18.030 Definitions.

A. Artist. A practicing professional artist or group of artists skilled in the design and/or creative production of aesthetic objects, with qualifications 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 specified 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 fixtures, permanently affixed to buildings or building grounds, including but not limited to, works fixed 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

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

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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 definition 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 defined 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 specified 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 fine arts collectors.

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

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