Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Ordinance is to prescribe matters necessary for establishing and operating a gallery for the persons with disabilities, etc. which provides them with the most suitable viewing environment in performance venues operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (hereinafter referred to as the "Seoul Government"), in order to substantially guarantee the right of access to persons with disabilities, etc. under Article 4 of the Act on the Guarantee of Convenience Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, Older Persons, Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers, Etc. <Amended by Ordinance No. 5894, May 14, 2015; Ordinance No. 6386, Jan. 5, 2017; Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>

Article 2 (Definition) The definitions of terms used in this Ordinance shall be as follows: <Amended by Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>
1. "Persons with disabilities, etc." means persons with disabilities, older persons, pregnant women, nursing mothers, etc. who experience inconvenience in traveling, using facilities, accessing information, etc. in their daily lives;
2. "Performance venue, etc." means the facilities managed and operated (including any entrusted operation) by the Seoul Government among those performance venues, assembly halls, convention centers and galleries under Article 7 of the Act on the Guarantee of Convenience Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, Older Persons, Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers, Etc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") and Article 3 of the Enforcement Decree of the said Act;
3. "Optimal gallery seat" means the gallery seats built at a place most suitable for viewing and easy for moving and escaping within each facility for viewing;
4. "Personnel concerned with a person with a disability" means the personnel who entered into a gallery with a person with disabilities in order to assist him/her.

Article 3 (Relationship to Other Statutes, Regulations, and Ordinances) Except as otherwise provided for in other statutes, regulations, or ordinances, this Ordinance shall apply to the establishment and operation of optimal gallery seats for persons with disabilities, etc. <Amended by Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>

Article 4 (Establishment of Optimal Gallery Seats) (1) In each performance venue, etc., at least 50% of the gallery seats prescribed in Article 8 of the Act and Article 4 of the Enforcement Decree of the Act shall be built with the optimal gallery seats. <Amended by Ordinance No. 5894, May 14, 2015; Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>
(2) The Mayor of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (hereinafter referred to as the "Mayor") shall reflect any plan for establishing optimal gallery seats for persons with disabilities, etc. when he/she deliberates the investment, loan, budget and design for the performance venue, etc. in which the Seoul Government's budget is invested. <Amended by Ordinance No. 5894, May 14, 2015; Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>

Article 4-2 (Management of Optimal Gallery Seats) An operator of a performance venue, etc. shall mark some of the gallery seats as optimal gallery seats for persons with disabilities, etc. for their convenient use thereof.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018]

Article 5 (Convenience Facilities) For the access of persons with disabilities etc. to and their convenient use of facilities, the convenience facilities provided for in the relevant statutes and regulations shall be built near the optimal gallery seats. <Amended by Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>

Article 6 (Gallery Seat for the Personnel Concerned with Persons with Disabilities, etc.) An operator of a performance venue, etc. or a person who is supervising the concerned event shall assign, near the optimal gallery seat for a person with disabilities, a gallery seat to be used by the personnel concerned with a person with disabilities.

Article 7 (Utilization of Optimal Gallery Seats) The Mayor shall devise measures, etc. to induce persons with disabilities, etc. to actively use the optimal gallery seats. <Amended by Ordinance No. 5894, May 14, 2015; Ordinance No. 6386, Jan. 5, 2017; Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>

Article 8 (Facilities Being Operated by Private Entities) For the facilities operated by private entities, the Mayor shall actively recommend to establish optimal gallery seats for persons with disabilities, etc. <Amended by Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>

Article 9 (Financial Support) Where a performance venue, etc. within the Mayor's jurisdiction desires to improve its facilities in accordance with the provisions under this Ordinance, he/she may fully or partially provide subsidies to cover the expenses. <Amended by Ordinance No. 5894, May 14, 2015>

ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Ordinance shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Existing Facilities)
Concerning performance venues, etc. being operated as at the enforcement date of this Ordinance, optimal gallery seats for persons with disabilities shall be established within two years after the date this Ordinance enters into force.
ADDENDUM <Ordinance No. 5894, May 14, 2015>
This Ordinance shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Ordinance No. 6386, Jan. 5, 2017>
This Ordinance shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Ordinance No. 6726, Jan. 4, 2018>
This Ordinance shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.