Cultural Heritage Preservation Act Article 39

When drafting monument preservation plans under Article 37, the competent authorities may classify, designate, or reclassify sites as monument preservation land or zones, other functional land or sub-zones in accordance with the Regional Planning Act, the Urban Planning Act, or the National Park Act, and preserve and conserve such land and zones in accordance with this Act.The regulations governing the monument preservation land or zones and other functional land or sub-zones under the preceding paragraph, the land development activities, the use of the land, the lot size or the ratio of reserved open space on the sites, the floor area ratio, the depth and width of the front yards, backyards, and side yards of the sites, the appearance, height and coloration of buildings on the sites, and related traffic and landscape in such zones may be stipulated by considering the actual needs, and incentives may be offered, if necessary.The preceding two paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to historic buildings and commemorative buildings.If a national monument preservation plan drafted by a central competent authority and approved by the Executive Yuan influences the rights or interests of local residents, the competent authority may expropriate the monument in accordance with the law, and the purchase price agreed on may not be subject to the restrictions in Paragraph 4, Article 11 of the Land Expropriation Act.