Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code 3.
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/a5dcd1dc-4117-40b3-b3da-74a56919e14b ↗
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3.   Those elements generally considered to be            purchase, acquisition, or commission of new public
         conventional components of a landscape               art, or major restorations, and an operations and
         architectural design including, but not limited      maintenance account. Authorized expenditures
         to, plant materials, pools, paths, benches,          include, but are not limited to, associated site
         receptacles, fixtures, and planters except as        installation costs, such as lighting and landscaping,
         allowed by (G) and (H) in the list of included art   and costs associated with the commission,
         work above.                                          engineering, contract administration, unveiling, and
    4.   Art objects which are mass produced or of a          dedication activities. Also authorized are
         standard design, such as playground sculpture        expenditures associated with preservation,
         or fountains, except pieces of historical            conservation, and repair of existing public art.
         significance to the city.                            Capital funds may come from any source, including
    5.   Directional or other functional elements, such       the sale of general obligation bonds. The City’s
         as supergraphics, signage, color coding, and         capital improvement program shall contain an
         maps, except where sculptural pieces are used        annual appropriation for the Public Art Fund
         to define gateways in the city.                      calculated in accordance with Subsection 20.4.2.
    6.   Electrical, water, or mechanical service for         Funds for the operation and maintenance account
         activation of the work.                              may come from any source except bonds.
    7.   Exhibitions and educational programs related
         to the work.                                         20.4.2 City-funded projects
    8.   Performing arts.                                     A percentage of the City's Capital Improvement
    9.   Art that displays slogans, logos, mascots, or        Program (CIP) shall be calculated and appropriated
         commercial advertising.                              annually to the Portland Public Art Fund. The
C. The public art collection shall include art                annual appropriation shall be .5% of the total annual
    objects that are owned by the City of Portland            CIP. Nothing contained herein shall preclude
    which are permanently installed in public,                funding the acquisition of art for municipal property
    accessible locations. Permanent public art must           in other ways.
    be located in a public place with public visibility
    and impact, and shall have a permanence at                20.5 ADMINISTRATION
    least comparable to associated capital projects.          20.5.1 Public Art Committee responsibilities
                                                              The City Public Art Program shall be administered
20.4 FUNDING                                                  by the Public Art Committee whose members shall
20.4.1 Establishment of Public Art Fund                       be appointed by the City Council, and shall have the
The City shall establish a special revenue fund               following responsibilities:
designated as the Public Art Fund in the City                 A. Develop an annual art plan for Portland which
treasury from which expenditures may be made in                   shall be presented to the City Council for
accordance with this ordinance. The Public Art                    approval.
Fund shall contain a capital account to fund                  B. Establish such guidelines as are necessary to
permanent public improvements in the form of the                  carry out the purpose of this article. The 20-2 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
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