HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up from Law DeptARTICLE XVI. - ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
Sec. 62-654. - Purpose and intent.
(a) This article shall be known, cited, and referred to as the "Public Art Program."
(b) It is the intent and purpose of the public art program to promote the general welfare of the community
by uniting citizens through shared cultural and artistic experiences; to enhance the aesthetic diversity
of the city through art integrated in architecture, infrastructure, and landscape; to chronicle the city's
heritage through the collection and preservation of monuments, artifacts, objects, and documents; to
create a cultural legacy for future generations through the curation and exhibition of high quality art;
and to develop educational and cultural programs that will further the intent and purpose of the public
art program.
(c) The requirements found in this article are design standards based upon the aesthetic needs of the
city and its communities and are not intended to be either an impact fee or a tax.
(d) This article shall constitute a land development regulation of the city and any amendment shall be
subject to a review and recommendation of the planning, zoning appeals board ("PZAB") and the art
in public places board established below.
(e) All terms specified herein shall be as defined in the Miami 21 Code.
(Ord. No. 13657, § 2, 1-12-17)
Sec. 62-655. - Art in public places board.
(a)
Establishment. There is hereby established a board to be known as the city's art in public places
board ("AIPPB"). The AIPPB shall consist of nine voting members and two alternate members whose
membership, meetings, duties, and other responsibilities are described below.
(b) Appointments; qualifications.
(1) No appointment shall be made by the city commission to membership or alternate membership
on the AIPPB until the city clerk has given at least 30 days' notice of the vacancies on the city's
website and/or in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The city commission shall solicit
and encourage the members of the public and professional and citizen organizations within the
area having interest in and knowledge of the purpose and functions of the AIPPB to apply for
appointment. At least five days prior to the making of any appointment, the city clerk shall publicly
notice the list of names submitted and the names of candidates submitted by the city commission,
together with a short statement of the qualifications of each person, prepared and available for
public inspection and consideration. No person shall be appointed to the AIPPB whose name and
qualifications have not been made publicly available in the manner set out herein. In reaching a
decision on an appointment, the city commission shall give due consideration to the qualifications
of the candidates.
(2) Nomination and appointment. Each city commissioner shall appoint one board member, the
mayor shall appoint one member, and the city commission at -large shall appoint three at large
members and two alternate members subject to the criteria established herein. Appointees shall
be persons in a position to represent the public interest, and no person shall be appointed having
personal or private interests likely to conflict with the public interest. No person shall be appointed
who has any interest in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work, or service for the city
or is otherwise not qualified pursuant to the provisions of chapter 2 of this Code. Before making
any appointment, the city commission shall confirm that the person to be appointed has filed the
statement required by section 2-615 of this Code.
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(3) Terms of appointment. The terms of appointment shall be the latter of those terms provided in
section 2-885 of this Code.
(4) Qualifications. It is intended that members and alternate members of the AIPPB be persons of
knowledge, experience, mature judgment, and background; having ability and desire to act in the
public interest; and representing, insofar as may be possible, the various special professional
training, experience, and interests required to make informed and equitable decisions concerning
development of an artistic, culturally enriching, and visually diverse physical environment. To that
end, qualifications of members and alternate members shall be as follows:
a. All members shall have an interest and knowledge of the visual and performing arts and the
artistic development of the city.
b. Eight board members must be knowledgeable and have a bachelor's, masters, or doctorate
degree from an accredited university or college in fine arts, art education, museum curation,
architecture, art history, architectural history, urban planning, urban design, landscape
architecture, interior design, graphic or product design, music, real estate development,
construction management, or finance. Additionally, the following shall apply to the same
eight members:
1. Five members shall be chosen from the following fields: fine arts, art education, museum
curation, architecture, art history, architectural history, urban planning, urban design,
landscape architecture, interior design, and/or graphic or product design;
2. One member shall be a professional artist; and
3. Two members shall be from the following fields: finance, real estate development,
and/or construction management.
c. One member and two alternate members must have an interest in the visual and performing
arts. Neither of these members is required to have a bachelor's, masters, or doctorate
degree. One alternate member shall be a representative of Miami -Dade County Public
Schools. The superintendent of schools shall make a recommendation to the city
commission on the appointment of the alternate member.
(5) Vacancies.
a. Vacancies in the membership or alternate membership of the AIPPB shall be filled by the
city commission and mayor by appointment, in the manner set forth herein and for the
unexpired term of the member or alternate member affected. The city commission may
appoint an alternate member of the board to a vacancy as a full member of the board without
resorting to the procedural requirements of subsection (b)(1) so long as the alternate
member meets the qualifications of subsection (b)(4)c.
b. The executive secretary of the AIPPB shall notify the city clerk within ten days after a vacancy
occurs and the city clerk shall promptly transmit such information to the city commission for
nomination and appointment in accordance with subsection (b)(1).
