About the Yokohama-shi area town development promotion regulations

In this ordinance, we clarify philosophy of local town development that citizen and city cooperate and each responsibilities of citizen and city, and, about local town development, method, procedure of citizen participation such as organization making, plan or rule making It was promulgated on February 25, 2005, with the aim of contributing to the realization of a safe, comfortable and attractive town by establishing basic matters such as support measures for citizen-based town development activities.

• "General rules" from Article 1 (purpose) to Article 7 (support measures of the city)
• "Regulations on procedures at each stage of town development" from Article 8 (local town development group) to Article 13 (guidance of buildings, etc.)
• Article 14 (Town Development Support Organization) to Article 18 (Delegation) "Regulations on Mechanisms to Support Operation"

It consists of a total of 18 articles.

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In Yokohama City, the demand for improvement of the local environment is increasing due to the maturity of the local community and the growing willingness of citizens to settle down, and active citizen activities are being developed throughout the city.
In this context

• A system in which the government accepts citizens' motivation and local initiatives and utilizes them in concrete town development
• Collaboration with software fields such as anti-crime program and Welfare, such as improving the cityscape and improving the living environment.
• Collaboration among various entities such as Neighborhood Association and Neighborhood Associations, theme-based groups and NPOs

This is an issue.
In order to respond to these issues, it was established for the promotion of community town development full of individuality and charm unique to Yokohama through collaboration between citizens and the city.

Prior to the enactment of the ordinance, Yokohama City became a community-level community development with the participation of residents.

• District plan of city planning master plan
• "Counseling Center for Town Rules"
• “No, Michimachi Improvement Project”

Various initiatives such as this have been promoted.
In 2002, when the "Town Rule Creation Consultation Center" was established, it was discussed that basic citizen participation procedures common to these measures were stipulated as ordinances, and "establishment of a system for promotion of local town development" Was positioned in the medium-term policy plan, and the study was started.
In fiscal 2003, the "Ordinance on Coordination of Yokohama City Development Projects" and the "Ordinance on Restrictions on Construction and Development of Broom Buildings on Slope of Yokohama City (the so-called" Broom Condominium Ordinance ")" were enacted in FY2004, when the "Basic Guidelines for Collaboration Promotion" was formulated, and the purpose was positioned in the "New Age Administrative Plan / 010" 30" (20 2010" (20) ".
From 2004, we hear citizen opinion widely by citizen questionnaire about local town development and local town development forum which we held continuously in five places in the city and "system Exploratory Committee about promotion of Yokohama-shi local town development" by person of learning and experience Was set up and the study was advanced. Then, on October 12, 2004, from the Exploratory Committee, we received proposals reflecting citizen opinions about the way of system about promotion of local town development and made regulations draft, and made public comment from November 9 of the same year We recruited on December 8.
Based on these facts, the proposal was approved in Yokohama City Council on February 23, 2005 and promulgated on February 25.

The town development ordinance stipulates procedures and rules for local governments to promote town development, and can be broadly divided into two categories:

1. Urban environment, natural environment, etc.
2. Thing about scenery
3. Procedures and Standards for Development
4. Thing about town development of area, district

It is organized into four types.
The ordinance of Yokohama City promotes the fourth local town development. The contents vary from city to city, but procedures such as the ability to create and propose district plans by residents' organizations such as the town development council, and support measures for residents' community development activities such as dispatch of experts and subsidies for activity costs are included. That is common to many city ordinances.
As a feature of the Yokohama City Local Town Development Promotion Ordinance, it is a feature of Yokohama City

1. The city's support measures are stipulated in detail, including information provision, consultation, dispatch of experts, and financial support.
2. We have established a system to promote cooperation and exchange between local community-based organizations such as the Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Associations and the theme-based groups such as Greenery, Welfare and anti-crime program.
3. Positioning intermediate organizations such as town development NPOs as groups (town development support groups) that support local town development such as citizens
4. Emphasis is placed on the feasibility of the local town development plan that the citizens independently devised, and the local town development organization and the city collaborate to determine the policy (collaboration promotion policy) pertaining to the promotion.

This is one of the reasons.