Funds for public artwork.

Charlotte City Code § 15-244

in effect

Sec. 15-244. - Funds for public artwork. (a) All allocations of funds for eligible projects shall include an amount equal to one percent of the projected construction costs at the time the project is included in the city's capital improvement program to be used for the selection, acquisition, commissioning and display of artwork. No allocation shall be made for eligible projects with an estimated expenditure of less than the threshold amount for which formal bidding procedures are required pursuant to G.S. 143-129. If the source of funding, applicable law governing any particular eligible project or the expenditure of such funds precludes art as a permissible expenditure, the amount of funds so restricted shall be excluded from the construction costs in determining the amount to be allocated as provided in this section. (b) The city's finance director shall establish a special fund designated the public art account into which funds appropriated as set out in subsection (a) of this section (the public art allocations) or derived from gifts or donations to the city for public art shall be deposited. For the budget year that the city council appropriates funding for the eligible project and that the eligible project is instituted, the public art allocations shall be deposited into the public art account in accordance with procedures established by the city's finance director. (c) Monies collected in the public art account shall be budgeted and expended in the same manner as other city revenues and used for projects commissioned pursuant to this article. Each disbursement from such account or from other appropriations for artwork shall be recommended by the public art commission and authorized in accordance with applicable law and accounting principles governing expenditures from the city's budget. Separate accounts shall be established whenever funds are required to be used at a designated capital improvement project. (d) From the effective date of this section, applications for capital improvement projects to granting authorities shall include amounts for artwork as specified in this section, insofar as permissible by the granting authority. (Ord. No. 2308, § 1(15-224), 5-27-2003)

Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH15OFMIPR_ARTIXPUARPR_S15-244FUPUARFetched: 10/27/2026