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/Gun management plan for the designation of development restriction zones and cancellation therefrom shall be formulated by 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 who has jurisdiction over the relevant urban area. 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; penal provisions; etc.