Sec. 165. 

Hereafter no work of art shall become the property of the City of Los Angeles by purchase, gift or otherwise, unless such work of art or the design of the same, together with a statement of the proposed location of such work of art, shall first have been submitted to and approved by the Board of Municipal Arts Commissioners by a majority vote thereof; nor shall any work of art, until so approved, be erected or placed in or upon, or allowed to extend over or upon any municipal building, street, avenue, park or other public place or ground belonging to or under the control of the City of Los Angeles. The said board may, when it deems proper, also require a complete model of the proposed work of art to be submitted to such board. The term “work of art” as used in this article shall apply to and include all paintings, mural decorations, inscriptions, stained glass, statues, bas-reliefs and other sculptures, monuments, fountains, arches, gates, and other structures of a permanent character intended for ornament or commemoration. No existing work of art belonging to or in the possession of the City shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way without the like approval of the board. The design of no public building, bridge, approach, fence, retaining wall, lamp, lamp post, or other similar structure proposed to be erected by or under the authority of the City upon any land or in any place belonging to or under control of the City shall be adopted by any board or officer having charge, superintendence or control of the design or construction thereof, unless such design shall have been first submitted to and approved by the Board of Municipal Arts Commissioners by a majority vote thereof. No arch, bridge, structure or approach belonging to any private individual or corporation shall be permitted to extend over, into or upon any street, avenue, highway, park or other public place belonging to or under the control of the City of Los Angeles, unless the design and location thereof shall have first been approved by the said board as hereinbefore provided.  (Amended, 1967.)