Attention car owners! Vehicles not removed from Yilan Riverside Park during typhoon warning will be fined and towed away

Attention car owners! The Yilan County Government announced yesterday (16th) that the Central Meteorological Administration issued a maritime typhoon warning or heavy rain warning, and the warning area is Yilan County. Vehicles in the parking lot of Yilan Riverside Park who fail to move out within 4 hours after the issuance will be fined 1,200 to 6,000 yuan and have to be towed. If Typhoon Qiangpit is coming, people must remember to move their cars.

Yilan Riverside Park has basketball courts, football fields, and bicycle paths. There are also many people walking, jogging, and doing leisure sports. There are parking lots on both sides of the south and north banks under the Yilan Bridge to facilitate parking. But every time there are typhoons or heavy rains, the water level of the Yilan River rises, and the river spreads to the parking lot and becomes a vast ocean. There are always vehicles that are too late to be removed and are drowned, blocking the water flow.

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The County Government's Industry, Commerce and Tourism Office stated that seeing the river water slowly flooding up and many vehicles still not being removed from the parking lot, the County Government was more anxious than anyone else, worried about vehicle damage and property damage, but it often could not find the owner to move the vehicle. The vehicle was private property and could not be towed away without legal authorization. The only way to contact the owner was through the police, which was twice the result with half the effort.

In order to improve this situation, the county government specially formulated "Vehicle evacuation, control measures, towing and penalty regulations during the parking lot of Yilan Riverside Park in Yilan City, Yilan County during typhoons and heavy rain special warnings" and completed the announcement yesterday.

The announcement includes: 1. The Central Meteorological Administration issues a maritime typhoon warning or a heavy rain special warning, and the warning area is Yilan County. The parking lot of Yilan Riverside Park will be closed to vehicles only. Those who fail to move their vehicles out of the Riverside Park within 4 hours after the issuance will be fined from 1,200 yuan to 6,000 yuan for violating the Yilan County Park Management Autonomy Regulations. The same applies to vehicles parked at unmarked parking spaces at the entrance and exit of the embankment road in the parking lot during normal times and during special warnings of typhoons and heavy rains.

2. In order to avoid obstructing the water flow and causing public danger, the county government may tow and displace the unmoved vehicle in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Enforcement Law. The owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for any damage. 3. The parking lot is only for short-term parking of vehicles. Please leave a contact number when parking a vehicle. We are not responsible for the safekeeping of parked vehicles and property inside them.

The County Government's Industry and Tourism Office stated that this announcement can take compulsory measures against vehicles. It is to protect and reduce the risk of disasters to people's vehicles. It is the legal authority of the county government. The resulting towing costs will not be charged to the perpetrator or vehicle owner.