(1) Reasons for Proposal

This amendment aims to strengthen the safety of structures to prevent the fall of steeples of religious facilities due to strong winds such as typhoons; expand the size of multi-one-room housing as the social demand for single-family and shared housing increases; mitigate the building area for factory entrance awnings; and establish a basis for the delegation of local governments so that a standard for goshiwons (small rooms usually rented to youth) may be added according to regional characteristics. In addition, it aims to address matters that are not addressed by laws, such as adding the detailed use of buildings according to the emergence of new types of businesses and clearly stipulating the targets to be regulated to prevent confusion about the interpretation of the targets of fire safety-related applications such as direct stairways. 

(2) Major Provisions

[Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act]

A. Clarify installation standards for direct stairs (Article 34 (1)) 

Since the targets to which walking distance requirements for multi-family housing with 16 or more floors are applied is unclear, for multi-family housing with 16 or more floors, improve related provisions to clearly apply the walking distance of 50 m or less for the 15th floor or lower, and the walking distance of 40 m or less for the 16th floor or higher.

B. Clarify buildings subject to the regulation of interior finishing materials (Article 61 (1)) 

Since the meaning of the scope of application for “buildings used for power generation facilities” among the buildings subject to interior finishing materials regulations is unclear, improve the relevant provisions to clarify the meaning of buildings used for power generation facilities separate from broadcasting and telecommunications facilities.

C. Expand targets for reporting of structures such as steeples of religious facilities (Article 118 (1) 2) 

Include steeples of religious facilities as the target for reporting on construction, and stipulate targets for reporting on construction, such as a similar decorative tower, commemorative tower, etc., to be over 4 meters in height.

D. Mitigate the building area above factory entrances (Article 119 (1) 2 (b) (ii)) 

Mitigate the building area up to 6 meters from the tip of a projecting awning installed in a structure where one end is fixed and the other is not supported on the upper part of the place where goods go in and out of a factory building.

E. Expand the size of multi-one-room housing (attached Table 1 1 (a) (iii)) 

Expand the total floor area used for one house to 660 square meters or less, and expand the scale to four floors or less when the first floor of the same house is used as a parking lot with a pilotti structure.

F. Provide delegation criteria for public-use facilities (attached Table 1 4 (n)) 

Provide a basis for delegation to set standards for multiple-living facilities in consideration of regional conditions.

[Amendment to the Enforcement Rule of the Building Act]

A. Expand targets for structural safety verification of structures (attached Form No. 30-2) 

Expand the structures that need to be verified by a building structural engineer to 8 meters or more.