Hwaseong City Relaxes Building Coverage Ratio in Residential and Productive Green Zones

Hwaseong City has relaxed the building coverage ratio for structures, traditional temples, and cultural heritage sites in Secondary General Residential and Productive Green zones as part of efforts to stimulate real estate and construction market activity.

According to Hwaseong City on the 24th, the city recently amended its urban planning ordinance to abolish the floor height restrictions (18 stories or less) in Secondary General Residential zones and relaxed the building coverage ratio for traditional temples, designated cultural heritage sites, and traditional Korean houses in green zones and forestry areas from 20% to 30%.

Additionally, the city relaxed the building coverage ratio for processing facilities related to agricultural and marine products in productive green zones, as well as for agricultural and fishery testing and research facilities and drying storage facilities from 20% to 60%.

Meanwhile, to prevent haphazard development in natural environment conservation zones, the city limited the building floor area for retail shops among Class 1 neighborhood commercial facilities to less than 100 square meters.

A city official stated, "We amended the ordinance to relax the building coverage ratio in accordance with relevant higher-level laws to stimulate real estate and construction market activity," and added, "However, to prevent indiscriminate development being carried out informally in natural environment conservation zones such as Jebu Island, we have limited the building floor area for retail shops."