Loading...
(a) A fee of $4.00 per hour per person shall be charged for enrollment in any art or photography class conducted by the Department of Cultural Affairs, except that the fee shall be $1.50 for physically disabled persons, and $3.00 for Senior Citizens and persons 17 years of age and younger. The General Manager is authorized to waive the fee in connection with any class conducted as part of a program funded by a State or Federal grant if a condition of the grant is that no fee be charged.
(b) An annual fee of $35.00 shall be charged for the privilege of using photographic equipment available at any established photo center or other Departmental facility, except that Senior Citizens and persons 17 years of age and younger shall be charged a fee of $25.00.
(c) The Department shall impose a fee, in connection with any of its programs, for providing supplies, materials and services for which no budgetary appropriation has been made. The charge shall be the cost to the Department of obtaining such supplies and materials and of providing such services.
(d) No fee shall be charged for admission to the Municipal Art Gallery. A fee of $12.00 per person shall be charged for admission to the Watts Towers and the Hollyhock House. A reduced fee of $6.00 shall be charged for Senior Citizens (62 years of age and older) and for persons 17 years of age or younger. However, when persons 17 years of age or younger are part of a group visitation sponsored by a school or accompanied by an adult, they shall not be charged for admission to the Watts Towers or the Hollyhock House.
(e) A fee of $100.00 shall be charged for the rental of a mobile sound stage for any period up to 4 hours. Thereafter a fee of $25.00 shall be charged for each additional hour or portion thereof. Such fee shall be waived when the use is sponsored by a Council District or the Mayor’s office.
(f) A fee of $10.00 per hour per person shall be charged for the use of any photography studio. A fee of $4.00 per hour per person shall be charged for the use of any photography darkroom. A fee of $4.00 per hour per person shall be charged for receiving photography instructions. A fee of $100.00 per person per day shall be charged for attending an all-day photography instruction seminar.
(g) A fee of $1.00 per person shall be charged for admission to any festival conducted within an enclosed facility.
(h) A fee of $20.00 annually shall be charged for an artist membership fee for use of the Cultural Affairs Department’s Slide Registry.
(i) The Department shall collect all rental and use fees for each theater that it manages. The Department shall establish rental and use fees for each of its managed theaters, and may adjust fees annually to reflect changes in labor rates.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 151,829, Eff. 2-16-79.
Amended by: Ord. No. 153,893, Eff. 6-30-80, Oper. 7-1-80; Ord. No. 160,602, Eff. 1-31-86; Ord. No. 164,210, Eff. 1-8-89, In Entirety, Ord. No. 169,141, Eff. 12-20-93; Subsec. (f), Ord. No. 170,211, Eff. 2-9-95; Subsecs. (a), (d), (f), (g), (h), Ord. No. 175,336, Eff. 8-12-03; Subsec. (d), Ord. No. 179,189, Eff. 10-29-07; Subsec. (d), Ord. No. 182,144, Eff. 7-6-12; Subsec. (i) added, Ord. No. 186,388, Eff. 12-9-19; Subsecs. (d) and (i), Ord. No. 188,452, Eff. 1-30-25.
1. If private facilities, services and community amenities for cultural and artistic purposes are provided in a proposed development project and such facilities, services and community amenities are to be privately owned and maintained by the future occupants or owners of the development project, then the facilities, services and community amenities may be credited against the requirement of the payment of an Arts Development Fee. However, the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department must first find that the subject facility, service or community amenity meets the following standards:
(a) that it may be used by the patrons, occupants and owners of the development project; and
(b) that it satisfies the cultural and artistic needs of the development project so as to reduce the need for public cultural and artistic facilities, services and community amenities to serve the patrons, occupants and owners of the development project.
2. Credits.
(a) Credits shall be granted dollar-for-dollar for any monies paid for the cost of cultural and artistic facilities, services or community amenities provided in accordance with Subsection 1. A written receipt for monies paid by the development project for such cultural and artistic facilities, services and community amenities shall constitute substantial evidence of the cost of the facility, service or community amenity. If a written receipt does not exist, then the Cultural Affairs Department may determine the cost of cultural and artistic facility, service or community amenity based on evidence of such cost submitted by the owners of the development project.
