GENERALLY

Denver Revised Municipal Code ch. 49, art. XIV, div. 1

in effect

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 49-461 Authority.

Sec. 49-461. - Authority. The manager of transportation and infrastructure is authorized to permit the occupancy of the public right-of-way outside of the roadway for vehicle parking, for bus shelters and advertising kiosks and for nonpermanent placement of privately-owned street furniture, according to the provisions described in this article. The manager of transportation and infrastructure is further authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as may be required to implement this article and to assign to a designated representative the responsibility for administering this article. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate a rule or regulation adopted by the manager pursuant to this section. Street furniture is defined as any appurtenance placed on the public right-of-way outside of the roadway, excluding any object below ground, any building and any object attached to or part of a building. (Code 1950, § 331A.1; Ord. No. 466-01, § 2, 6-4-01; Ord. No. 516-15, § 26, 8-17-15; Ord. No. 39-20, § 138, 2-3-20)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 49-462 Indemnity.

Sec. 49-462. - Indemnity. The holder of any permit issued under the terms of this article shall always release and indemnify, defend and save harmless the city, its officers, agents and employees from and against any and all claims, actions, causes of action, demands, judgments, costs, expenses and all damages of every kind and nature incurred by or inuring to any person whatsoever predicated upon injury to or death of any person, or loss of or damage to property, public or private, or whatever ownership, or damage to business, provided such injury, death, loss or damage shall arise out of or be connected directly or indirectly with the exercise of any right or privilege granted by such permit. (Code 1950, § 331A.3)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 49-463 Insurance requirements.

Sec. 49-463. - Insurance requirements. (a) No permit shall be issued or remain in effect unless the permittee, at the permittee's own cost and expense and without cost to the city, shall procure and maintain in force, and on file with the traffic engineering division, sufficient evidence of a general liability policy covering bodily injury, including death, in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for any one (1) person and one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) coverage for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident. (b) Such insurance coverage constitutes a minimum requirement and shall in no way be deemed to limit or lessen the liability of the permittee under the terms of such permit. (c) An endorsement shall be included on the required policy, providing for thirty (30) days' notice to the traffic engineering division in the event of any material change or cancellation. (Code 1950, § 331A.4; Ord. No. 505-00, § 4, 6-26-00)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 49-464 Violations; removal.

Sec. 49-464. - Violations; removal. (a) Any person accepting a permit for occupancy of the public right-of-way shall agree to observe the conditions and limitations of this article. Any violation of the rules and regulations of the manager of transportation and infrastructure or of the conditions and limitations of this article is a violation hereof. (b) Placing an item of street furniture on the public right-of-way without a permit, or maintaining same on the public right-of-way following revocation of a permit is unlawful. The owner of or a person placing or maintaining an item of street furniture unlawfully on the public right-of-way shall remove same upon proper notification. (c) The manager of transportation and infrastructure is authorized to remove at the cost of the owner or person placing the same, any item of street furniture placed in violation of any provision contained in this article, which cost may be recovered by an action in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the imposition or collection of such cost shall not be deemed in lieu or instead of any fine or penalty which may be imposed for a violation of any of the provisions hereof but shall be in addition thereto. (Code 1950, § 331A.2; Ord. No. 39-20, § 139, 2-3-20)

Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH49STSIOTPUWA_ARTXIVTEOCPURI-W_DIV1GEFetched: 10/27/2026