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Taipei

Greening UP ark

The Effect Brought by Limitation Time for Acquiring Reserved Lands for
Public Facility

Regarding the restrictions on the use of urban planning public facilities reservations and the
time limit for obtaining them, the Urban Planning Law, which was promulgated on June 8,
1939, did not specifically regulate. In 1964, when the Legislative Yuan first amended the law, a
chapter "public facilities reservations" was added. The Article 49, in order to protect the owners
of the reservations, indicates time limit for the retention of public facilities reservations shall
not exceed five years, but may be extended for up to five years. Beyond that, the retention of the
reservation could be withdrawn. However, due to insufficient funds for acquiring reservation
lands, local governments are still unable to fully obtain public facilities reservations.

Until 1988, The Executive Yuan studied the Urban Planning Law and announced its
implementation in the same year. The provisions on the time limit for obtaining reservations
were deleted. From then on, the public facilities reservations in the Urban Planning Law
were restored without a deadline. In 1987 and 1980, the "Multi-purpose Use Plan for Urban
Planning Public Facilities Land“ and the "Urban Plan for Public Facilities Reservation
Acquisition“ were issued to promote the re-planning of the city land and reward private
organizations for setting up public facilities. Lands for public facilities use were acquired
indirectly to reduce the financial burden on the government. The seeds of the parks and green
spaces planning development were thus planted under the speedy urbanization since the 1970s
because in this period policies about how to reduce government financial burden were actively
figured out.

After the martial law, 1991-2000
Public Space Issues Swept Through

Before entering the twentieth century, Taipei citizens’ self-awareness and civic movements
had begun to awaken. The public space issues in Taipei City swept through, and the parks and
large roads constructions encountered demonstrations from the residents. Many public works
met challenges when executed. After 1991, the contents in parks became more diverse for the
reasons such as relieving of martial law and social culture (such as the rise of environmental
awareness and increased leisure demand), and had become cultural and educational leisure
facilities that advocate the balanced development of society.

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