(b) Cultural and artistic facilities are defined as follows:
(i) Exhibit/Performance Space: Public gallery/exhibition space, public performance spaces, public artistic studio spaces, public arts education facilities.
(ii) Sculpture: Free standing, wall supported or suspended, kinetic, electronic or mechanical in material or combination of materials.
(iii) Murals or portable paintings: In any materials or variety of materials, with or without collage or the addition of non-traditional materials and means.
(iv) Earthworks, fireworks, neon, glass, mosaics, photographs, prints, calligraphy, any combination of forms of media, including sound, film, holographic, and video systems, hybrids of any media and new genres.
(v) Standardized fixtures such as grates, street lights, signage, and other design enhancements, as are rendered by an artist for unique or limited editions.
(vi) Similar facilities on culture and the arts as determined by the Cultural Affairs Department.
(c) Cultural and artistic services are defined as follows:
(i) Performing arts: Theatre, dance, music and performance art.
(ii) Literary arts: Poetry readings and story telling.
(iii) Media arts: Film and video, screenings and installations.
(iv) Education: Lectures, presentations and training in and about arts and culture.
(v) Special events: Parades, festivals and celebrations.
(vi) Similar services on culture and the arts as determined approved by the Cultural Affairs Department.
(d) Cultural and artistic community amenities as defined by the Cultural Affairs Department in guidelines promulgated for this purpose.
(e) The maximum amount of the credit shall not exceed the calculated Art Development Fee.
(f) The granting of credits shall also be subject to the following conditions:
(i) The private ownership and maintenance of the facilities, services and community amenities shall be adequately provided for by written agreement, and
(ii) The facilities, services and community amenities proposed are in substantial compliance with the General Plan, or an arts and cultural master plan developed by the Cultural Affairs Department, and
(iii) The owners of a development project shall guarantee the payment of the arts fee to the satisfaction of the Cultural Affairs Department.
(g) The following facilities, services and community amenities are ineligible costs for a credit provided herein:
(i) Directional elements such as supergraphics, signage, or color coding except where these elements are integral parts of the original work of art.
(ii) Art objects which are mass produced of standard design such as playground equipment, fountains or statuary objects.
(iii) Reproductions, by mechanical or other means, of original works of art, except in cases of film, video, photography, printmaking or other media arts.
(iv) Decorative, ornamental, or functional elements which are designed by the building architect as opposed to an artist commissioned for this design enhancement purpose.
(v) Landscape architecture and landscape gardening except where these elements are designed by the artist and/or are an integral part of the work of art by the artist.
(vi) Services or utilities necessary to operate or maintain the artwork over time.
3. Credits shall be granted dollar-for-dollar as defined in Subsection 2 for any development project subject to a cultural and artistic facility, service or community amenity requirement pursuant to a written agreement with the Community Redevelopment Agency or Rapid Transit District.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 164,245, Eff. 1-15-89.
Amended by: Subsecs. (a) and (f), Ord. No. 166,724, Eff. 4-8-91.
(a) Purposes.
(1) These regulations relating to Original Art Murals in the City of Los Angeles further the following purposes: (1) encouraging artistic expression; (2) fostering a sense of pride; (3) preventing vandalism at mural sites through the installation of murals that vandals are reluctant to disturb; and (4) preserving existing murals that are a valued part of the history of the City of Los Angeles.
(2) The City wishes to encourage the installation of murals and, at the same time, prevent the proliferation of off-site commercial signs. Therefore, the City’s mural regulations exclude commercial advertising on murals to prevent the installation of the equivalent of an off-site commercial sign on a mural. This restriction on commercial advertising is intended to work in tandem with and help preserve the citywide ban on off-site commercial signs set forth in Section 14.4.4 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. Both the ban and the exclusion of commercial advertising on murals are supported by the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 (1981). In Metromedia, the Supreme Court ruled that the only reasonable way that cities can stop the proliferation of off-site commercial signs is to ban them. The Supreme Court also ruled that cities can carve out exemptions to such a ban for noncommercial signs and on-site commercial signs.
