The Analytical Research on the Allowable construction Area for the Settlement of Food and Beverage facilities in Agricultural Land in Taipei City

Abstract
The Settlement of food and Beverage facilities are set up due to needs of peasants for running recreational activities. It mainly combines the original activities in operation and spaces being taken up. It enables tourists to experience and recognize cultures in the agricultural through rural- styled dinning. However, peasants have reflected that due to restrictions of the land use laws and agricultural recreation policies, construction of catering facilities is only limited to legal recreational farms in accordance with the law. Regular agricultural estates have no traceable laws and rules in area allotment, therefore, peasants’ wish to transform from agricultural estates to recreational agricultural developments are restricted.

From the demand and use angle, in order to perpetuate the development of agriculture, effectively manage agricultural lands and solve the problem of existing catering facilities not permitted by law, it is necessary for agricultural estates to be alleviated from the related laws on lands that were supposedly used for agricultural purposes depending on different situations. Building zone allowance need to be amended so that agricultural estates, land use, and building developments won’t be out of control from self-construction.

This research aims to discuss construction of catering facilities on agricultural estates and its building zone allowance. The scope of this research will be on the agricultural operational units with catering facilities in Taipei. Construction laws and restrictions are discussed here. In addition, use and demand can be attained through case condition study. In accordance with the estimated area allotment theories of catering facilities, we get a catering facility construction area reading. The result will be provided for supervising units for future evaluation of land use restriction systems and serves as reference for amendments of catering facility building area.

Restrictions on agricultural estate use and catering facility laws are discussed. Based on land use, restrictive rules and guidance management of recreational farms in Taipei, after discussion, we have found out that the construction of catering facilities is not allowed if qualifications of recreational farm application are not met, and the application of land has not reached the size of area stated by law, or application of land and buildings are involved in violation with other laws. Furthermore, even with the alleviation of restrictions, it does not regulate catering facility size and business items; management control still cannot be executed. As a result, in the case where construction of catering facilities is not permitted by law, the items of ‘catering service, food service” can be added to the agricultural estate use. Together, with modified recreational agricultural guidance management and related catering facility construction laws, catering facilities will be constructed in accordance with law.

On the other hand, in the discussion of constructing catering facility building zone allowance, the study subjects are concentrated on 14 individual operators of tea plantations in the Wen-shan district of Taipei city. Through on –site questionnaire interviews and records, we have found out that catering facilities are not only used for providing cater services, they also provide for consumer use of those who go there to engage in other recreational activities. In accordance with the aforementioned characteristics, we have estimated that with a single daily maximum visits of a tea plantation, it requires at least 187 square meters of catering facility area. In addition, with a single daily optimum number of visitors, at least 148.5 square meters of catering facility area is required. These criteria must be met in order to have the basic use requirement of catering facilities.

Key words:
Agricultural Land;
The Settlement of Food and Beverage facilities;
Allowable construction Area