Agricultural Development Act Article 8-1

On agricultural lands, applications to construct temporary facilities related to agricultural production using materials such as bamboos wood, rice, straw, plastic materials, angle iron, steel wire fabrics or other materials without a fixed foundation are exempt from applying for building permits. Special municipalities or county /city governments may take into consideration the needs of local agricultural practices and enact regulations to review the setting-up of temporary facilities without a fixed foundation in relation to agricultural production on agricultural lands.Prior application for the uses of fixed foundation agricultural facilities are required for constructing such facilities on agricultural lands, and then application for building permit for such construction is required in terms of relevant laws. Nevertheless, facilities with an area of 45 square meters or less and have only one floor are exempt from requiring a building permit. Agricultural lands may be exempted from acquiring building permit if prior to the implementation of this revised Act of January 13, 2003, the fixed foundation agriculture facilities have already been built on agricultural lands, the surface area of each facility is not more than 250 square meters and the facilities are safe for uses.The provisions regulating the uses of the agricultural facilities as stated in the preceding paragraph, the types, areas and heights of construction, application procedures and other items to be complied with, are to be formulated by the central competent authority in concert with the relevant authorities.The competent authorities may establish standard designs for agricultural facilities that are mostly demanded by farmers and can enhance the values added to farming practices. Those persons who adopt such design may be exempted from the design, supervision and construction of architects or construction from construction firms.