1. Reasons for Amendment

Farmer’s huts are facilities installed for the storage of agricultural machinery and agricultural materials directly necessary for farming work, simplified processing of agricultural products, and temporary rest during farming work, and are limited to area restrictions (less than 20㎡) and non-residential purposes; however, due to the absence of specific area standards and housing standards, farmland is being damaged by using it as villas, country houses, second homes, etc., through unlawful expansion and conversion inconsistent with the legislative purpose. Therefore, this amendment aims to clarify the criteria for determining housing, gross floor area criteria, and installation standards to supplement deficiencies in the Act so that farmer’s huts can be used according to the legislative purpose.

2. Major Provisions

A. Specify the regulations on the floor area of a farmer’s hut installed by farmland (parcel) (Article 3-2)

- Differentiate the total floor area of a farmer’s hut by farmland area (section) acquired for weekend experience farming, considering the purpose of farmer’s hut installation.

B. Specify the total floor area of attached facilities installed to a farmer’s hut (Article 3-2)

- Specify matters registered in the current handbook so that attached facilities such as decks excluded from the total floor area under the Building Act are included in the total floor area of a farmer’s hut in statutes so that there is no confusion in the field.

C. Clarify the criteria for determining residential purpose (Article 3-2)

- The criteria for determining housing for a farmer’s hut that cannot be used for residential purposes were unclear. Clarify the criteria for determining housing, such as filing a move-in report, so that farmer’s huts can be used according to the legislative purpose.

D. Clarify the criteria for reporting the establishment of a farmer’s hut (Article 3-2 subparagraph 1 (d))

- Clarify the reporting criteria so that only a permission/building report on a temporary building that can be restored to the original state of farmland under the Building Act is allowed when installing a farmer’s hut.

E. Clarity the criteria for the relationship with other Acts for the installation of attached facilities to a farmer’s hut (Article 3-2)

- Make sure there is no confusion in the field by requiring compliance with relevant statutes regarding the installation of facilities attached to a farmer’s hut, such as electricity, water supply, and a septic tank.