SENDAI CITY PLANNING 2019 SENDAI CITY PLANNING 2019 3 Overview of City Planning ■City Planning Process (§=article number) for Periods after April 1, 2012 City Planning Process Prefecture Planning Process under appropriate restrictions. With this ultimate purpose in mind, the City Planning The Purpose of City Planning Law defines various rules for the procedures and plans that are necessary to Include Resident Opinions through Create Draft Create Draft determine land use, improve urban facilities, and carry out urban development Public Discussions and Meetings §16 The ultimate purpose of city planning is to enable functional urban activities and projects. These rules are defined to promote good development and organized City Opinions §18 healthy and cultured urban lives, while maintaining harmony with agriculture, improvements in urban areas, while contributing to balanced development forestry, and fishery. In order to achieve this, land must be used in a practical way Announce Draft for Announce Draft for throughout Japan and the promotion of public welfare. Submit Opinions §17 Public Viewing §17 Public Viewing §17 ■City Planning System City Planning Area §5 Quasi City Planning Area §5-2 Municipal City Municipal City Planning Council §19 Planning Council §18 Improvement, Development and Preservation Policy for the City Planning Area §6-2 Basic City Planning Policy for Local Governments §18-2 Prefecture Governor Consultation §19 (Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Coordinate with Other (Opinions §87-2) Transport Agrees §18) Government Offices §23 Urbanization Promotion Area and Urbanization Control Area §7 Urban Facilities§11 Urban Development Projects§12 (Minister of Land, Infrastructure and City’s Urban Redevelopment Policy §7-2 Transportation Facilities Land Readjustment Projects Transport Agrees §87-2) Decide Final City Plan §18 Roads Urban Rapid Transit New Residential Area Development Projects Zones and Districts§8 Parking Lots Parking Lots Motor Vehicle Terminals Industrial Park Development Projects Land Use Zones Other Urban Redevelopment Projects Decide Final City Plan §19 Announce Decision for Special Use Districts (§87-2) Public Viewing §20 New Urban Infrastructure Development Projects Public Spaces Specific Use Restriction Zones Residential Area Development Projects Parks Greenery Areas Plazas Exceptional Floor Area Ratio Districts Disaster Prevention Area Development Projects Announce Decision for High-Rise Residential Districts Cemeteries Other Public Viewing §20 Height Control Districts/Intensive Use Districts Future Urban Development Project Districts§12-2 Items in parentheses are procedures that take place when City Planning Law article 87-2 applies Utility Provision and Treatment Facilities Designated Districts Future New Residential Area Development Project Districts Waterworks Power Facilities Special Urban Regeneration Districts Future Industrial Park Development Project Districts ○Procedures for Urban Planning Established by the City of Sendai ○Procedures for Urban Planning Established by Miyagi Prefectural Gas Facilities Sewerage ・Area Classification (Urbanization Promotion Area and Government Fire Protection Zones/Quasi-Fire Protection Zones Future New Urban Infrastructure Development Project Districts ・ Waste Incineration Plants Other Urbanization Control Area) City Planning Area Designated Disaster Prevention Area Development Districts Future Housing Complex Residential Facility Districts (over 20ha) ・Improvement, Development and Preservation Policy ・City’s Urban Redevelopment Policy for the City Planning Area Aesthetic Districts Waterways Future Housing Complex Government Facility Districts ・ Zones and Districts (Land Use Zones) ・ 1 2 Rivers Canals Other Urban Facilities (Parks * , Sewerage * ) Scenic Districts Future Distribution and Business Park Districts ・Urban Facilities (Roads, Parks, Sewerage) * 1: Land 10 ha or larger set by the national government ・ * 2: Public sewerage system in districts of municipalities where Parking Provision Districts Education and Culture Facilities District Plans District Plans §12-4 there are two or more drainage areas Schools Libraries Research Facilities Port Districts Other Gymnasiums District Plans Special Historic Feature Preservation District City Plan Proposal System Expert Dispatch Support System for Community Planning District Plan for the Maintenance and Improvement of Historic Scenery Category I Historic Feature Preservation Districts/ Medical and Social Welfare Facilities The 2002 revision to the City Planning Law made it possible for people to propose In order to support community planning activities voluntarily performed Disaster Prevention Area Development District Plans Category II Historic Feature Preservation Districts Hospitals Nurseries