18.030 De8nitions.

A. Artist. A practicing professional artist or group of artists skilled in the design and/or creative production of

aesthetic objects, with qualiHcations recognized by peers and/or evidenced through a record of exhibitions, public

commissions, sale of works and educational attainment.

B. Construction cost. The total construction cost of a development project as determined by the Community

Development Director from building permit application(s), or the total cost of the above-ground elements of a

park or public works project, except as speciHed in section 18.060. Construction cost is calculated using all relevant

building permit applications, including, but not limited to, all grading, building, plumbing, mechanical, site

improvement, parking lot, lighting, and electrical permit applications for a development projects, but excludes

costs solely attributable to interior tenant improvements.

C. Construction or reconstruction. The construction or the rehabilitation, renovation, remodeling or improvement

of a building, park, or other improvement subject to the requirements of this chapter

D. Private construction project. Any privately funded non-residential construction or reconstruction subject to the

requirements of this chapter.

E. Public art. Original works of art that meet the requirements of section 18.120, including, but not limited to,

sculpture, murals, photography and original works of graphic art, water features, neon, glass, mosaics, or any

combination of media. Public art may include furnishings or Hxtures, permanently aJxed to buildings or building

grounds, including but not limited to, works Hxed to or comprising gates, walls, railings, street lights walkways or

seating, so long as they are created by an artist and otherwise meet the requirements of section 18.120. Public art

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may also include architectural features of a building, and artistic or aesthetic elements of overall building

architecture or landscape design if created by an artist, so long as such features or elements otherwise meet the

requirements of section 18.120. Public art for purposes of this chapter excludes:

 1.   Objects that are mass- produced or not unique to a particular development project;

 2.   Decorative or functional elements or architectural details, unless designed by an artist and otherwise

meeting the requirements of section 18.120;

 3.   Landscape architecture and landscape gardening unless designed by the artist and otherwise meeting

the requirements of section 18.120;

 4.   Directional elements such as super graphics, signage, or color coding unless designed by an artist and an

 integral part of public art that otherwise meets the requirements of section 18.120;

 5.   Logos or expressions of corporate identity that do not otherwise satisfy the deHnition of public art in

accordance with this section and the requirements of section 18.120.

F. Public Art Committee. The committee established pursuant to section 18.180 to perform the duties required

pursuant to this chapter and any ordinance or resolution of the City Council pertaining to the city’s public art

program. The Public Art Committee is also referred to in this chapter as the Petaluma Public Art Committee or

PPAC.

G. Public art in-lieu fee. The fee required to be paid to the city pursuant to this chapter equal to one percent of

the construction cost as deHned in this section in lieu of providing public art for public or private construction as

otherwise required pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.

H. Public art cost. The cost of providing public art in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Such cost

may include, but is not limited to, the design, development, acquisition, execution and installation of public art,

and includes the cost of administering the city’s public art program, but shall not include maintenance costs.

I. Public art fund. The account established pursuant to section 18.190 containing public art in lieu fees collected

pursuant to this chapter and other contributions to the city’s public art program for use for the limited purposes

speciHed in section 18.190.

J. Public construction project. Any publicly-funded construction or reconstruction subject to the requirements of

this chapter.

K. Visual art professional. Any of the following: professional artist in any medium, art curators, art critics, art

historians, arts educators, architects or other design professionals with a visual arts background, and Hne arts

collectors.

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