(A) Public art plan required. When required, the applicant shall submit a public art plan for review by the Art in Public Places Board. The Administrator may require the submission of additional plans, drawings, specifications, samples and other materials if deemed necessary to properly evaluate the proposal. The public art plan shall include the following:
(1) Site plan showing location of art;
(2) Elevations and/or renderings of the project including public art component;
(3) Written description of proposed type of public art;
(4) Project schedule, including project and public art installation schedule;
(5) Representations of the artwork (i.e., drawings, pictures of similar works by the artist);
(6) Estimated public art budget, for purposes of determining the amount of performance bond; and
(7) A written description of the maintenance plan.
(B) Final review. Within 30 days of submittal of the public art plan, the AIPPB shall review the public art plan at a regularly scheduled public hearing and shall make a determination of approval, approval with conditions or modifications, or denial, based on the requirements in subsection (C) of this section. The Design Review Board shall not have purview over any aspect of the public art within the project.
(C) Criteria for review of public art plan. Prior to approving a public art plan, the AIPPB shall find that the public art plan meets all of the following criteria.
(1) Compatibility with the site. Works of art shall be contextual to the site, and be compatible in style, scale, material, form and content with their surroundings, and should enhance the relationships between the natural and human-made features of the site.
(2) Location. The public art shall be viewable from public spaces, and shall be accessible to the public.
(3) Compatible with the architecture. Works of art that are decorative, ornamental or functional elements of the architecture shall be contextual to the architectural design of the building(s).
(4) Scale. The scale of the artwork shall be commensurate with the scale of the development or redevelopment project.
(5) Public safety. Public art shall not create safety issues.
(6) Permanence. Public art that requires expensive or continual maintenance is discouraged. Public art shall be resistant to theft and vandalism.
(D) Appeals. AIPPB decisions may be appealed in accordance with the provisions in § 12-3-3, “Appeals”, of this title.
(Ord. 8(2008) § 4)