Measures against violations of the Greening Area System

In the greening area, when building or expanding a building on a site of 500 square meters or more, greening at least the minimum greening rate (residential restricted zone: 10%, commercial restricted zone: 5%) is required. I am. In addition, those who maintain conservation are required to maintain and maintain the greening facilities at the time of construction (Article 35, Paragraph 1 of the Urban Green Space Law, Article 5 of the Ordinance on Greening Areas in Yokohama City).
Yokohama City conducts patrols and strives to identify violations, and provides guidance such as recommending corrective actions if violations are found.

・Are you planning to have enough space for greening facilities?
・Is it a plan that makes it easier to maintain and maintain greening facilities in the future?
・Is the sunshine, drainage, soil, width of the planting area, etc. suitable for the plants to be planted?
・When rooftop greening or wall greening is maintained, is it planned to be able to maintain it properly?
・In the case of flower beds, etc., can we maintain plants for more than 6 months in a year?

※If you are designing, please fully explain to the owner and the maintenance manager that the building is subject to the minimum regulation of the greening rate and that if it violates the conservation, you will be responsible for the maintenance manager of the building.

[Maintenance of conservation]
・In the rental property, the lessee (maintenance conservation) did not understand the greening area system, so they installed structures in the greening facilities.

・The number of plants was planned to be planted at the minimum necessary density for the area of the greening facility (tree planting area), resulting in a shortage of density due to the death of trees.

・The turf was designed with turf, but the flow of human traffic was not assumed, and the maintenance conservation did not understand the greening area system.

In Yokohama City, for buildings that have obtained a greening facility conformity certificate notice, even after construction, "whether the greening rate on the site is above the minimum" and "whether the greening facility is maintained and maintained well" We carry out patrols to confirm.

If there is a fact that violates laws and regulations, such as when the greening rate on the premises does not meet the minimum standards, we will provide guidance such as recommending correction.
If it is not corrected by guidance, we will conduct on-site inspections and corrective orders based on laws and regulations.
In addition, for violations of the order, penalties for imprisonment of up to one year or a fine of up to 500,000 yen (Article 76 of the Urban Green Space Law) are stipulated as penalties.

Green Environment Bureau Parks and Green Space Management Division Greening Proper Guidance
〒231-0005
6-50-10, Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
27th floor of City Hall
Telephone: 045-671-2539
FAX： 045-224-6627