Gyeonggi Province to Ease Requirements for Apartment Daycare Lease Contracts and Private Parking Lot Operation

The requirement for at least half of apartment residents to approve daycare center lease contracts within apartment complexes will be eased to 30%. In addition, if a majority of apartment residents agree, private operators may be designated to open the complex's parking lots for external use.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Government recently convened the Joint Housing Management Regulations Review Committee and revised the "22nd Gyeonggi Province Joint Housing Management Regulations" to include these changes.

This revision reflects amendments to the Multi-Family Housing Management Act, as well as recommendations from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport regarding regulatory updates.

The main amendments include: ▲ easing the approval criteria for deciding on daycare center operation methods; ▲ allowing private outsourcing of apartment complex parking lot management; ▲ requiring compliance with the validity period for utility meter inspections and mandating re-inspection or replacement; ▲ and newly designating single-station smoke detectors installed inside individual units as part of the common area.

Specifically, the requirement for approving the operation method of daycare centers within apartment complexes has been relaxed from a majority of prospective residents to at least 30%, making it easier to conclude lease contracts for daycare centers within apartment complexes.

To address urban parking shortages and improve the efficient use of apartment complex parking lots, if a majority of all residents agree, private outsourcing may be used to open parking lots to non-residents.

With increasing complaints about poor management, such as failure to comply with the re-inspection validity period for utility meters and unauthorized tampering, the revised regulations incorporate the legal obligations for re-inspection and replacement of meters to ensure proper management.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

To enhance fire safety in apartments where smoke detectors have not been installed or alarms are not easily heard inside units, the regulations newly allow the installation of single-station smoke detectors as part of the common area, using long-term repair reserve funds and similar resources.

Following casualties in fires at older apartment buildings without sprinklers, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has recommended that all cities and provinces adopt these "Measures to Improve Fire Safety in Multi-Family Housing."

Apartment complexes subject to mandatory management under the current Multi-Family Housing Management Act can refer to these revised regulations and proceed with amending their own management rules if approved by a majority of residents.

Hong Ilyoung, head of the Multi-Family Housing Division at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, stated, "If the management regulations are revised using these updated guidelines, it will help resolve urban parking shortages, ease conditions for establishing daycare centers, and improve the proper management of utility meters, thereby enhancing convenience for residents. It will also improve the conditions for installing fire safety facilities in older apartments vulnerable to fire, contributing to greater safety for residents."