(3) These mural regulations also promote public safety and welfare by regulating such displays in keeping with the following objectives:
(i) That the design, construction, installation, repair and maintenance of such displays will not interfere with traffic safety or otherwise endanger public safety.
(ii) That the regulations will provide reasonable protection to the visual environment by controlling the size, height, spacing and location of such displays.
(iii) That the public will enjoy the aesthetic benefits of being able to view such displays in numbers and sizes that are reasonably and appropriately regulated without having to endure visual blight and traffic safety impacts that would be caused by such displays that are not reasonably and appropriately regulated.
(iv) That consideration will be given to equalizing the opportunity for messages to be displayed.
(v) That adequacy of message opportunity will be available to sign users without dominating the visual appearance of the area.
(vi) That the regulations will conform to judicial decisions, thereby limiting further costly litigation and facilitating enforcement of these regulations.
(vii) To provide registration requirements and regulations for Original Art Murals as defined in Section 14.4.2 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
(b) Original Art Mural Registration.
(1) Authority. The Department of Cultural Affairs shall have the authority to determine that an application for an Original Art Mural or Vintage Original Art Mural meets all of the applicable registration requirements as established in the Mural Ordinance Administrative Rules.
(2) Administrative Rules. The Department of Cultural Affairs is authorized and directed to adopt Mural Ordinance Administrative Rules implementing this section.
(3) Neighborhood Involvement Requirement. The Mural Ordinance Administrative Rules to be adopted by the Department of Cultural Affairs shall include a neighborhood involvement requirement. Specifically, the rules shall include a requirement that an applicant for mural approval send notice of that application to the Neighborhood Council which has jurisdiction over the area of the City in which the proposed mural will be installed at least 45 days prior to the Department registering the mural. No mural shall be registered until the applicant certifies that the applicant has completed this neighborhood involvement requirement. This is a procedural requirement only, and the General Manager shall at all times retain sole authority to approve or deny an application for a mural based on the criteria in Section 22.119 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and any Mural Ordinance Administrative Rules promulgated by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Further, in no event will registration of a mural be granted or denied based upon the content of the mural.
(4) Covenant. In connection with the installation of a new Original Art Mural, the applicant shall be required to record a covenant with the Office of the County Recorder and the Department of Cultural Affairs. The covenant shall require that the mural comply at all times with all provisions of the Original Art Mural Regulations specified in Subsection (b) of this Section 22.119
. In addition, the covenant shall remain in force for as long as the mural exists.
(5) Change of Ownership. Upon a change of ownership of the property to which an Original Art Mural is affixed, a new owner may, at the owner’s election and without the need for permission from the Department of Cultural Affairs, de-register the mural with that department and terminate the covenant.
(c) Grandfathering of Vintage Original Art Murals. Any Vintage Original Art Mural installed prior to the effective date of this section, shall have legal nonconforming status and, notwithstanding any provision of this Section 22.119
to the contrary, not require registration under this Section 22.119
. But a Vintage Original Art Mural which has not gained legal nonconforming status through law other than this Section 22.119
cannot qualify for legal nonconforming status under this Section 22.119
if it consists or contains any of the following: electrical or mechanical components, or changing images (moving structural elements, flashing or sequential lights, lighting elements, or other automated methods that result in movement, the appearance of movement, or change of mural image or message, not including static illumination turned off and back on not more than once every 24 hours).
(d) Original Art Mural Regulations. An Original Art Mural that meets all of the following requirements will be allowed upon satisfaction of the applicable registration procedures:
(1) The mural shall remain in place, without alteration, for a minimum period of two years. “Alterations” include any change to a permitted mural, including, but not limited to, any change to the image(s), materials, colors or size of the permitted mural. “Alteration” does not include naturally occurring changes to the mural caused by exposure to the elements or the passage of time. Minor changes to the permitted mural that result from the maintenance or repair of the mural shall not constitute an “alteration”. Such minor changes may include slight an unintended deviations from the original image, colors, or materials that occur when the permitted mural is repaired due to the passage of time or as a result of vandalism. A mural may be removed within the first two years of the date of registration under the following circumstances:
(i) the property on which the mural is located is sold; or
(ii) the structure or property is substantially remodeled or altered in a way that precludes continuance of the mural; or
(iii) the property undergoes a change of use authorized by the Department of Building and Safety.
