 Article 39 (Exemption of Expenses Incurred in Appraisal Assessment)
“Certain level set by Presidential Decree” in Article 31 (2) 1 of the Act means 30 percent of the estimated purchase prices. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
CHAPTER VI CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GREENBELTS
 Article 40 (Creation of Greenbelts for Specific Causes)
(1) Any causer to whom a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun may request to create and manage the greenbelt, in whole or in part, pursuant to Article 37 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “specific causer”) shall be anyone who is conducting or will conduct business activities, which are the cause of determination of the relevant greenbelt. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
(2) When a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun requests specific causers to create and manage the greenbelt, he or she shall, in advance, comprehensively take into account the area of the land occupied by the facilities required to create the relevant greenbelt and the conditions of surrounding areas, types of business, scale of business activities, degree of environmental pollution, and matters necessary for preventing accidents, etc., and determine the location and area of the greenbelt which shall be created and managed by a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun, and the greenbelt which shall be created and managed by the specific causer, respectively. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
(3) When the creation of the greenbelt is relevant to more than two specific causers in cases falling under paragraph (2), the greenbelt shall be created and managed according to the negotiation among specific causers: Provided, That the negotiation fails to reach an agreement, a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun shall comprehensively take into account the area of the land occupied by the facilities required to create the greenbelt and the conditions of surrounding areas, types of business, scale of business activities, degree of environmental pollution, and matters necessary for preventing accidents, etc., and determine the location and area of the greenbelt which shall be managed by each specific causer. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
(4) The specific causer who shall create the greenbelt pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) shall submit a written application for designating an implementer of an urban or Gun planning facility project pursuant to Article 96 (1) of the Enforcement Decree of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act and a written application for authorization of the implementation plan pursuant to Article 97 (3) of the same Enforcement Decree to any park management agency, along with the documents prescribed by Ordinance of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Apr. 10, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013>
(5) To create and manage the greenbelt, a Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun may have the specific causer submit necessary documents in any of the following cases: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012; Dec. 11, 2018>
1. Where a civil petition, etc. is filed in relation to the greenbelt created and managed by the specific causer pursuant to Article 37 of the Act;
2. Where it is necessary to supplement an application submitted by the specific causer pursuant to paragraph (4), or to verify matters stated in the application.
 Article 41 (Application for Permission to Occupy and Use Greenbelts)
(1) Anyone who intends to obtain permission to occupy and use greenbelt pursuant to Article 38 of the Act shall submit a written application for permission to occupy and use greenbelt to a Special Metropolitan City a Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun who manages the relevant greenbelt (hereinafter referred to as “greenbelt management agency”), along with the following documents: <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
1. A project plan (including a location map and floor plan);
2. A project implementation plan;
3. A restoration plan.
(2) When any greenbelt management agency intends to grant approval to occupy and use greenbelts managed by anyone who is not a greenbelt agency pursuant to Article 38 of the Act, it shall listen to the opinion of a greenbelt manager in advance.
 Article 42 (Minor Acts that May Be Done Without Permission to Occupy and Use Greenbelts)
“Minor activities prescribed by Presidential Decree including thinning of any forest” in the proviso, with the exception of its subparagraphs, of Article 38 (1) of the Act means acts falling under the subparagraphs of Article 21. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
 Article 43 (Persons Eligible to Occupy and Use Greenbelts)
Persons eligible to occupy and use greenbelts pursuant to Article 38 (3) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Dec. 31, 2009; Mar. 13, 2012; Apr. 10, 2012; Oct. 17, 2017>
1. Installing facilities under subparagraphs 1 through 4, 6, 8, 9, 9-2, and 11 of Article 22;
2. Changing the form and quality of land, collecting soil and stones, and felling or planting trees for the purpose of agriculture or forestry;
3. Installing access roads crossing the greenbelts;
4. The extension, reconstruction, or major repair of the existing building or existing structure at the time of determining the urban or Gun management plan related to the creation of greenbelts;
5. Setting up a yard for construction equipment and materials necessary for installing facilities under subparagraphs 1 through 14;
6. Setting up a yard for construction equipment and materials, necessary for installing facilities which are the causes of creation of the relevant greenbelts;
7. Installing a facility which has similar functions to those of facilities under subparagraph 1;
8. Installing a facility prescribed by the Ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, a Special Self-Governing City, a Special Self-Governing Province, or a Si or Gun, which meet all of the following requirements. In such cases, it shall be not more than five facilities in one greenbelt:
(a) A facility not affecting the function of greenbelts;
(b) Infrastructure in subparagraph 6 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act;
(c) A facility with not more than 200 square meters of total floor area of building for an individual facility.
