The Binding Force of the Basic Plans in the Process of Incorporating Citizen's Proposals into the Municipal Master Plan

Three Cases of Plan Making Activities

Abstract

Many studies show citizen's proposals that are in accordance with the draft master plan have been successfully incorporated into the final master plan. But how about those proposals that are against the draft master plan. In this paper, we chose three cases where citizen's proposals were made to alter partly the draft master plan. In the process of incorporating or rejecting the proposals, they were not only carefully evaluated against the draft master plan but also against such existing basic plans as the Policies for Improvement, Development or Conservation and the Municipal Basic Plan, which worked their binding force in various ways.