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Chapter 4 Historic Sites and Cultural Landscapes
Article 60
The municipal, county or city competent authorities shall periodically conduct general surveys of, or accept reports from individuals or organizations on, any sites and scopes deserving of the designation of historic sites or cultural landscapes, and shall review, record and trace in accordance with the procedures stipulated by law.
Where individuals or organizations file reports in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the competent authorities shall review the reports within six months.
The competent authorities may review the traced historic sites or cultural landscapes under Paragraph 1 of this Article according to the procedures set forth in Article 61.
Article 61
The municipal, county or city competent authorities shall review and register historic sites and cultural landscapes, and then announce them and report them to the central competent authority for recordation.
The central competent authority may review the historic sites and cultural landscapes registered in accordance with the preceding paragraph or in response to the reports by competent authorities of various levels, individuals, or organizations, and then register and announce the same as significant historic sites or cultural landscapes.
In the event that a historic site or cultural landscape is destroyed or its value diminishes, the competent authority may revoke its registration or reclassify the historic site or cultural landscape, and announce such revocation or new classification.
The regulations for registration criteria of historic sites and cultural landscapes, the significance of their preservation, the terms of revocation of a historic site or cultural landscape, the review procedures, and other compliance requirements shall be stipulated by the central competent authority.
Historic sites and cultural landscapes undergoing the above review shall be deemed interim historic sites and cultural landscapes. Article 20 shall apply mutatis mutandis to interim cultural landscapes and historic sites.
Article 62
The principles governing the preservation and conservation of historic sites and cultural landscapes shall be decided on a case-by-case basis by a review committee to be organized by the municipal, county or city competent authority, and may be adjusted in accordance with the characteristics and developments of historic sites and cultural landscapes.
The competent authorities shall, according to the principles under the preceding paragraph, draft historic site and cultural landscape preservation and conservation plans to supervise and protect historic sites and cultural landscapes, and help the owners, users or managers of historic sites and cultural landscapes cooperate with such preservation and conservation plans.
Article 22 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the proceeds from management or protection of public historic sites and cultural landscapes.
Article 63
In order to conserve historic sites and cultural landscapes and preserve their environments and landscapes, the competent authorities over such sites together with other authorities concerned may draft plans for preservation of such historic sites and cultural landscapes, and may classify, designate, or reclassify the sites of the historic sites and cultural landscapes as historic site and cultural landscape 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 scopes of zoning, the manners of use, and conservation of landscapes of the historic site and cultural landscape preservation land or zones and other functional land or sub-zones set forth in the preceding paragraph may be stipulated after considering the actual conditions, and incentive measures may be offered, if necessary.
Article 64
To facilitate the preservation and protection of buildings and facilities inside historic sites and cultural landscapes, the construction management, land use and fire safety measures regarding such sites and landscapes shall be exempt, in whole or in part, from the restrictions under the Regional Planning Act, the Urban Planning Act, the National Park Act, the Building Act, the Fire Services Act, and other applicable laws and regulations. The regulations for review procedures, inspection criteria, restrictions, requirements, and other compliance requirements for the above matters shall be stipulated by the central competent authority in conjunction with the Ministry of the Interior.