 Article 44 (Standards for Granting Permission to Occupy and Use Greenbelts)
The standards for granting permission to occupy and use greenbelts pursuant to 38 (3) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Apr. 10, 2012; Feb. 10, 2015; Oct. 17, 2017; Jan. 9, 2018>
1. Creation and management of greenbelts must not be hindered: Provided, That for connecting greenbelts, it shall be limited to where the green network is not disconnected due to the permission to occupy and use greenbelt;
2. The facilities under paragraphs 1 through 4 and 6 of Article 22 shall meet the standards prescribed in subparagraphs 1 through 4 and 6 of attached Table 1: Provided, That oil pipelines and heat pipelines, among facilities of subparagraph 2 of Article 22, may be established on the ground, when meeting all the following requirements:
(a) There shall be unavoidable grounds making it is impracticable to install facilities underground, due to the topography, etc.;
(b) The distance between the very bottom of an oil pipeline and a heat pipeline and the ground shall be not less than five meters;
3. A temporary building under subparagraphs 8 and 9 of Article 22 shall meet the standards referred to subparagraph 8 of attached Table 1: Provided, That the period for existence of a temporary building shall be until the implementation of urban and Gun planning project for creation of greenbelts;
3-2. A temporary building under subparagraph 9-2 of Article 22 shall meet the standards referred to in subparagraph 8-2 of attached Table 1;
3-3. The construction of access roads crossing greenbelts referred to in subparagraph 3 referred to in Article 43 shall meet the standards referred to in attached Table 3-2;
4. The extension of existing buildings prescribed in subparagraph 4 of Article 43 shall meet the standards referred to in subparagraph 11 of attached Table 1.
CHAPTER VII COSTS
 Article 45 (Costs of Creating and Managing Greenbelts for Specific Causes)
(1) The expenses for creating and managing greenbelts prescribed in Article 40 (2) and (3) means the land costs, compensation expense, construction costs, and additional expenses thereof, and expenses incurred in maintaining and managing it and additional expenses thereof, which is directly necessary for creating and managing the relevant greenbelt.
(2) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or Do Governor in receipt of an application for adjudication under Article 39 (6) of the Act may have any greenbelt management agency or specific causer submit the following documents: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 22, 2013>
1. Documents relating to grounds for calculating costs of creating and managing of greenbelts;
2. Documents relating to the progress of negotiations between the parties;
3. Documents proving reasons for application.
(3) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or Do Governor intends to adjudicate, he or she shall pre-consult with the administrative agency which has jurisdiction over the project of the specific cause. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013>
 Article 46 (Urban Park Capable of Collecting Admission Fees or Usage Fees)
Any urban park that may collect fees for admission to or use of urban parks pursuant to Article 40 (1) of the Act shall create all of the following park facilities, for the purpose of providing facilities for the comprehensive use of all residents residing in an urban region. In such cases, park facilities shall be of scale big enough to ensure that the urban park can function to the fullest extent: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Dec. 31, 2009; Mar. 13, 2012>
1. Land facilities, recreational facilities, beneficial facilities, and park management facilities among park facilities;
2. Other park facilities prescribed by Ordinance of a Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, a Special Self-Governing City, a Special Self-Governing Province, or a Si or Gun;
3. Deleted. <Dec. 31, 2009>
 Article 47 (Subsidies to Cover Costs)
(1) Costs that can be subsidized by the State pursuant to Article 44 (1) of the Act shall be as follows:
1. Compensation expenses and land costs directly incurred in creating urban parks;
2. Expenses incurred in creating road, square, and landscape facilities, which are urban parks facilities.
(2) Pursuant to Article 44 (2) of the Act, the local government may subsidize expenses incurred in creating road and square, which are park facilities, out of the expenses directly incurred in creating building or extending urban parks.
CHAPTER VIII SUPERVISION
 Article 48 (Procedures of Dispositions Taken Against Violators of Statutes)
Where a disposition needs to be taken against any violators of statutes or regulations, etc., pursuant to Article 45 of the Act, the Administrative Procedures Act shall apply.
 Article 49 (Procedures of Supervisory Disposition for Public Interest)
Where a supervisory disposition for the public interest needs to be taken pursuant to Article 46 (1) of the Act, the Administrative Procedures Act shall apply.
CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY RULES
 Article 50 (Prohibited Acts in Urban Parks)
“Activities prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 49 (1) 6 of the Act means the following activities: <Amended on Jun. 29, 2010; Mar. 13, 2012; Oct. 22, 2014; Aug. 11, 2015; Dec. 11, 2018>>
1. Camping, cooking and making a fire in places other than designated places;
2. Disposing of garbage or waste in places other than designated places;
3. Parking in places other than designated places;
4. Business activity using power units with not less than two wheels: Provided, That excluded herefrom shall be the business activity (limited to cases of rest restaurant business under subparagraph 8 (a) of Article 21 of the Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act and bakery business of item (f) of the same subparagraph) conducted in park facilities, management of which was commissioned from the park management agency pursuant to Article 20 (1) of the Act, using freight motor vehicles under Article 3 (1) 3 of the Motor Vehicle Management Act, which are small or compact freight vehicles used for portable food selling, or using special motor vehicles under subparagraph 4 of the same Article, which are the special motor vehicles of special work used for portable sale of food;
5. Accessing places other than streets by using power units: Provided, That this shall not apply to any of the following activities:
(a) Access to such places by persons with disabilities, senior citizens, or the infirm using power units;
(b) Access to the traffic area designated by a park management agency by using such power unit as permitted by the agency, which has a weight (referring to the gross weight of the device equipped with a power unit) of less than 30 kilograms and a maximum speed of less than 25 kilometers per hour, subject to meeting the standards determined by the agency such as types and safety criteria;
6. Cultivating in areas other than a field or rice paddy;
7. Collecting flowers or fruits without permission;
8. Abusing animals inhabiting in parks or capturing them without permission.
 Article 50-2 (Processing Personally Identifiable Information)
The Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, a Mayor, or the head of a Gun (where the applicable authority is delegated or entrusted, including the person delegated or entrusted with the authority) may process materials which contain residence registration numbers or foreigner registration numbers referred to in Article 19 of the Enforcement Decree of the Personal Information Protection Act, if unavoidable for performing affairs related to purchasing land pursuant to Article 29 of the Act.
[This Article Newly Inserted on Mar. 27, 2017]
 Article 50-3 (Re-Examination of Regulation)
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall examine the appropriateness of the following matters every three years from January 1, 2017 (referring to the period that ends on the day before January 1 of every third year) and then shall take measures, such as making improvements:
1. Requirements, etc. for residents eligible to request for upgrade of a park building plan pursuant to Article 15;
2. Subject matter or standards for granting permission to occupy and use urban parks pursuant to Articles 22 and 23;
3. Standards for designating and changing urban natural park areas pursuant to Article 25;
4. Restrictions on activities in urban natural parks area pursuant to Articles 26 through 28, 28-2, 29, and 30;
5. Standards for designating village area and upgrading the same pursuant to Article 32;
6. Subject matters and standards for granting permission to occupy and use greenbelts pursuant to Articles 43 and 44.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2016]
CHAPTER X PENALTY PROVISIONS
 Article 51 (Standards for Imposing Administrative Fines)
(1) The standards for imposing administrative fines provided for in Article 56 (1) and (2) of the Act shall be prescribed in attached Table 4.
(2) A Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si or Gun may increase or decrease the amount of administrative fines by an amount not exceeding 1/2 of the amount in attached Table 4, taking into account the seriousness of violation, the number of violations, the motivation behind violations, and the results thereof, etc.: Provided, That, in the case of increasing the amount of administrative fines, the amount of administrative fines shall not exceed the upper limit of the administrative fines pursuant to Article 56 (1) and (2) of the Act. <Amended on Mar. 13, 2012>
[This Article Newly Inserted on Jun. 29, 2010]
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 19173, Dec. 9, 2005>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Special Cases concerning Existing Urban Natural Parks)
Mayors/Do Governors shall designate a region, where it is necessary to conserve the state of nature, among urban nature parks in which the park creation project has not been implemented after the decision on urban planning facility as at the time this Decree enters into force, as urban nature park area, notwithstanding the amended provision of Article 25.
Article 3 (Transitional Measures concerning Permission for Occupation and Use)
Where an application for permission to occupy and use urban parks or greenbelts was filed before this Decree enters into force according to the previous provisions and it fails to fall under the subjects matter or meet the standards for granting permission for occupation and use pursuant to the amended provisions of Articles 22, 23, 43 or 44, the previous provisions shall apply thereto notwithstanding the same amended provisions.
Article 4 (Transitional Measures concerning Changes of Standards for Extending Facilities for Religious Purpose)
Any facility for religious purposes with more than three floors, constructed or being constructed at April 9, 1999 according to the previous provisions, notwithstanding the amended provisions of subparagraph 11 (d) of attached Table 1, may be extended to have floors not exceeding the previous number of floors (where in the process of construction, referring to the number of floors as at the time of permission for construction or at the time of reporting).