(6) Removal.
a. Members and the alternate members of the AIPPB may be removed for cause by not less
than three affirmative votes of the city commission.
b. There is hereby established a point system. Each member, including alternate members, of
the AIPPB who arrive after the beginning of the first agenda item or leaves before the
termination of the last agenda item, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the AIPPB, shall
receive one point. Any member of the AIPPB who accumulates more than seven points in
one calendar year shall be brought to the attention of the city commission for its consideration
of removal of the member.
c. Notwithstanding subsection (b)(6)b. above, any member or alternate member of the AIPPB
who is absent, for whatever reason, from more than three or more meetings in one calendar
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(c) Functions, powers and duties. The AIPPB, with the assistance and recommendations of the planning
department, public art division, and all other city departments, as necessary, shall have the functions,
duties, and powers as follows:
(1) To recommend the public art program guidelines and amendments to the public art program
guidelines thereto to the city commission;
(2) To recommend the public art master plan and amendments to the public art master plan thereto
to the city commission;
To approve expenditures of the public art fund as proposed by the city manager or his/her
designee;
(4) To approve, approve with conditions, or deny proposed installations, dedications, or donations
of art, based on the public art program guidelines and the public art master plan; and
(5) To act on any other art in public places related matter as assigned by the city commission.
(6) Notwithstanding section 18-115, the AIPPB shall have the authority to accept donations of art in
excess of $25,000.00 in accordance with this article.
(d) Proceedings of the art in public places board ("AIPPB').
(1) Officers and voting. The AIPPB shall select a chairperson and a vice -chairperson for one-year
terms from among its members and may create and fill such other officers as it may determine.
The planning director or his/her designee shall attend all meetings of the AIPPB. The office of
hearing boards, or its successor, shall be the executive secretary of the AIPPB.
(2) Rules of procedure. The AIPPB shall establish rules of procedure necessary for its governing
and the conduct of its affairs, in keeping with the applicable provisions of state law, the City
Charter, the City Code, and all applicable resolutions. Such rules of procedure shall be available
in written form to persons appearing before the AIPPB and to the public upon request and should
be on file with the city clerk. For any quasi-judicial procedures, the provisions established in the
Miami 21 Code, the zoning ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("Miami 21
Code"), shall control.
Meetings. The AIPPB shall hold at least one regularly scheduled meeting each month, except
the month of August. Other meetings may be set by the AIPPB, and additional meetings may be
held at the call of the chairperson and at such other times as the AIPPB may determine. Meetings
that are not regularly scheduled shall not be held without at least ten days' written notice. If the
agenda for a regularly scheduled meeting does not contain any items which require action by the
AIPPB, the executive secretary for the AIPPB may cancel the meeting.
(4) Quorum; public records. A majority of the members who have been appointed shall constitute a
quorum. The office of hearing boards shall keep minutes of board proceedings, showing the vote
of each member or alternate member, if sitting for a member, or if absent or failing to vote under
subsection (d)(5) below, indicating such fact. It shall be the responsibility of the office of hearing
boards to handle all procedural activities for all public hearings held by the AIPPB, including the
preparation of detailed minutes and official records of such hearings. The official records of such
public hearings shall be filed with the city clerk.
Disqualification of members or alternate members. The AIPPB members shall comply with F.S.
ch. 112, the Miami -Dade County Code of Ethics, and the City Code.
(6) All city departments and employees shall, under the direction of the city manager, and upon
request and within a reasonable time, furnish to the public art division such available records or
information as may be required of the AIPPB. The city manager shall assign a member of the
public works department, planning and zoning department, capital improvement projects office,
parks and recreation department, and fire -rescue department, or their successors, to attend public
year shall be brought to the attention of the city commission for consideration of removal of
the member.
(3)
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(5)
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hearings of the AIPPB and to advise the AIPPB when necessary, and to furnish information,
reports, and recommendations upon request of the AIPPB.
(7) The city attorney, or his/her designee, shall act as counsel and provide legal services to the
AIPPB.
(8) The alternate members shall only vote in the event of a vacancy or absence of a regular member.
(Ord. No. 13657, § 2, 1-12-17)
Sec. 62-656. - City commission.
