Act on Special Measures for Designation and Management of Areas of Restricted Development.

The purposes of this Act are to designate development-restricted areas, to limit acts performed in such areas, to purchase lands and to efficiently manage development-restricted areas in order to prevent the proliferation of cities, and to sustain the conservation of the natural environment surrounding cities.An urban management planning with respect to the designation of a development-restricted are shall be formulated by the heads of central administrative agencies and determined by the Minister of Construction and Transportation. The text provides for acts which shall be prohibited in development-restricted areas, except in cases where a permit has been obtained by the competent authority. These acts shall include: construction of buildings and alteration of their uses; setting up of installations; alteration of the form and quality of lands; and deforestation of bamboos and trees. Procedures for the application to the Minister of Construction and Transportation for purchasing land of owners who may not use their land in development-restricted areas are set out in the Act. The Act also provides, among other things, for: the imposition and collection of charges for damages to development-restricted areas; standards for computing charges; penal provisions; etc.