Denver Business Journal — True to its word, Denver Public Works is impounding the electric scooters that have created a minor controversy in the city.
Denver officials —one wearing a vest emblazoned with the words "Denver Special Police" — were spotted Thursday confiscating a Bird scooter at 17th Avenue and North Broadway. DPW issued a statement Friday stating it had ordered the companies to remove them from public right of ways. Today the agency confirmed it is confiscating the scooters if they are left unattended on sidewalks or other public areas.
"Last Friday, we provided the companies notice that they are violation of an existing ordinance, which states it is unlawful to utilize any street, alley, sidewalk, parkway or other public place for the storage of goods, wares or merchandise," said Nancy Kuhn, director of DPW's Public Information Office. "Denver Public Works also gave the companies an Order for Immediate Removal of their scooters from the public right of way in Denver. The city is removing scooters left unattended in the public right of way to the extent its resources allow."
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