The city commission, in addition to its duties and obligations under the City Charter, the City Code,
and other applicable laws, shall have the following duties specifically in regard to the public art program:
(1) To appoint members to the AIPPB, as set forth in this article;
(2) To approve the public art program guidelines and amendments to the public art program
guidelines upon recommendation of the AIPPB;
(3) To approve the public art master plan and amendments to the public art master plan upon
recommendation of the AIPPB; and
(4) To hear appeals of decisions of the AIPPB related to installation, dedication, and donation of art.
(Ord. No. 13657, § 2, 1-12-17)
Sec. 62-657. - Conflicts of interest.
No member of the AIPPB shall have his/her work of art considered or approved by the AIPPB during
his/her term of service on the AIPPB or for one year thereafter.
(Ord. No. 13657, § 2, 1-12-17)
Sec. 62-658. - Selections of works of art.
The AIPPB shall establish procedures and criteria for the commissioning, selection, and acquisition of
art to be acquired using the resources available within the public art fund, and in accordance with the criteria
and standards set forth in the adopted public art master plan and the public art program guidelines. The
city manager, or his/her designee, may only acquire each piece of art upon affirmative vote of the majority
of the AIPPB. The city manager, or his/her designee, will negotiate appropriate contracts to acquire, insure,
and maintain the art using available resources within the public art fund and the contract will be executed
by the city manager subject to review and approval of the city attorney.
(1) Selection process. The AIPPB shall establish procedures for selecting art works to be purchased
from the resources of the city's public arts fund. Those procedures can include the following:
a. Open competition;
b. Limited competition;
c. Invitation;
d. Direct purchase;
e. Donation; or
f. Any combination of the above.
(2) Selection criteria. In the selection process, the AIPPB shall consider the following:
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a. Permanent and temporary works of art shall be located in areas where residents and visitors
live and congregate and shall be publicly accessible and/or visible from public property or
right-of-way (maximum visual accessibility to pedestrian or vehicular traffic);
b. Location in areas used by tourists, including the waterfront, parks, thoroughfares, and at
public or governmental facilities shall be preferred;
c. The inherently intrusive nature of public art on the lives of those frequenting a public place.
Artworks reflecting enduring artistic concepts, not transitory ones, should be sought;
d. The cultural and ethnic diversity of the city and South Florida without deviation from a
standard of excellence;
e. The appropriateness to the site, permanence of the work in light of environmental conditions
at the site, maintenance requirements, quality of the work, likelihood that the artist can
successfully complete the work within the available funding, diversity of works already
acquired by the city, and diversity of the artists whose work has been acquired by the city;
f. If the artwork too closely resembles a business logo or sign, has any commercial message
or purpose, contains adult content as defined in the Miami 21 Code, and should, therefore,
be rejected;
g. Any other criteria set forth in the public art program guidelines as amended from time to time;
h. Exhibition and sales history of the artist, as well as works of art in public collections and
previous public art purchases or commissions;
i. The maintenance and insurance expense of the art;
j. The public health, safety, and welfare:
k. The ability to safely secure the art against high wind, inclement weather, or other acts of
God; and
I. Whether the art may be reasonably maintained to last for a minimum life cycle of 25 years.
(Ord. No. 13657, § 2, 1-12-17)
Secs. 62-659, 62-660. - Reserved.
Sec. 62-661. - Creation of public art fund.
There is hereby created within the city a trust fund to be known as the City of Miami Public Art Fund.
This public art fund shall be maintained by the city and shall be used for the acquisition, installation,
improvement, maintenance, and insurance of art, arts education programming, grants, and administrative
costs of the public art program as follows:
(1) All monies received by the city pursuant to the requirements of the public art program or from
endowments, gifts, or donations to the city designated for public art shall be placed in the public
art fund. All monies within the public art fund shall be deposited, invested, expended, and
accounted for as follows:
a. All monies received shall be deposited into the public art fund and shall not be commingled
with non-public art related revenues of the city. All monies within the public art fund shall be
expended solely for the purpose and intent of the public art program. Any interest income
earned by the public art fund shall be expended or invested only for the purpose for which
the money was originally accepted, collected, or received.
b. The public art fund shall be used for expenses associated with the selection, commissioning,
acquisition, transportation, maintenance, repair, restoration, rehabilitation, appraisal,
removal, insurance of art, development of education programming, community outreach, or
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advocacy with an emphasis in the visual and performing arts, grants, and administrative
costs for the public art program. Once monies intended for the purpose of satisfying this
article are deposited into the public art fund, the monies from separate, different development
projects may be comingled. Monies within the public art fund can be dispersed, expended,
invested, or granted in accordance with this article.
