Kwonikwi: "Regulations on Apartment Construction Next to Courts and Prosecutor's Offices Are Unreasonable"

A ruling has been made that prohibiting the construction of public housing in residential areas solely because they are near public offices such as courts and prosecutors' offices is an unreasonable regulation.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) expressed its opinion on the 19th, urging local governments that designated quasi-residential areas as protected zones restricting apartment construction to ease these building restrictions.

Recently, the ACRC received complaints from landowners claiming their property rights were infringed upon after land near a court was designated as a public facility protection zone. The local government restricted apartment construction in the quasi-residential area after the High Prosecutors' Office in 2013 expressed concerns that constructing high-rise buildings around the prosecutors' office could cause security issues.

An ACRC official stated, "Although urban management plans allow for broad administrative discretion, designating protected zones that contradict land-use areas cannot be considered reasonable," adding, "We will investigate whether similar cases exist in other regions and prepare improvement measures if problems are found."

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