Article 5 Omitted.
Article 6 (Relationship to Other Statues and Regulations)
Where other statues cites the Enforcement Decree of the Urban Park Act and the provisions thereof as at the time this Decree enters into force, when there are corresponding provisions thereto in this Decree, it shall be deemed to cite this Decree or the relevant provisions in this Decree, in lieu of the previous provisions.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 19512, Jun. 12, 2006>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 20722, Feb. 29, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That, among the Presidential Decrees amended according to Article 6 of Addenda, amendments to Presidential Decrees, which were promulgated before this Decree enters into force but the dates on which they are to enter into force have yet to arrive, shall enter into force on the enforcement dates of the respective Presidential Decrees.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 21098, Oct. 29, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 21215, Dec. 31, 2008>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 21528, Jun. 9, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 21629, Jul. 16, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 21881, Dec. 14, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 21965, Dec. 31, 2009>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22151, May 4, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on May 5, 2010.
Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22239, Jun. 29, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on June 30, 2010.
Article 2 (Special Cases concerning Change Purpose in Village Area)
Any existing building new construction of which was prohibited as at the time this Decree enters into force but construction of which became possible pursuant to the amended provisions of subparagraph 6 of attached Table 2, the purposes thereof may be changes by being deemed the existing building which was prohibited to be newly built, when subparagraph 1 of Article 33 applied thereto, notwithstanding the amended provision of subparagraph 6 of attached Table 2.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 22451, Oct. 14, 2010>
This Decree shall enter into force on October 16, 2010.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 23234, Oct. 19, 2011>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 23356, Dec 8, 2011>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on December 8, 2011. (Proviso Omitted.)
Article 2 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 23668, Mar. 13, 2012>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of subparagraph 8 of attached Table 2 shall enter into force on March 17, 2012 and the amended provision regarding a Special Self-Governing City and a Special Self-Governing City Mayor shall enter into force on July 1, 2012.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 23718, Apr. 10, 2012>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on April 15, 2012. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 15 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 24443, Mar. 23, 2013>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 24879, Nov. 22, 2013>
This Decree shall enter into force on Nov. 23, 2013.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 25050, Dec. 30, 2013>
This Decree shall enter into force on Jan. 1, 2014. (Proviso Omitted.)
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 25273, Mar. 24, 2014>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 25585, Sep. 2, 2014>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 25663, Oct. 22, 2014>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 25840, Dec. 9, 2014>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on January 1, 2015.
Articles 2 through 16 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 26095, Feb. 10, 2015>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 26302, Jun. 1, 2015>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on June 4, 2015.
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 26484, Aug. 11, 2015>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 27064, Mar. 29, 2016>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 27471, Aug. 31, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on September 1, 2016.
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 27472, Aug. 31, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on September 1, 2016.
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 27526, Sep. 29, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 (Applicabilities to Period of Notification of Results of Handling Proposal to Formulate Park Building Plans of Private Park Developers)
The amended provisions of Article 12-2 shall also apply to a park building plan whose formulation has been proposed before this Decree enters into force.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 27640, Nov. 29, 2016>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of Articles 12-2 and 28-2 shall enter into force on November 30, 2016.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 27751, Dec. 30, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on January 1, 2017. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 12 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 27960, Mar. 27, 2017>
This Decree shall enter into force on March 30, 2017. (Proviso Omitted.)
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 28372, Oct. 17, 2017>
This Decree shall enter into force on October 19, 2017.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 28579, Jan. 9, 2018>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 29357, Dec. 11, 2018>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of Article 10-2 shall enter into force on December 13, 2018.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 29846, Jun. 11, 2019>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of Article 15-3 shall enter into force on June 19, 2019.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 30285, Dec. 31, 2019>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Article 2 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 30663, May 4, 2020>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That, among the amended provisions, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of Article 13-2 (3), paragraph (4) of the same Article, and with the exception of the subparagraphs, of Article 25 (1), parts concerning the Mayor of a large city shall enter into force on June 11, 2020.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 30704, May 26, 2020>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on May 27, 2020.
Article 2 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 31349, Dec. 31, 2020>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on January 1, 2021.
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 31380, Jan. 5, 2021>
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 31529, Mar. 9, 2021>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Development of Master Plan for Parks and Greenbelts)
Where a basic survey is commenced to develop a master plan for parks and greenbelts before this Decree enters into force, the previous provisions shall apply, notwithstanding the amended provisions of subparagraphs 2 and 2-2 of Article 5, and Articles 6 (1) 7 and 7 (1) 3-2.