article_snippet: Residents in the city has been complaining to the local government over a lack of public restrooms, leading downtown alleys and side streets to become rank with the smell of urination.
article_snippet: Rude: Denver residents are complaining over a lack of public restrooms in the downtown area.
article_snippet: In addition to a lack of public restrooms, many business only open up many business bathrooms to paying customers.
article_snippet: Above, a stern sign outside one downtown business .
article_snippet: The issue is not only because of a lack of public restrooms, but also businesses who only open up their bathrooms to paying customers - going so far as to hang up stern signs like 'No pay.
article_snippet: In an op-ed for the Denver Post, retired journalist Dennis Ryerson cites suburbanization for the lack of free toilets.
article_snippet: But as new building codes required businesses to provide restrooms for workers, and more people began to move to the suburbs, the restrooms were closed.
article_snippet: : A Denver Public Works spokesman said the city is looking into solutions for the public restrooms issue .
article_snippet: Heather Burke of Denver Public Works says the city is aware of the public restrooms issue and is looking to rectify the public restrooms issue. '
article_snippet: It's definitely on the city's radar; we have a working group that's looking at different options for public restrooms,' Heather Burke of Denver Public Works told KDVR. '
article_snippet: However, the speed of addressing the public restrooms issue has Ryerson concerned. '
article_snippet: Other cities, from San Francisco to New York, Calgary to El Paso, Victoria, B.C., to Philadelphia, are beginning to address the public restrooms issue.
highlights_snippet: Many businesses in downtown Denver refuse to let anyone use Many businesses in downtown Denver bathrooms without paying for something .