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Last Updated October 15, 2024

Revision history of ordinances and enforcement regulations concerning conservation, etc. of Yokohama City Living Environment

Ordinance
Date of revisionNo.Major amendments
December 25, 2002 (December 25, 2002)Ordinance No. 58 (PDF: 1,531KB)Ordinance promulgation
March 5, 2004 (March 5, 2004)Ordinance No. 12 (PDF: 203KB)In Article 52, Paragraph 1, "Article 5, Item 1" is changed to "Article 35, Item 1".
December 24, 2004 (December 24, 2004)Ordinance No. 73 (PDF: 385KB)Added “Prevention of soil contamination” and “Reduction of environmental impact related to building construction”
December 25, 2006 (December 25, 2006)Ordinance No. 75 (PDF: 1,890KB)"Yokohama City Environmental Council" is "Yokohama City Environmental Creation Council"
March 5, 2009 (March 5, 2009)Ordinance No. 7 (PDF: 1,150KB)Expansion of the Building Environmental Consideration System (CASBEE Yokohama), expansion of the Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System
Establish a new system to promote the spread of renewable energy
February 24, 2012 (February 24, 2012)Ordinance No. 16 (PDF: 500KB)Revisions accompanying the revision of ordinances related to the conservation, etc. of the living environment in Kanagawa Prefecture, revision accompanying the revision of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law, etc.
(Definition, procedures for setting up designated offices, etc., restrictions on outdoor combustion activities, loudspeaker noise regulations, etc.)
Countermeasures against soil contamination and groundwater contamination, scope of asbestos discharge work, accident reporting regulations, recommendations and publication regulations, revision of penalties, etc.)
June 5, 2014 (June 5, 2014)Ordinance No. 37 (PDF: 787KB)Revision of asbestos discharge work
December 25, 2018 (December 25, 2018)Ordinance No. 75 (PDF: 699KB)Expand the Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System, establish a system to promote the spread of low-carbon electricity, and organize other related regulations in line with the development of laws.

February 25, 2019
(2019/2/25)

Ordinance No. 9 (PDF: 708KB)Revision accompanying partial revision of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law

March 5, 2021
(2021/3/5)

Ordinance No. 8 (PDF: 670KB)

Amendments to the Air Pollution Control Law and the ordinances related to the conservation, etc. of the Kanagawa Prefecture Living Environment
(Asbestos-related: Deleting the provisions of prior investigation, adding provisions for recommendations and publication to offenders, etc.)
Other: Addition of notification-free requirements for changes in land characteristics in dioxins management areas, review of groundwater collection rules for prevention of land subsidence, review of rules for small-scale fixed internal combustion engines, etc.)

June 14, 2024
(2024/6/14)

Ordinance No. 37 (PDF: 647KB)

(Revised on April 1, 2025)
Establishment of a system for evaluation and explanation of energy consumption performance of houses and maintenance of related regulations accompanying a partial revision of the Act on Improvement of Energy Consumption Performance of Buildings
(The provisions of the obligation that the architect evaluates the energy consumption performance of the house and explains it to the builder, the provision of the obligation to submit a report to the mayor on the status of the explanation, and the obligation to explain the renewable energy use equipment Determine the use and scale of the building to be subject to.)

