Incheon City Strengthens Review Standards for Urban-Type Residential Housing... Self-Parking Lots as a Principle

Incheon City is strengthening the construction standards for urban-type residential housing. On the 26th, the city announced that it will promote improvement measures to actively address various urban issues such as parking, residential environment, and citizen safety according to the location of residential facilities, including urban-type residential housing in commercial and quasi-residential areas.

Accordingly, from now on, it will be a principle to install 'self-parking lots' where car owners can park directly in newly constructed urban-type residential housing, and the review standards of the architectural committee regarding fire safety and residential environment will be strengthened.

The city plans to prohibit the construction of urban-type residential housing in district unit planning zones where urban problems are severe, and in areas with severe parking difficulties on side streets, it will cooperate with the relevant districts and counties to restrict the installation of mechanical parking lots.

Urban-type residential housing was introduced in 2009 by revising the Housing Act to respond to the increasing housing demand of one- and two-person households and the jeonse (long-term deposit lease) crisis. It can only be built in urban areas with a net floor area of 85㎡ or less and fewer than 300 households, and about 40,000 households have been supplied in Incheon so far.

However, as the standards were relaxed to allow fewer parking spaces than the number of households, various problems have emerged, such as worsening parking difficulties in the surrounding area and rapid deterioration of the residential environment.

Previously, Incheon City revised the ordinance on parking lot installation and management in 2016 to strengthen the parking lot installation standard for urban-type residential housing to one parking space per household, and districts and counties also restrict the installation of mechanical parking lots allowed for small houses with a residential exclusive area of 60㎡ or less per household.

An official from Incheon City stated, "Fundamental improvements are necessary for various urban problems caused by urban-type residential housing," and added, "Through the promotion of these improvement measures, we will continuously strive to create a pleasant urban environment by resolving parking difficulties, securing citizen safety, and improving the residential environment."

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