Surprisingly, one year after the Snake Alley market reopened, some citizens filed a complaint with the Control Yuan arguing that the new structure the vendors had built was illegal: “ How can persons be permitted to occupy a 12-meter-wide roadway? The government … should tear down the obstruction in the name of fairness. ”
不料，華西街觀光夜市成立一年後，有民眾向監察院檢舉，那座由攤商自己花錢興建的棚架是個大違建，「12 公尺公共道路不是私有道路，豈能任人占用，侵害居民合法權益，政府… … 應拆除障礙物，以示公平。」