Enforcement Rules
Date of revisionNo.Major amendments
March 7, 2003 (March 7, 2003)Regulation No. 17 (PDF: 4,102KB)Promulgation of rules
April 1, 2004 (April 1, 2004)Regulation No. 46 (PDF: 248KB)In Article 94, "Or environmental business director" shall be added after "Environmental Conservation Bureau Director".
April 1, 2004 (April 1, 2004)Regulation No. 49 (PDF: 212KB)“Article 2, Paragraph 2” is changed to “Article 3, Paragraph 2” in the column of the contents of the work in Paragraph 57 of the attached table.
June 25, 2004 (June 25, 2004)Regulation No. 76 (PDF: 281KB)Revision of restrictions on outdoor burning activities, revision of provisional drainage standards in the separate table of the Supplementary Provisions
March 25, 2005 (March 25, 2005)Regulation No. 34 (PDF: 521KB)Added “Prevention of soil contamination” and “Reduction of environmental impact related to building construction”
March 31, 2006 (March 31, 2006)Regulation No. 84 (PDF: 1,576KB)"Town Development Coordinating Bureau Guidance Department Building Guidance Section" is "Town Development Coordinating Bureau Building Examination Department Building Environment Section"
September 29, 2006 (September 29, 2006)Regulation No. 133 (PDF: 1,223KB)In Article 47, item 2, "Article 7" is referred to as "Article 7, Paragraph 1".
May 25, 2007 (May 25, 2007)Regulation No. 67 (PDF: 843KB)Revision of drainage standards for zinc, etc.
June 25, 2007 (June 25, 2007)Regulation No. 79 (PDF: 573KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for "boron", "fluorine", "ammonia, etc."
October 3, 2008 (10/3, 2008)Regulation No. 88 (PDF: 636KB)Review of Japan Standard Industrial Classification, revision of emission measurement (nitrogen oxides), etc.
March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2009)Regulation No. 47 (PDF: 147KB)Article 9 No. 2 Amendment to Naka Nihon Standard Industrial Classification
June 5, 2009 (June 5, 2009)Regulation No. 67 (PDF: 769KB)Revision of Building Environmental Consideration System (CASBEE Yokohama), Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System, and System for Promoting the Spread of Renewable Energy
March 25, 2010 (March 25, 2010)Regulation No. 13 (PDF: 2,379KB)The “Community Development Coordination Bureau” was established as “Housing and Architecture Bureau” for revisions to surveys on soil, etc., where hazardous substances are used.
June 25, 2010 (June 25, 2010)Regulation No. 51 (PDF: 1,354KB)Revision and extension of provisional effluent standards for "ammonia, etc."; "Quantitative Method for All Sulphur," etc.
March 31, 2011 (March 31, 2011)Regulation No. 38 (PDF: 320KB)Global Warming Countermeasures Division, Global Warming Countermeasures Division, Environmental Management Division, Environmental Planning Bureau Environmental Conservation Department
February 15, 2012 (2/15, 2012)Regulation No. 5 (PDF: 231KB)Revision of Sections 1,1-dichloroethylene in Appendix 11 and Appendix 15
September 25, 2012 (September 25, 2012)Regulation No. 83 (PDF: 1,823KB)February 24, 2012 Regulations Revision with Ordinance No. 16
January 25, 2013 (1/25, 2013)Regulation No. 4 (PDF: 321KB)Added hexamethylenetetramine to substances (water quality) related to emergency measures.
June 25, 2013 (June 25, 2013)Regulation No. 65 (PDF: 367KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for "boron", "fluorine", "ammonia, etc."
March 31, 2014 (March 31, 2014)Regulation No. 37 (PDF: 758KB)Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Examination Department Building Environment Section, Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Guidance Department Building Environment Section, Article 43, Paragraph 3, Naka Nihon Standard Industrial Classification, etc.
September 25, 2014 (September 25, 2014)Regulations No. 57 and No. 64 (PDF: 821KB)Revision of asbestos discharge work
November 25, 2014 (11/25, 2014)Regulation No. 73 (PDF: 763KB)Revision of regulations on wastewater (cadmium)
May 25, 2015 (May 25, 2015)Regulation No. 63 (PDF: 134KB)Revision of industries and permissible limits in Appendix 2 of the Supplementary Provisions
October 15, 2015 (10/15, 2015)Regulation No. 80 (PDF: 191KB)Revision of regulatory standards for wastewater (trichlorethylene), etc.
June 24, 2016 (June 24, 2016)Regulation No. 84 (PDF: 166KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for "boron" and "fluorine"
November 25, 2016 (11/25, 2016)Regulation No. 106 (PDF: 144KB)Extension of provisional effluent standards for cadmium
March 31, 2017 (March 31, 2017)Regulation No. 32 (PDF: 109KB)Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Guidance Department Building Environment Division, Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Guidance Department Building Planning Division, revised quotation clauses related to gas companies
May 25, 2018 (May 25, 2018)Regulation No. 49 (PDF: 707KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for 1,4-dioxane, etc.

March 29, 2019
(2019/3/29)

Regulation No. 26 (PDF: 840KB)Along with the partial revision of the Enforcement Regulations of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law, expansion of the Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System, establishment of a system to promote the spread of low-carbon electricity, and arrangement of other related regulations.

June 25, 2019
(2019/6/25)

Regulation No. 9 (PDF: 756KB)

Provisional standards for boron and fluorine (extension of hot spring business, cancellation of electroplating business), revision of certification method

March 25, 2020
(2020/3/25)

Regulation No. 24 (PDF: 800KB)Establishment of equipment standards and exhaust gas standards for installation of facilities that utilize biomass fuel

July 21, 2021
(2021/7/21)

Regulation No. 49 (PDF: 785KB)Revision of Ordinance No. 8 on March 5, 2021, review of the frequency of measurement of smoke exhaust, review of regulatory standards for hydrocarbon-based substances, addition of designated facilities related to waste disposal work, etc.

June 24, 2022
(2022/6/24)

Regulation No. 51 (PDF: 746KB)Changes in attached documents in the notification of changes in land characteristics, etc.

May 2, 2023
(2023/5/2)

Regulation No. 45 (PDF: 679KB)

Maintaining the definition of crude oil equivalent energy consumption following amendments to the Enforcement Order of the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy, etc.
Added 4 substances such as "aniline" to substances related to emergency measures (water quality)

March 15, 2024
(2024/3/15)

Regulation No. 12 (PDF: 284KB)

(Revised on April 1, 2024)
Revision of the terms of hexavalent chromium compounds in Appendix 11 and Appendix 15, arrangement of other related regulations, etc.
(Revised on April 1, 2025)
Revision of "Number of Escherichia coliform bacteria" in Article 34, Paragraph 3 and Attached Table 12 to "Number of Escherichia coli".

March 29, 2024
(2024/3/29)

Regulation No. 28 (PDF: 780KB)Arrangement of related regulations in line with organizational reform

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