The town of Ann Arbor has confiscated nearly two dozen Bird scooters for violating a city ordinance, said one official.

The scooters are stored in a public works facility and the technology company was invited to pick them up.

Scooters were "incorrectly" parked on bike lanes, city streets or sidewalks, said Lisa Wondrash, an Ann Arbor spokeswoman. Wondrash said that the very essence of the scooters was in contravention of a city ordinance that motorized vehicles can not be used on sidewalks or impede the public right of way.

According to the order, It is illegal to drive a bird scooter on the sidewalk or bike path, but vehicles can be mounted on the road closest to the right border. Scooters also can not be parked on roads, sidewalks or bike lanes and must be clear of driveways, ramps and standpipes, said Wondrash.

From where the collection of nearly two dozen scooters, which were quickly stored in a locked trailer, The Twitter user @jhritz has discovered.

So where can do you park a bird?

"It's a question that Bird Scooter has to answer," said Wondrash.

Oiseau's website still mentions Ann Arbor as one of the cities where scooters can be located, but residents have asked social media to question their recent absence from the city.

Ann Arbor is late to the scooter brigade without a dock.

Several other cities have had to deal with the after-effects after Bird throws scooters into their streets.

San Francisco recently licensed two small scooter companies, Scoot and Skip, instead of Bird and Lime, both of whom have leaders with links to course-sharing applications, Uber and Lyft. Both companies dropped their scooters on the sidewalks without authorization, eventually making them enter according to The Verge.

Could Bird face a similar destiny to Ann Arbor?

Unlikely: The city is currently in talks with Bird about a licensing agreement, said Wondrash.

Despite Ann Arbor's scorn for scooters parked pretty much anywhere on public property, scooters seem to be much appreciated in Detroit, but perhaps because Bird has warned the city before.

Mark de la Vergne, head of mobility innovation in Detroit, told the Free Press in August that the reception had been "extremely positive".

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