3.1.3. Applicable Building Codes

In the 1890s, the Longhouse Construction Rules were established across many parts of Japan and, on their basis, the Taipei Housing Construction Rules (25 November 1896), applicable to Japanese people living in Taiwan, were enforced. On 29 April 1897, the Government-General of Taiwan organized the Taipei Urban Renewal Committee as a body that reviewed urban renewal and sanitation works [17]. The Taipei Urban Renewal Committee enacted the Taiwanese House Construction Rules in August 1900, which had been used until 1936, when the Taiwanese City Planning Law was announced [17]. While it had some differences in terms of dimensions from Japan's Longhouse Construction Rules, other construction regulation items, including building lines, fire protection, and sanitation works, were almost the same [27].