c. Ten percent of the fees collected annually shall be allocated towards the restoration or
rehabilitation of either publicly or privately owned historic resources that are individually
designated or contributing structures within a locally designated historic district or towards
public improvements within a historic district as identified in the public art master plan. Fees
allocated but not expended within a fiscal year shall be rolled over to the next fiscal year and
allocated for the same purposes. Privately owned historic resources shall be allocated
monies from the public art fund through a grant application process as described in the public
art master plan. The public art division will review all grant applications in consultation with
the historic preservation office and the historic and environmental preservation board. The
public art division and the historic preservation office in consultation with the historic and
environmental preservation board shall have the discretion to recommend to the AIPPB for
final decision and expenditure of funds. Restoration or rehabilitation shall be in accordance
with chapter 23 and subject to the approval of a certificate of appropriateness by the historic
and environmental preservation board.
d. Five percent of the fees collected annually shall be allocated towards cultural, education,
community outreach, or advocacy purposes and may include social practice art, all designed
to promote the visual and performing arts such as but not limited to youth based
programming involving the city's arts and entertainment council, public academic institutions,
or non-profit organizations. Fees allocated but not expended within a fiscal year shall be
rolled over to the next fiscal year and allocated for the same purposes. The city's arts and
entertainment council, public academic institutions, or non-profit organizations shall be
allocated monies from the public art fund through a grant application process as described
in the public art master plan. The public art division will review all grant applications and shall
have the discretion to recommend approval or denial of grant applications to the AIPPB for
expenditure of funds in accordance with the program guidelines.
e. Fifteen percent of the fees collected annually shall be allocated towards operating and
administrative costs associated with the public art program, including but not limited to,
staffing, marketing, programming, training, and outside consulting. Training shall be directly
related to the implementation of this article and Article 11 of the Miami 21 Code. Fees
allocated but not expended within a fiscal year shall be rolled over to the next fiscal year and
allocated for the same purposes. The city manager or his/her designee shall have the
authority to allocate and expend funds in accordance with this subsection e.
f. Seventy percent of the fees collected annually shall be allocated towards the commissioning,
selection, acquisition, display, maintenance, repair, restoration, rehabilitation, insurance of
city -owned art, transportation, installation, removal, appraisal, collection, and exhibition of
high -quality art in accordance with the public art master plan and the public art program
guidelines. Fees allocated but not expended within a fiscal year shall be rolled over to the
next fiscal year and allocated for the same purposes. For all expenditures in excess of
$25,000.00 pursuant to this subsection f., the city manager or his/her designee shall be the
applicant to the AIPPB in accordance with this article.
If tangible property purchased with monies from the public art fund is subsequently sold, the
proceeds from the sale shall be returned to the public art fund.
(2) All funds shall be expended for public and municipal purposes in accordance with the terms of
this article and Article 11 of the Miami 21 Code.
g.
(Ord. No. 13657, § 2, 1-12-17)
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Sec. 62-662. - Ownership and maintenance of artwork placed on site.
(a)
Ownership of all art acquired by the city pursuant to the requirements of this article shall be vested in
the city, which shall retain title to each work of art.
(b) Ownership of all art donated to the city pursuant to the requirements of this article shall be donated
and titled to the city upon approval of the AIPPB.
(c) Stolen or illegally removed art, or art that is deemed destroyed by the public art division in consultation
with an independent art appraiser, must be either:
(1) Replaced by the property owner within 120 days. Replaced Art shall be reviewed and approved
by the AIPPB subject to the criteria set forth in this article, or
(2) The public art fee required under this article and the Miami 21 Code, based upon the current fee
schedule and the current fair market value of the building, structure or improvement for which the
art was required, as determined by an appraiser, must be paid within 30 days.
(Ord. No. 13657, § 2, 1-12-17)
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Sec. 2-892. - "Sunset" review of boards.
Commencing with the year 1995, each city board shall be reviewed in the following manner:
(1) By February 15 of the year in which a board is to be reviewed, the city manager shall deliver to
the city commission the report submitted by the chairperson of each board pursuant to section 2-
890 hereinabove, together with any recommendation or comments the city manager desires to
submit.
(2) During the month of March of each year in which a board is to be reviewed, the chairperson shall
make an oral presentation to the city commission. Said presentation shall be based on the report
set forth in section 2-890 above. At the conclusion of the oral presentation by the board's
chairperson, any individual commissioner may request the formation of a special purpose board,
(hereinafter referred to as the "SPB"), consisting of five members appointed by the city
commission. The SPB shall evaluate the chairperson's report, the city manager's
recommendations and any other information it deems relevant to determine whether the board
being reviewed shall continue in its present form. The SPB shall make a report to the full
commission within 90 days.
