Local Government Basic Ordinance Enactment Niseko Town, 11 Years on from Enactment of the Town Development Ordinance

Abstract

Niseko Town enacted a town development basic ordinance in 2001. Eleven years on, the town has decided to document the steps, observations and subsequent revisions made to the ordinance during the period since enactment.

Currently in Japan there are 256 local body governments that have introduced basic ordinances-similar to the ordinance that was introduced in Niseko Town. However, even now there are widespread misunderstandings in relation to basic ordinances. In response to these misunderstandings, Niseko Town is creating a report that outlines and describes the laws, which form the base of the Niseko Town development basic ordinance.

All town regulations in this report that apply to Niseko town will be denoted as (Niseko town ordinance), references from local government basic town ordinances around Japan will also be referenced in the report, these will be referred to as (local government basic ordinance).

It is hoped that this report will become a resource for local governments around Japan who are implementing basic ordinances in the future.