The ban on construction in the Qing area was "conditionally lifted", and the group questioned that 90% of the illegal structures of residential accommodation were opened without handling, which would overwhelm the environment.

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Qingjing Farm is a famous tourist attraction in China, but more than 90% of the residential accommodation has illegal structures, and the Central Geological Survey has also announced that 60% of the land of Qingjing Farm is located in landslides, landslides or geologically sensitive areas. However, the Nantou County government recently decided to lift the "ban and restriction on construction" in the Qing border area, which aroused questions from the ring regiment. Since the illegal residential accommodation is not dealt with, the opening up now is tantamount to overcoming the camel's last straw.

(60% of the land on Qingjing Farm is located in landslides, landslides or geologically sensitive areas, filmed and provided / Earth Citizen Foundation)

The ban and restrictions on the excessive use of hillside land in the Qing Dynasty will be lifted on May 15 this year.

Li Zhengwei, director of the construction department of the Nantou County Government, said that when the Morakot storm hit and the Lushan area of Renai Township collapsed on a large scale, the county government began to review the issue of excessive utilization of hillside land.Therefore, the county government implemented the "ban and restriction order" in May 2012. the issuance of construction licenses has been completely suspended for the Qingjing area, which has been extended twice and will end on May 15 this year.

When the extension period was about to expire, the head of Nantou County, Lin Mingfu, said that if the ban was imposed again, it might lead to public resentment, and the ruling would be conditional on lifting the ban. On the other hand, Li Zhengwei points out that due to the implementation of the "ban and restriction order," local residents are unable to expand. "when children grow up with no place to live, houses need to be expanded, or old houses need to be renovated, they cannot apply for a license."

Li stressed time and again that this is not a complete lifting of the ban, but is aimed at the old residential communities, such as Zhongxiao New Village, Rongguang New Village, and so on, which can only be relaxed. For general accommodation or hotels, the ban has still not been lifted, and the same control over the use of excess limits.

However, will the lifting of the ban and restrictions on construction aggravate the situation in the environmentally sensitive clear border areas? Li says that in the case of Chunghsiao New Village, there is already a house, with one floor through the sky house, which can be converted into two floors in the future. "this will not make the situation worse if it is within the permitted scope and within the buildable land."

60% of the land of Qingjing Farm is located in landslide or geologically sensitive areas, and 90% of residential accommodation violates the rules.

According to the statistics of the Construction Department of the Ministry of the Interior, the total area of Qingjing is 497 hectares, of which 219 hectares are forestry land, accounting for 44%, followed by agricultural and animal husbandry land of 177 hectares, accounting for 35%, open space of 52 hectares, accounting for 10%, and building land of 8 hectares, accounting for 1%. In the past, the Central Geological Survey also announced that 60% of the land on Qingjing Farm is located in landslides, landslides or geologically sensitive areas.

How to avoid up to 60% of the environmentally sensitive areas for development? Li explained that if the construction license is sent in, if it is general building land and is not in an environmentally sensitive area, this part will be processed and delivered as usual; but if it is a buildable land, but it will be in an environmentally sensitive area, it will be approved in a more stringent manner through a special case trial; the county government will also regularly inspect illegal buildings, and new illegal buildings will be demolished immediately, and it is impossible to produce new illegal structures in large-scale development zones.

However, at present, there are already a number of residential houses in the high-risk areas of geological disasters in the Qingjing area, which may cause disasters. Li responded that as early as 1980 or so, the township government office issued a building license, and these residences were built first after the construction license was obtained. later, illegal buildings were expanded. The county government has listed 112 residential accommodation and inspected them regularly, and 80% to 90% of them have violated the rules. "but the county government does not have enough manpower and budget, and the annual budget of the whole county is only NT $1 million, and it costs NT $30,000 to NT $400000 to demolish one, and three have already been demolished this year."

The development status of Qingjing Farm remains unchanged (Photo Source / Earth Citizen Foundation)

Earth Citizen Foundation: how to deal with illegal accommodation after the lifting of the ban?

Li pointed out that what the county government does is to take back the right to issue construction licenses, which will be issued by the county government, and the new illegal structures will be demolished immediately, so as not to allow illegal structures to spread. But how to deal with the existing illegal residential accommodation? Li said that it will be solved in accordance with the follow-up land plan, and through geological survey, according to the results of geological assessment, if it cannot be developed, these residential accommodation will have to be moved.

According to the Earth Citizen Foundation, most of the Qingjing area is hillside agricultural and animal husbandry land. like the situation of farmhouses in Ilan, most of them first build farmhouses on agricultural land, and then build illegal buildings after they have legally obtained a construction license. The county government could have dealt with illegal buildings in accordance with the regional planning law, but the county government used the insufficient budget as an excuse.

Wu Qirong, commissioner of the Mountain and Forest Land Section of the Earth Citizen Foundation, pointed out that the county government's implementation of the "ban and restriction order" in the past is indeed open to question, and this conditional lifting is not completely wrong, "but the point is that both developments are illegal. How is the government going to deal with this? It is not good to simply lift the 'ban and restriction order'. "

Wu stressed that the illegal facts should be dealt with first, and all the illegal accommodation information should be made public before the ban is lifted. "now it is a fact that residential accommodation is increasing rapidly. If it is relaxed, how can these violations be guided?. Or do you allow another wave of violations to occur? "

Taiwan Mountain Forest Restoration Association: lifting the ban and restrictions on construction will add to the hardship of the Qing Dynasty.

"the lifting of the ban and construction restriction order is tantamount to making things worse for the Qing area, and opening up has become the last straw to overwhelm the camel." Tsai Chih-ho, chairman of the Taiwan Mountain Restoration Association, pointed out that the Qingjing area is a special area, located in the middle altitude, high rainfall, and unstable strata, and it is a fragile area, and development must consider forest protection and overall security.

Cai further explained, "what the county government should face is the problem of illegal buildings exceeding the standard, how to deal with the illegal residential accommodation?" How to clean up the aftermath? Is it true that, like Mount Lushan, the local government turned a blind eye and let the whole place collapse? " It is stressed that lifting the "ban and restriction order" is not the key point, and the county government should pragmatically face the problem of out-of-limit and illegal construction, which is the core.

Tsai says that the ban on construction and the lack of development in recent years is right for the landlords, but 90% of the residential buildings are also true. "what is the standard of the county government?" Let the legitimate ones be banned without dealing with existing violations. " Tsai stressed that the Qingjing area must be used with low density, taking into account regional security and ecological conservation, and reviewing how to make rational use in the mountainous areas.

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