At the conclusion of this review process, the city commission shall determine whether to abolish,
continue, consolidate or modify the board for the ensuing four years thereafter. Nothing contained
herein shall be construed to authorize the abolition, consolidation or modification of any
multijurisdictional board.
(4) The following boards shall initially be reviewed in the following years and shall be reviewed every
four years thereafter:
a. 1995:
1. Bayfront Park management trust.
2. Citywide community development advisory board.
3. Civil service board.
4. Code enforcement boards.
5. Equal opportunity advisory board.
b. 1996:
1. Committee on ecology and beautification.
c. 1997:
1. Reserved.
2. Audit advisory committee.
3. Urban development review board.
4. Nuisance abatement board.
d. 1998:
1. Historical and environmental preservation board.
2. Miami sports and exhibition authority.
3. Waterfront advisory board.
4. Reserved.
5. Community relations board.
e. 1999:
1. Little Havana Special Events District.
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2. Commercial solid waste management advisory committee.
f. 2000:
1. Commission on the status of women.
2. Virginia Key Beach Park trust.
g. 2002:
1. Reserved.
2. City of Miami arts and entertainment council.
h. Reserved.
i. 2003:
1. Mayor's International Council.
j. Reserved.
k. Reserved.
I. 2010:
1. Overtown Advisory Board/Overtown Community Oversight Board.
2. Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust.
3. Education advisory board.
4. Planning, zoning, and appeals board.
m. 2011:
Parks and recreation advisory board.
n. Reserved.
o. 2013:
1. Housing and commercial loan committee.
p. 2016:
1. Stars of Calle Ocho Walk of Fame celebrity and community recognition advisory
committee.
q. 2019:
1. Senior citizens' advisory board.
(5) All boards created after the effective date of this division shall be placed in the appropriate area
under subsection (4) hereinabove, and shall be reviewed in accordance therewith.
(Ord. No. 11130, § 5, 3-24-94; Code 1980, § 2-436; Ord. No. 11722, § 3, 11-17-98; Ord. No.
11716, § 2, 10-27-98; Ord. No. 11710, § 2, 10-13-98; Ord. No. 11735, § 2, 12-8-98; Ord. No.
11742, § 2, 1-12-99; Ord. No. 11797, § 2, 5-11-99; Ord. No. 11800, § 2, 6-8-99; Ord. No. 11833,
§ 2, 9-21-99; Ord. No. 11849, § 2, 10-26-99; Ord. No. 11857, § 2, 11-16-99; Ord. No. 11982, §
2, 10-26-00; Ord. No. 11995, § 2, 11-16-00; Ord. No. 11998, § 3, 11-16-00; Ord. No. 12003, § 2,
12-14-00; Ord. No. 12077, § 2, 6-14-01; Ord. No. 12082, § 2, 7-10-01; Ord. No. 12086, § 2, 7-
10-01; Ord. No. 12177, § 2, 1-10-02; Ord. No. 12192, § 4, 3-7-02; Ord. No. 12227, § 1, 5-9-02;
Ord. No. 12234.1, § 2, 6-13-02; Ord. No. 12235, § 2, 6-13-02; Ord. No. 12356, § 2, 4-10-03;
Ord. No. 12386, § 2, 7-17-03; Ord. No. 12404, § 3, 9-11-03; Ord. No. 12408, § 2, 9-25-03; Ord.
No. 12564, § 1, 7-22-04; Ord. No. 12623, § 7, 12-9-04; Ord. No. 12698, § 1, 6-23-05; Ord. No.
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12748, § 2, 12-15-05; Ord. No. 12858, § 3, 10-12-06; Ord. No. 12859, § 3, 10-12-06; Ord. No.
12938, § 2, 8-1-07; Ord. No. 12967, § 4, 2-14-08; Ord. No. 12982, § 2, 4-10-08; Ord. No. 12994,
§ 2, 5-8-08; Ord. No. 13012, § 2, 7-24-08; Ord. No. 13030, § 2, 10-16-08; Ord. No. 13059, § 2,
3-12-09; Ord. No. 13066, § 3, 5-14-09; Ord. No. 13296, § 1, 12-15-11; Ord. No. 13322, § 1, 6-
14-12; Ord. No. 13376, § 2, 4-11-13; Ord. No. 13419, § 1, 12-12-13; Ord. No. 13476, § 3, 9-11-
14; Ord. No. 13497, § 2, 2-26-15; Ord. No. 13517, § 4, 5-14-15; Ord. No. 13534, § 2, 7-9-15)
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