§ 2.34.015 — Definitions

2.34.015 - Definitions.

As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in this Section have the meanings ascribed to them herein as follows: "Administrative Cost" means all costs associated with the operations of the Art Commission, including those costs incurred in connection with artistic programs and projects and the selection, acquisition, installation and exhibition of, and publicity about, City-owned works of art. "Arts Fund" means the fund designated in Subsection (A) of Section 2.34.130. "Capital Improvements" means any City capital project including, but not limited to, those paid for wholly or in part by the City to construct, remodel, renovate, or repair any building, park, street, sidewalk, parking facility or utility or any portion thereof within the limits of the City boundaries. "Municipal Arts Fund" means the fund described in Section 2.34.180. "Municipal Arts Plan" means an annual plan approved by the City Council for works of art and other artistic programs and projects in the City. "Percent for the Arts" means a program whereby a percentage of the City's annual capital improvements budget is appropriated by the City Council to the Municipal Arts Fund. Works of Art. (1) "Works of Art" means: (a) Two or three dimensional art that may be integrated into the structure of a public works project, building, landscape, other fixture or element, in any material or media or combination thereof; (b) Two or three dimensional art of any material or media or combination thereof; (c) Enhancements to public works projects, buildings, landscapes or any standardized fixtures and elements that are designed by an artist or by a design team which includes an artist member; and (d) New genres including video, electronic and digital art, holography, video and additional technologically based forms as they evolve. (2) For the purposes of this Section the term "works of art" does not mean: (a) Commercially mass produced objects of standard designs, except where these elements are integral parts of an original artwork; (b) Reproductions, by mechanical or other means, of original works of art, except in cases of film, video, photography, printmaking or other media arts; (c) Directional elements such as supergraphics, signage or color coding, except where these elements are integral parts of an artwork; (d) Decorative, ornamental or functional elements which are not designed by an artist; and (e) Landscape architecture and landscape gardening, except where these elements are designed by an artist or are an integral part of an artwork, or are both designed by an artist and an integral part of an artwork.

(Ord. 5654 § 1, 2003)