A District Council Member Registered His Son's Car for Free Parking to Avoid the Vehicle 5-Day Rotation System

Used parking lot 408 times... 2.4 million won benefit
"Registered during 5-day rotation system... will be reclaimed"

A member of the Michuhol District Council in Incheon registered his son's vehicle, who works at the same district office, as eligible for free parking to avoid the vehicle restriction system, and is now under audit.

The son of Clinic A in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, parked his car at the Michuhol-gu Office.
[Photo by a Michuhol-gu resident]

According to Michuhol District on the 29th, in 2019, Councilor A requested that his son's vehicle, who works as a security officer at the Michuhol District Council, be included as eligible for free parking. At that time, with the vehicle restriction system in place, it became difficult to enter and exit the district office daily with only his own vehicle, which was already eligible for free parking, so he reportedly registered his son's vehicle as well.

Subsequently, both Councilor A's vehicle and his son B's vehicle were included as eligible for free parking.

The management regulations for the Michuhol District Office's attached parking lot allow the district office chief to exempt parking fees for vehicles deemed necessary, including those owned by council members. While council members are exempt from parking fees, employees and security officers are not. Employees and security officers must pay 6,000 KRW per day for parking. Therefore, B's vehicle cannot be exempt from parking fees.

Mitchuhol District Office building.
Photo by Yonhap News

After receiving a complaint, Michuhol District investigated the parking records from December 2021, when the parking system changed, until mid-this month, and found that B's vehicle used the district office parking lot free of charge 408 times during this period, receiving approximately 2.4 million KRW in fee benefits. However, the number of times the vehicle was parked before 2021 has not yet been identified, so the parking fees to be recovered from Councilor A are expected to increase.

Michuhol District plans to thoroughly review parking records since 2019 and recover the parking fees exempted for B's vehicle. A Michuhol District official stated, "After identifying B's parking usage records, we will also consider disciplinary actions."

In response, Councilor A explained, "At that time, there were complaints that council members were not properly following the vehicle restriction system, so to use the parking lot smoothly, I inquired with the council and registered my son's vehicle together. I simply forgot that two vehicles were registered, and I will pay all the exempted parking fees."

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