HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1245 - Art In Public PlacesOrdinance No. 1245
CITY OF PALM DESERT
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Approve Eight Ordinances Updating Various Municipal
Code Sections
SUBMITTED BY: David J. Erwin, City Attorney
DATE: September 13, 2012
CONTENTS: Technical Municipal Code Revisions
Staff from the various departments and the city attorney's office have done a
comprehensive review of the city's municipal code to identify technical, largely non -
substantive changes that (1) conform the code sections to current law; (2) conform the
code sections to current practice in the city; and (3) make the code sections internally
consistent.
The ordinance revision package on the agenda contains eight proposed ordinances, each
of which change multiple Municipal Code Sections. The eight ordinances contain
changes to code sections that deal generally with the following subject matters:
1.
City Offices
2.
Conduct of Council Meetings
3.
Property Maintenance Issues
4.
Peddling and Solicitation
5.
Art in Public Places
6.
Noise Control
7.
Civil Engineering
8.
Traffic Issues
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ORDINANCE NO. 1245
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS
4.10.070, 4.10.080 AND 4.10.120 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA DEALING WITH PLACEMENT
OF ARTWORK
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1.
That Section 4.10.070 of the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4.10.070 Application procedures for placement of artwork on private
property.
A. Preliminary sketches, photographs, or other documentation of sufficient
descriptive clarity to indicate the nature of the proposed artwork, the resume of the artist
as well as evidence of previous work and efforts of the artist "
SECTION 2.
That Section 4.10.080 of the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4.10.080 Approval for placement of artwork on private property.
A. Completed applications shall be submitted to the public art department for
review and approval of the artwork.
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B. The public art department shall review the completed application and
make a recommendation to the ^i„in a146 ^OMMitteeArt in Public Places Commission
concerning the proposed artwork and its proposed location, considering the aesthetic
quality and harmony with the proposed project, and the public accessibility to the
artwork, including any recommended conditions of approval.
C. The a146 GeMMi#oo Art in Public Places Commission shall consider
the recommendations of the public art department in its review and approval of the
proposed project.
D. If the applicant proposed or the planning commission or city council
recommends significant revisions to the architecture or physical design and layout of the
proposed project subsequent to receipt of the ciViG a46 c9ffwA;TteeArt in Public Places
Commission's approval, the application shall be returned to the public art department for
further review and recommendation concerning the revised proposal prior to resubmittal
to the planning commission for final review and approval.
€E. The decision of the ^iyin aFtG ^^mmittee Art in Public Places Commission
is subject to a fifteen -day review period by the city council, then becomes final. During
this fifteen -day review period any person may appeal a GiViG aFtS nOmmittee Art in
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Public Places Commission decision to the city council, who shall conduct a hearing
thereon. The decision of the city council shall be final."
SECTION 3.
That Section 4.10.120 of the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California be and
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the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4.10.120. Artwork on public property.
A. The public art department shall prepare and submit to the ^iviG ate
GGMMi in Public Places Commission an annual plan for the Art in Public Places
Program.
B. The public art department may recommend to the ^i„i^ a14S nOmmittee Art
in Public Places Commission the purchase of artwork to be displayed on public
property, which recommendation the Gem ire Commission may submit to the city
council. A recommendation shall include the type of artwork considered, an analysis of
the constraints applicable to placement of the artwork on a site, the need for a
practicality of the maintenance of the artwork, and the costs of acquisition and
installation of the artwork."
SECTION 4.
The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, California, is hereby directed to publish
this ordinance in the Desert Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, published and
circulated in the City of Palm Desert, California, and shall be in full force and effective
thirty (30) days after its adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council this day
of , 2012, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
BOB SPIEGEL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, City Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California
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