Ordinances and Regulations

Welfare town development means a society where all people, including people with disabilities and the elderly, can interact with each other, live with peace of mind in the area where they live, and freely participate in various activities on their own will. It is to make it.

For more than 20 years, Yokohama City has been promoting “fostering the spirit of welfare” through the “Welfare Culture Creation Promotion Project” and “improvement of the urban environment” based on the “Welfare Urban Environment Creation Promotion Guidelines”. Based on these results, we enforced "town development regulations of Yokohama-shi welfare" in April, 1997.
In addition, in 2012, based on "law about promotion of facilitation such as movement of elderly person, person with a disability (barrier-free law)", "the regulations about building which elderly person, person with a disability can use smoothly" We revised all "town development regulations of Yokohama-shi welfare" for the purpose of integrating with "building barrier-free regulations" and took effect on January 1, 2014.

In Yokohama-shi, based on this "town development regulations of Yokohama-shi welfare", citizen, company, city cooperate and push forward town development in cooperation.

It is necessary to have a community where each and every citizen can understand, interact, and support each other in their daily lives.

• We deepen understanding about town development of welfare and push forward town development of welfare positively.
• We will promote the development of welfare towns in cooperation with each other.
• We cooperate with approach about welfare town development that city performs based on the regulations.

Businesses play an extremely important role in promoting welfare town development because they are the owners and managers of the facilities and are the main constituents of the town development business.

• We deepen understanding about town development of welfare and push forward town development of welfare positively.
• We cooperate with approach about welfare town development that city performs based on the regulations.
• Facilities that are owned and managed will be developed so that anyone, including people with disabilities and the elderly, can use them.

The city plays a leading role in promoting welfare town development, and from a comprehensive perspective, each of the citizens and businesses will fulfill their roles sufficiently and work together to cooperate with each other.

• In order to achieve the goals of welfare town development, we will establish a comprehensive business and work systematically.
• About activity about town development of welfare of citizen, company, we respect the spontaneity and support as needed including offer of information and enhancement of education.
• Facilities to be owned and managed will be maintained so that everyone, including people with disabilities and the elderly, can use them.

Town development regulations of Yokohama-shi welfare (outside site) (collection of Yokohama-shi regulations)

Town development regulations enforcement regulations of Yokohama-shi welfare (outside site) (collection of Yokohama-shi regulations)