About the ordinances and rules

Welfare town development means that all people, including people with disabilities and the elderly, can interact with each other, live with peace of mind in the area where they live, and freely participate in various activities on their own will. Creating a society.

For more than 20 years, Yokohama City has been promoting "fostering a spirit of welfare" through the "Welfare Climate Creation Promotion Project" and "Maintenance of Urban Environment" based on the "Guidelines for Promoting the Creation of Urban Environment". Based on these achievements, the "Yokohama City Welfare Town Development Ordinance" was enforced in April 1997.
In addition, in 2012, based on "law about promotion of smoothness such as movement of elderly person, person with a disability (barrier-free law)" We revised all the "Yokohama-shi welfare town development regulations" for the purpose of integrating with "the regulations (building barrier-free regulations)" and took effect on January 1, 2014.

In Yokohama City, based on this "Yokohama City Welfare Town Development Ordinance", citizens, businesses, and the city will cooperate and work together to promote community development.

In daily life, there is a need for a community where it is very natural for each and every citizen to understand, interact and support each other.

• We deepen understanding about town development of the welfare and push forward town development of welfare positively.
• We cooperate with each other to promote the development of welfare.
• We cooperate with approach about town development of welfare that city performs based on the regulations.

Businesses are owners and managers of facilities and play an extremely important role in promoting welfare town development because they are owners and managers of facilities and are the main subjects of the town development business.

• We deepen understanding about town development of the welfare and push forward town development of welfare positively.
• We cooperate with approach about town development of welfare that city performs based on the regulations.
• Facilities owned and managed shall be maintained so that anyone, including people with disabilities and the elderly, can use it.

City plays a leading role to push forward town development of welfare and, from general viewpoint, citizen's everybody and company plays role enough and performs approach that can cooperate with each other.

• We establish comprehensive business and work on systematically to achieve goal of welfare town development.
• About activity about town development of welfare of citizen, company, we respect the spontaneity and support as necessary including offer of information and enhancement of education as needed.
• Facilities owned and managed will be maintained so that everyone, including people with disabilities and the elderly, can use it.

Yokohama City Welfare Town Development Ordinance (outside site) (Collection of Yokohama City Regulations)

Yokohama City Welfare Town Development Ordinance Enforcement Regulations (outside site) (Collection of Yokohama City Regulations)