Other community development-related city plans. This system was introduced to vitalize by residents and promote developing a unique community that makes Special Greenery Preservation Districts Roadside District Plans local communities and encourage residents to look over the development of their full use of the features and resources of local communities, the City of Markets Slaughterhouses community. Sendai has developed a system in which specialists are dispatched to Neighborhood District Plans Greenery Preservation Districts, Greenery Promotion Districts Thanks to this system, it is now possible for land owners to propose city plans and organizations that are carrying out urban planning to provide expert Distribution and Business Districts Crematoriums amendments to prefectural and municipal governments. In order to submit advice and information on proposals, it is necessary to obtain consent from two thirds of the land owners in a Productive Greenery Districts Specified in Sendai City community planning. Community Housing Complex Residential Facilities continuous community that exceeds the minimum area threshold. planning advisors or consultants Historic Building Preservation Districts Housing Complex Government Facilities Specified by Miyagi Prefecture are dispatched according to the characteristics and degree of Aircraft Noise Pollution Prevention Districts/ Distribution and Business Parks Specified by Sendai City Calls for proposals for city planning along the Tozai Line Special Aircraft Noise Pollution Prevention Districts maturity of the community Collective Facilities for Tsunami Disaster Prevention in Urban Areas § City Planning Law Article Number In addition to the above-mentioned system for proposals planning activities. on urban planning, the City of Sendai created its own ・ Promotion Districts§10-2 Collective Facilities for Recovery from a Disaster in Urban Areas Community planning advisor: system in August 2014 calling for proposals on urban Provides help in the early Urban Redevelopment Promotion Districts planning aimed at promoting private development along Other stage of activities, such as the Sendai Subway Tozai Line, taking into account the Land Readjustment Promotion Districts study groups and the growing momentum for development triggered by the exchange of opinions and Residential Area Development Promotion Districts opening of the Tozai Line. ideas, etc. Land Readjustment Promotion Districts for Unlike the existing proposal system, it is possible to ・ Core Business Area Development develop proposals at the initial stages of land use plans. Community planning consultant: Due to this, it is also possible to promote specific projects Provides help in the more §10-3 Unused Land Use Promotion Areas after identifying the potential for changes in urban plans advanced stages, such as the formulation of plans, etc. Urban Disaster Recovery Promotion Areas§10-4 that result from these proposals, as well as target a wide range of proposals with the elimination of land area requirements. 8 Outline of City Planning Outline of City Planning 9 SENDAI CITY PLANNING 2019 SENDAI CITY PLANNING 2019 3 Overview of City Planning ■City Planning Process (§=article number) for Periods after April 1, 2012 City Planning Process Prefecture Planning Process under appropriate restrictions. With this ultimate purpose in mind, the City Planning The Purpose of City Planning Law defines various rules for the procedures and plans that are necessary to Include Resident Opinions through Create Draft Create Draft determine land use, improve urban facilities, and carry out urban development Public Discussions and Meetings §16 The ultimate purpose of city planning is to enable functional urban activities and projects. These rules are defined to promote good development and organized City Opinions §18 healthy and cultured urban lives, while maintaining harmony with agriculture, improvements in urban areas, while contributing to balanced development forestry, and fishery. In order to achieve this, land must be used in a practical way Announce Draft for Announce Draft for throughout Japan and the promotion of public welfare. Submit Opinions §17 Public Viewing §17 Public Viewing §17 ■City Planning System City Planning Area §5 Quasi City Planning Area §5-2 Municipal City Municipal City Planning Council §19 Planning Council §18 Improvement, Development and Preservation Policy for the City Planning Area §6-2 Basic City Planning Policy for Local Governments §18-2 Prefecture Governor Consultation §19 (Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Coordinate with Other (Opinions §87-2) Transport Agrees §18) Government Offices §23 Urbanization Promotion Area and Urbanization Control Area §7 Urban Facilities§11 Urban Development Projects§12 (Minister