Preparation of application documents regarding change of use for residential lodging facilities and deferment of enforcement fines

Procedure

Procedure

1. 01

   1. Check the building register, the permit application date and the district unit plan — Use the building register to confirm that the use is a residential lodging facility within lodging facilities and that the first building permit application (including an application for building committee deliberation) was made on or before October 16, 2024. In a district unit planning zone, a change of use must also conform to the district unit plan, so check whether officetels are a permitted use. Sales contracts for residential lodging facilities must include a confirmation of the duty to report a lodging business and that residential use is allowed only after a change of use, so review the contract documents as well.

2. 02

   2. Review officetel construction standards and parking — In an officetel, the boundary walls between units must be fire-resistant and meet the prescribed wall thickness or provide sound insulation of 45 dB or more, and on the 16th floor and above the walking distance to a direct staircase must be 40 meters or less. For a residential lodging facility whose first building permit was applied for on or before October 16, 2024, the dedicated officetel entrance and the exclusive area calculation standard may be disapplied, and this fact is entered in the building register. Additional attached parking must be secured for the difference between the number of parking spaces required before and after the change, based on the standards at the time of the change.

3. 03

   3. Resolution of the management body and consent of unit owners — If reinforcement work changes common areas such as corridors or stairs, a resolution of the management body meeting by at least two-thirds of unit owners and at least two-thirds of voting rights is required. If a change to common areas specially affects the rights of a particular unit owner, that owner's consent is also required. Prepare the meeting notice, minutes and resolution together with the report documents.

4. 04

   4. Fire safety pre-confirmation, recognition and building committee deliberation (corridor exception) — If the corridor width standard is not met, first apply to the city, county or district for pre-confirmation, which notifies the pre-confirmation result within 20 days. Then apply to the competent fire station chief for fire safety recognition; the performance-based design evaluation panel reviews fire and evacuation simulation results and other materials within 30 days, and if supplementation is decided, a supplementation period of up to 21 days is given. After recognition by the fire station chief, apply for deliberation by the local building committee, whose result is notified in writing within 7 days.

5. 05

   5. Use change report and use approval — Submit the building, major repair and use change report with the floor plan after the change and drawings showing fire resistance, fire protection, evacuation and building equipment to the Mayor, county head or district head. If the corridor exception applies, also submit the fire safety review result and the main results of the building committee deliberation, and the city, county or district inspects whether construction followed the design documents. If the total floor area of the changed part is 100 square meters or more, the use approval procedure applies, but use approval is not required if the area is under 500 square meters and no major repair work is involved.

Filing route

Filing route

Deadlines & processing notes

Deadlines & processing notes

Fees & official charges

Fees & official charges

Included in the basic fee — Initial document review, required-document guidance, basic form preparation, one filing support and responses to up to two supplement requests.

Conditional success fee — For this service, any conditional success fee may be separately agreed within the lawful service scope and stated in a written engagement agreement. No outcome is guaranteed.

Displayed amounts are starting estimates, not statutory or standard rates. The final fee is confirmed after consultation and document review in the engagement agreement. Government fees and actual expenses may change.

Basic documents

Basic documents

A residential lodging facility in a district unit planning zone must also conform to the district unit plan when its use is changed, so if the plan does not permit officetels, an amendment of the district unit plan is needed before the use change report. If the building committee deliberation after fire safety recognition changes the location or structure of key facilities such as direct staircases or fire compartments, the fire safety recognition procedure must be repeated, so finalize the reinforcement design before the deliberation.