Promoting Shared Parking Through Regulatory Improvements

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] Legal grounds will be established to allow resident-priority parking zones to be used as shared parking spaces. The approval process for apartment elevator replacement construction, which previously required consent from more than two-thirds of the owners, will be changed to require consent from more than two-thirds including tenants, making it easier to obtain construction permits.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 28th that the 5th Regulatory Innovation Deliberation Committee, chaired by the 1st Vice Minister and involving various private experts, identified a total of 12 regulatory improvement tasks and decided to promote institutional improvements such as amendments to laws and regulations.

At this meeting, suggestions were gathered through industry groups and local governments by sector, focusing on tasks to enhance the convenience of citizens' daily lives. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to increase the effectiveness of improvements through proactive administration such as rapid legislative measures and authoritative interpretations.

Additionally, from the next Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Regulatory Innovation Deliberation Committee, the number of private committee members, currently about 10, will be significantly expanded to 30 to discover a wider range of improvement tasks. In particular, the plan is to form various expert committees from industry, academia, and research institutes in key fields such as land, urban, transportation, and logistics to enhance the professionalism and effectiveness of the deliberation committee.

During this meeting, various regulatory improvements were discussed, including establishing legal grounds for shared parking use of resident-priority parking zones and simplifying the reissuance procedures for jointly registered vehicle certificates.

First, to alleviate parking difficulties, the Enforcement Rules of the Parking Lot Act will be amended to allow resident-priority parking zones to be used as shared parking spaces. This system had faced limitations in activating shared parking due to the lack of legal grounds, but legal grounds will now be established.

In the future, when reissuing a jointly registered vehicle certificate, a copy of the ID of the joint registrant is required, but for vehicles jointly registered among family members, reissuance will be possible with only a family relationship certificate. Also, regarding the transfer certificate required when selling used cars, some local governments have demanded seals, but since related laws do not require seals, clear authoritative improvements will be made to resolve citizens' inconveniences.

Long-term repair work in apartment complexes will also become easier. Currently, adjusting the long-term repair plan requires the consent of the majority of owners, and elevator replacement construction requires consent from more than two-thirds of owners again, causing excessive time and administrative costs. In the future, consent from more than two-thirds including current tenants as well as owners will be required to enable smoother permit approvals.

In the field of traffic safety, improvements will be made to address concerns that the same design standards are applied to vehicle protection railings and pedestrian protection fences despite their different purposes and uses, which has raised concerns about excessive design. Going forward, through research projects and expert meetings, separate design standards considering the characteristics of pedestrian protection fences will be developed.

Yang Jong-ho, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Regulatory Reform Legal Officer, said, "Through the deliberation committee, we have identified over 80 innovation tasks to overcome the COVID-19 crisis," and added, "From the next meeting, with broader participation of private committee members, we expect to discover improvement tasks in more diverse areas such as improving the private investment environment and alleviating burdens on vulnerable groups."

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