Areas under the Regulation Law for Residential Land Development

In Yokohama City, "Restricted Residential Land Development Construction Restricted Area" was designated on July 27, 1962, and its area is currently about 27,200 hectares, accounting for about 63% of the city area (approximately 2.7% nationwide). → Overview of residential land development construction restricted area in Yokohama City (PDF: 770KB)

In residential land development construction restricted area, permission of the mayor is necessary when the landlord intends to perform construction related to residential land development. In addition, owners of land where residential land development has been carried out in the residential land development restricted area are obliged to conservation for residential land.

Whether the land you live or the land you are considering purchasing is included in the residential land development construction restricted area, the Internet (outside site) or the Yokohama Building Information Center (city hall 2nd floor) We can confirm in town development map information "i-Mappie".

In addition, in Yokohama building information center (city hall the second floor), we can read house map (each ward version) which listed the situation such as permission of construction about residential land development construction regulation area and permission of construction about residential land development.

[Contact Handouts] About residential land development construction regulation area (PDF: 223KB)

By regulation law revision such as residential land development of 2006, the mayor can now designate existing residential land outside the residential land development construction restricted area as "created residential land disaster prevention area".

In the development residential land disaster prevention area, there is an obligation to conservation for residential land in the same way as the residential land development construction restricted area.

In addition, in Yokohama-shi, there is no area designated as development residential land disaster prevention area at present.

(Caution) The development residential land disaster prevention area is not designated within the residential land development construction restricted area.

For specific content in a specific location, please contact the person in charge of each area.