The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the establishment
of guidelines, procedures, and standards for the integration of public
art into new development projects.
(Ord. 1613 § 2, 2020)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
are defined as follows:
“Construction costs”
means the total value of a development project’s hard
construction costs as estimated and certified by the city’s
building division as part of the standard building permit review process.
“Development project”
means any new nonresidential building construction, and/or
the rehabilitation, renovation, remodeling, or improvement of an existing
nonresidential building.
“Nonprofit agency”
means a corporation organized under Internal Revenue Code
Section 501(c)(3), in good standing with the California Department
of Corporations and in compliance with all federal, state, and local
licensing, reporting, and tax requirements.
“Public art in-lieu contribution”
means an amount paid to the city of South San Francisco pursuant
to this chapter, not less than one-half of one percent of construction
costs.
“Public art project”
means the cost for the development, acquisition, and installation
of the public art required by this chapter. It shall include the costs
for the administration of this public art program.
“Visual art professional”
means any of the following: professional artist in any medium,
curator, art critic, art historian, arts educator, architect, or other
design professional with a visual or arts background or fine arts
collector.
(Ord. 1613 § 2, 2020)
Any person subject to the requirements of this chapter may elect
to make a public art contribution payment in an amount not less than
one-half of one percent of construction costs into the public art
fund, in lieu of acquisition and installation of public art on the
development project site. The in-lieu contribution payment must be
made prior to the issuance of a building permit.
(Ord. 1613 § 2, 2020)