Atago Forest Preservation Association
ENGLISH - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Atago Forest and Green Protection Association
Atago mountain crisis
Atagoyama is located in Fukuoka City and is a valuable green property for Fukuoka citizens, which can be called "Fukuoka City's Green Island". In order to protect the forest and greenery of Mt. Atago, we hope to develop and expand a special green area conservation area that has not been touched for nearly 40 years, but in reality, on the contrary, the land adjacent to the conservation area. Development is about to proceed one after another. In addition, construction work on the observatory is being carried out on the land within the range that the city has illustrated as a special green area conservation area, and there are situations in which trees are "organized" to secure its visibility. As a result, a considerable number of trees have already been cut down and the greenery has disappeared. If we do not take any action against such a situation, the precious forests and greenery of Mt. Atago will continue to shrink more than ever and become worm-eaten.
Can logging and construction be done freely even in the special green area conservation area?
There is a hairpin curve on the road from Marina Street to Atagoyama on the north side of Mt. Atago (Hakata Bay side). At the head of this hairpin curve, there was a shrine of Kanedo Shrine (Oyamazumi Shrine) surrounded by trees, and a memorial monument to Toyokichi Hamuro, the founder of the Nagihama coal mine. However, one day, some of the trees here were cut off, and construction work to demolish the shrine of Kanedo Shrine began. And it was a construction to build an observatory at that place. However, as you can see in the lower left figure, this is a valuable place designated as a special green area conservation area. I asked the person in charge of Fukuoka City (Residential City Bureau Midori no Machi Promotion Department) what this meant. This is because permission from the mayor is required when logging trees or removing / installing structures in places designated as special green space conservation areas. Surprisingly, however, the person in charge answered, "There is no problem because it is privately owned outside the protected area." This means that no application, consultation, or permission has been made for the construction. However, the drawing on the lower left was created by Fukuoka City, and it is clear that this place is within the designated area even on the display boards designated by the city as a special green area conservation area, which are installed around Mt. Atago. If so, this would be an obvious illegal act. It may be asked what kind of green space conservation management is being carried out by Fukuoka City and what kind of administration is being carried out for green space conservation. In such a case, you are free to cut down trees and destroy greenery in the special green area conservation area.
Can it be developed without permission even if it is over 1000 square meters?
For the purpose of regulating unregulated development due to urbanization, Article 29 of the Town Planning and Zoning Act applies for development to the governor or the head of an ordinance-designated city when developing residential land exceeding a certain scale, and permits it. It stipulates that you must get it. In principle, the scale is set at 1000 square meters or more (500 square meters in the three major metropolitan areas).
However, recently, there has been a situation in Atagoyama 2-chome where a residential land development work of 1100 square meters, which exceeds 1000 square meters, is being carried out without permission. All the trees on the site near the special green area conservation area were cut down, and after the green disappeared, it was a construction to build 4 lots of residential land. Since it was a construction work with such a problem, when I consulted with the person in charge of Fukuoka City, he replied that there was no problem at all. In fact, the city's response revealed that the developer consulted with the city in advance and carried out this work under the "guidance" of the city. The "technique" was as follows. Since one of the four plots has a different landowner, the remaining three plots are 1000 square meters or less (832 square meters) in total and do not violate the Town Planning and Zoning Act (Note). However, in reality, the construction work was carried out by one contractor "without distinction of the landowner" as an integrated work. The approach to the road has been completed, including the 4th section. The only difference is that part of the retaining wall construction is "unfinished" only in the 4th section. Then, is it the place where the city gas drawing work was done only for the remaining 3 sections? So far, only 3 lots are on sale. It is said that there was a city "guidance" to leave the 4th section as it is for 2 years. By all means, it can only be called "alibi work". Oddly enough, some of the problems we pointed out to the city were that the rework was done shortly afterwards, costing money. We didn't tell the developers. Apparently, there was the city's "guidance" that "this way there will be no problems".
The problem is that with such a "technique", no matter how large the development is, it can be done freely without any permission, and as long as the administrative guidance in line with the idea of the Town Planning and Zoning Act is abandoned. It is a situation that will accelerate it. Unless this is changed, the forest and greenery of Mt. Atago will be messed up.
(Note) According to the registration record, when the land that was originally 1100 square meters was purchased from the original landowner, it was divided into 832 square meters and 266 square meters (1098 square meters in total, 2 square meters). error?).
