Article 14(Special provisions concerning restrictions on activities in preserved mountainous area) #
(1) "Facilities specified by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)4 of the Act means any of the following facilities:
1. Hospital-level medical institution under Article 3(2)3 of the Medical Service Act;
2. Youth training facilities under subparagraph 1 of Article 10 of the Youth Activity Promotion Act;
3. Facilities of schools defined in Article 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Article 2 of the Higher Education Act.
(2) In Article 21(1)5 of the Act, "facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree" refers to facilities established by the president of the National Arboretum, the president of the National Forest Seed and Variety Center, the president of the National Institute of Forest Science, or the president of the Korea Forestry Promotion Institute for the purposes of forest protection, forestry research, and the conservation and propagation of forest resources.
(3) "Facility prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)6 of the Act means any of the following facilities: <Amended on May 2, 2023>
1. Forest bathing trail under subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Forestry Culture and Recreation Act;
1-2. Healing forests defined in subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Forestry Culture and Recreation Act;
2. Forest education facilities such as nature observation centers, forest exhibition halls, woodcraft studios, forest classrooms, forest training centers, forest museums, mountain museums, forest education resource centers;
3. Wooden construction facilities for the promotion, exhibition, education related to the use of timber;
4. Ecological forest under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Forest Protection Act;
5. Observation tower.
(4) "Facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)7 of the Act means the visitor information facilities and ecological observation towers.
(5) "Facility prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)9 of the Act means any of the following facilities:
1. Facilities for the prevention and suppression of forest fires, such as simple wireless communication facilities, simple water storage tanks, firebreaks, and unmanned surveillance cameras;
2. Facilities for disaster prevention or disaster recovery under the Natural Disaster Countermeasures Act;
3. Work roads and transportation roads for the production and management of forest products;
4. Facilities established by forestry workers as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Enforcement Decree of the Forestry and Mountain Villages Development Promotion Act (limited to those who are managing forests with an authorized plan for forest management in accordance with Article 13(4) of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act), and by forestry workers as defined in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of that Article, which are specified in any of the following subparagraphs:
a. Facilities for producing or collecting forest products with a site area of 10,000 square meters or less;
b. Facilities for processing, drying, and storage of forest products with a site area of 3,000 square meters or less;
c. Forestry equipment storage facilities (referring to facilities for storing fertilizers, pesticides, machinery, etc.) and forest product display and sales facilities with a site area of 1,000 square meters or less;
d. A shelter with a site area of 200 square meters or less;
5. A facility with a site area of 10,000 square meters or less established in accordance with a business plan for development of mountain villages pursuant to Article 25 of the Forestry and Mountain Villages Development Promotion Act.
(6) "Facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)10 refers to facilities used for rural development projects as defined in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Agricultural and Fishing Villages Improvement Act; provided, in cases where the facilities are installed for the development of rural tourism and resort complexes or tourist farms pursuant to Articles 82 and 83 of that Act, the facilities shall be limited to those with an area of 10,000 square meters or less.
(7) In Article 21(1)11a of the Act, "a residential house or an auxiliary facility thereof ... specified by Presidential Decree" means a house with a site area of 330 square meters or less and its auxiliary facilities.
(8) "Housing and its auxiliary facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)11b of the Act means a house with a site area of 660 square meters or less and its auxiliary facilities.
(9) In Article 21(1)11c of the Act, "farmland or grassland below the size prescribed by Presidential Decree" means farmland or grassland of 10,000 square meters or less.
(10) "Cultivation of forest products or grazing of livestock within the scale prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)11d of the Act refers to the cultivation of forest products or grazing of livestock within an area of 10,000 square meters or less.
(11) In Article 21(1)12 of the Act, "religious facilities within the scale prescribed by Presidential Decree" refers to temples, churches, cathedrals, and similar facilities with a site area of 15,000 square meters or less, which are directly used for religious ceremonies and their auxiliary facilities, established by religious organizations or their affiliated entities authorized as religious corporations by the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism pursuant to Article 32 of the Civil Act.
(12) "Public, cultural and sports facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)13 of the Act means any of the following facilities:
1. Museums and art galleries pursuant to subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 of the Museum and Art Gallery Promotion Act;
2. Living sports facilities pursuant to Article 4 of the Enforcement Decree of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act.
(13) "Period prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1)17 of the Act refers to the period of conversion of mountainous areas or temporary use of mountainous areas to carry out the purpose project. <Added on Jun. 2, 2020>
(14) In Article 21(1)17 of the Act, "auxiliary facilities specified by Presidential Decree" means parking lots, restrooms, storage facilities, accommodations, dining facilities, purification facilities, disaster prevention facilities, and material storage and transportation facilities. <Added on Jun. 2, 2020>