Municipal Code Amendments – Art Requirement

Ordinance repealing and replacing SMC Chapter 19.51 Public Art Program and adding Chapter 3.45 Public Art Fund to the Sonoma Municipal Code requires public works projects and new construction, remodeling, repair or reconstruction of commercial and/or multi-family (five units or more) development projects with a building permit valuation of more than $250,000 install art equal to one percent of the project’s total valuation, or pay an in-lieu fee equal to that amount. It also establishes a Public Art Fund, the annual City allocation of one quarter of one percent of the City's general fund expenditure budget, capped at $25,000 per year, unless waived by the Council.