Yongin City to Promote Removal of 3.9㎢ Waterfront Zone in Pogok-eup Area

"Excessive Property Rights Restrictions Due to Overlapping Military Protection Zones"
Hangang River Basin Environmental Office Initiates Deregulation Procedures Through Field Survey

An area of 3.9㎢ in Pogok-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do is expected to be removed from the waterfront zone.

Yongin City recently conducted a field survey of the waterfront zone in Pogok-eup and announced on the 27th that it has requested the Hangang River Basin Environmental Office to revoke the designation.

Since June until last month, the city confirmed the area to be removed through a field survey of the waterfront zone in the area. Following the city's request for revocation, the Hangang River Basin Environmental Office plans to proceed with the designation cancellation procedures, including an on-site survey next month. Once the area is removed from the waterfront zone, apartment complexes, restaurants, bathhouses, and other facilities that were previously restricted will be allowed to be established.

The revocation request includes areas in Pogok-eup subject to overlapping regulations under the "Act on the Improvement of Water Quality and Support for Residents in the Hangang River Basin (Hangang River Basin Act)" designated waterfront zones and the "Military Base and Military Facility Protection Act (Military Facility Protection Act)" military facility protection zones, as well as areas mistakenly designated due to errors in distance calculation from river boundaries.

The Hangang River Basin Act stipulates that when the Minister of Environment designates and announces waterfront zones, military facility protection zones should be excluded from the waterfront zones; however, the Pogok-eup area has been restricted in exercising property rights due to overlapping regulations.

A Yongin City official stated, "We will actively participate in the revocation process and do our best to alleviate the inconveniences faced by residents due to regulations and to promote the development of the local community."

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