Yokohama Disaster Prevention Power Improvement Condominium Certification System

Yokohama City certifies condominiums that are implementing disaster prevention measures as "Yokohama Disaster Prevention Power Improvement Condominiums" in order to plan the formation of condominiums that are resistant to disasters and the improvement of disaster prevention capabilities including surrounding areas.

Among condominiums that are implementing disaster prevention measures, condominiums that implement software measures such as disaster prevention activities are certified as "soft certification", and condominiums that are implementing measures for the entire building are certified as "hard certification". Condominiums that are linked with the community will be further certified as "soft + (plus) certification" and "hard + (plus) certification", respectively.

The details of the certification criteria.

You can see the apartments that have been certified in the past here.
List of Yokohama Disaster Prevention Power Improvement Condominium Certification

On Friday, February 25, 2022, we held an online briefing on the system outline via Zoom.

In addition, we will disclose the questions and answers you have received regarding the system outline briefing session, so please refer to them for utilizing the system.

This is the outline of the certification system. You can check the documents required for certification here.

We dispatch expert groups (condominium disaster prevention adviser) with knowledge and experience about disaster prevention measures of apartment to apartment aiming at authorization from city. After hearing the status of disaster prevention measures, we will provide guidance and advice on disaster prevention activities in which condominium residents take the initiative, such as examining disaster prevention manuals.

• Dispatch condominium disaster prevention advisors registered in the city to Residential Association, etc.
• All expenses required for dispatch are borne by the city
• In principle, upper limit is 5 times / year (3 hours per time), a total of 2 years.

　The following organizations that are going to be certified by the Yokohama Disaster Prevention Power Improvement Condominium Certification System

• Residential Association, etc. of condominiums in Yokohama City
• An organization composed of five or more residents belonging to different households, working for the purpose of forming a disaster prevention organization in condominiums in Yokohama City

　We will provide guidance and advice on the contents related to the following Yokohama Disaster Prevention Improvement Condominium Certification Standards.
　Please contact us individually to see if the content you want specifically support is eligible for guidance and advice.

1. Disaster prevention organization
2. Disaster Prevention Manual
3. disaster drill
4. Stockpiling of drinking water and preparation of disaster prevention equipment
5. Cooperation with the local community and disaster drill
6. Measures to prevent flooding of condominiums
7. Other activities recognized by the mayor as similar to these

※The contents of the certification are not subject to guidance or advice.

Condominium disaster prevention advisors have different contents that can provide guidance and advice, so please refer to your profile and consider dispatching condominium disaster prevention advisors according to your desired support content. (It is possible to dispatch multiple advisors within the maximum number of dispatches.)
Also, if you do not know which advisor to choose, please contact us individually.

<Profile of Condominium Disaster Prevention Advisor>

• NPO Kanagawa 311 Network (PDF: 555KB)
• Toru Kamaishi (PDF: 275KB)
• RISK WATCH (PDF: 623KB)
• Sho-Sekkei Co., Ltd. (PDF: 596KB)
• Yo Kimura (PDF: 279KB)

If you would like to register as a condominium disaster prevention advisor, please contact the Yokohama Disaster Prevention Improvement Condominium Certification System Section.

There is a permission system to reduce the floor area ratio when establishing facilities that contribute to improving local disaster prevention capabilities in buildings that have been certified as hardware + (plus) under this system. (Yokohama City Urban Area Environmental Design System, Permission based on Article 52, Paragraph 14, Item 1 of the Building Standards Act)
Please refer to the following link for details.
＜Yokohama City Urban Environmental Design System＞
Chapter 5, Chapter 6, “Buildings that include facilities that contribute to the improvement of local disaster prevention and the environment”
＜Permission based on Article 52, Paragraph 14, Item 1 of the Building Standards Act＞
Permission criteria for floor area ratio based on the provisions of Article 52, Paragraph 14 of the Building Standards Act
Building examination committee comprehensive consent standard about permission of floor area ratio based on rule of Building Standard Act Article 52 Clause 14 first
※For more information, please contact the Housing and Architecture Bureau Urban Building Division (045-671-4525).

（※１） When using the system together, the relaxed area of the disaster prevention warehouse shared by the region is not accumulated.
（※２） V0: Standard floor area ratio

※Please refer to the following for details of the procedure for permission.
<Yokohama City Environmental Design System>
Flow of Building Permit Procedures under the Yokohama City Environmental Design System
<Permission based on Article 52, Paragraph 14, Item 1 of the Building Standards Act>
Flow of permission procedures based on the Building Standards Law

　In recent years, heavy rain disasters have become more severe and frequent, and the possibility of flooding in our homes is increasing.However, for condominiums with a robust structure, measures to prevent flooding are implemented. By doing so, it is possible that you can continue living in the apartment without relying on evacuation centers.
　Therefore, as part of the Yokohama Disaster Prevention Improvement Condominium Certification System, we have created a “Inundation Countermeasures Guide” that summarizes procedures and specific methods for considering inundation countermeasures for condominiums. Make use of it when considering countermeasures against flooding.

This is a summary version of the guide for flood control.

This is the main part of the guide for flood control.

This is an introduction of a system that is useful for disaster prevention in condominiums. For more information, please contact each department in charge.

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• Map of disaster prevention
• Subsidies for disaster prevention
• Training for Disaster Prevention and reduce disaster damage
• Do you have a fire drills or have you notified the training in advance?
• Guidelines for Countermeasures against Inundation of Electrical Equipment in Buildings (outside site)(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)

City of Yokohama, Housing and Architecture Bureau Housing Policy Division, Yokohama Disaster Prevention Power Improvement Condominium Certification System
【TEL】 045-671-4121
【FAX】 045-641-2756
【MAIL】 kc-bouman@city.yokohama.jp