(iv) the owner of a mural may request per- mission from the Department of Cultural Affairs to remove a mural prior to the expiration of the two year period, which the Department may grant upon making a finding that the continued maintenance of the mural is not feasible and that the early removal of the mural is not in furtherance of off-site commercial advertising.
(2) No part of a mural shall exceed the height of the structure to which it is tiled, painted or affixed.
(3) No part of a mural shall extend more than six (6) inches from the plane of the wall upon which it is tiled, painted or affixed.
(4) No part of a mural shall exceed a height of 100 feet above grade.
(5) No mural may consist of, or contain, electrical or mechanical components, or changing images (moving structural elements, flashing or sequential lights, lighting elements, or other automated methods that result in movement, the appearance of movement, or change of mural image or message, not including static illumination turned off and back on not more than once every 24 hours).
(6) No mural, except for murals consisting completely of paint, shall be placed over the exterior surface of any building opening, including, but not limited to, windows, doors and vents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a mural consisting of paint or any other material permitted under this Section 22.119 may be placed on roll down security doors on a commercial or industrial building.
(7) No mural shall be placed on a lot that is improved with only one single-family residential structure and accessory structures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a mural may be placed on a lot that is developed with only one single-family residential structure and accessory structures if the lot is located within the boundaries of Council Districts 1, 9, 14 or 15, as defined by Los Angeles Ordinance No. 182,168. The mural regulations set forth in this Section 22.119 are permissive. Thus, murals are only allowed as authorized by this Section 22.119. Any murals that are not so authorized are prohibited.
(8) No mural shall be arranged and illuminated in a manner that will produce a light intensity of greater than three foot candles above ambient lighting, as measured at the property line of the nearest residentially zoned property.
(9) Digitally printed image murals shall receive approval of both the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Department of Building and Safety.
(e) Severability. If any part, sentence, phrase, clause, term, or word of this Section 22.119
is declared invalid or unconstitutional by a valid court judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, the declaration of such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the constitutionality or lawfulness of the remainder of this Administrative Code, the Los Angeles Municipal Code, or any other City regulation regulating signage, billboards, or Original Art Murals.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 182,706, Eff. 10-12-13.
Amended by: Subsecs. (d)(6) and (d)(7), Ord. No. 182,825, Eff. 1-27-14; Subsec. (d)(7), Ord. No. 185,059, Eff. 8-16-17.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 121,971.
Formerly Sec. 22.120, Municipal Arts Department.
Amended by: Ord. No. 153,893, Eff. 6-30-80, Oper. 7-1-80; Ord. No. 159,375, Eff. 10-25-84; Formerly Cultural Heritage Board, Ord. No. 159,605, Eff. 2-14-85.
Article and Section Repealed by Ord. No. 178,402, Eff. 4-2-07.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 121,971.
Formerly Sec. 22.125, Municipal Arts Department.
Amended by: Ord. No. 153,893, Eff. 6-30-80, Oper. 7-1-80; Ord. No. 159,375, Eff. 10-25-84; Formerly Cultural Heritage Board, Ord. No. 159,605, Eff. 2-14-85; Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00; In Entirety, Ord. No. 177,226, Eff. 2-13-06.
Repealed by Ord. No. 178,402, Eff. 4-2-07.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord.. No. 121,971.
Formerly Sec. 22.126, Municipal Arts Department.
Amended by: Ord. No. 153,893, Eff. 6-30-80, Oper. 7-1-80; Ord. No. 159,375, Eff. 10-25-84; Formerly Cultural Heritage Board, Ord. No. 159,605, Eff. 2-14-85.
Repealed by Ord. No. 178,402, Eff. 4-2-07.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 121,971.
Formerly Sec. 22.127, Municipal Arts Department.
Amended by: Ord. No. 153,893, Eff. 6-30-80, Oper. 7-1-80; Ord. No. 159,375, Eff. 10-25-84, Formerly Cultural Heritage Board, Ord. No. 159,605, Eff. 2-14-85.
Repealed by Ord. No. 178,402, Eff. 4-2-07.
Loading...