Population: 51,020
Type of Requirement: Ordinance

Physical Address:
Community Development Department
Cerritos City Hall, 2nd floor
18125 Bloomfield Avenue
Cerritos, CA 90703

Main Contact:
Sabrina Chan, Community Development Director
Email Planning Department | (562) 916-1201

Art in Public Places Program, Cerritos, California, Municipal Code, Title 22, Chapter 22.94 (2004).

The Code establishes that all new development projects, including parking structures, residential developments of four (4) units or more, and commercial and industrial development projects with a building valuation or valuations exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in the aggregate, shall be subject to the mandatory public art requirement.

The public art requirement may be satisfied by paying one percent (1%) of total project valuation of the development project excluding land acquisition and off-site improvement costs, not to exceed four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), for an art fee; donate approved art work which shall have a minimum value of one percent (1%) of the value of the proposed project development, not to exceed four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), in lieu of the fee; place on the property on which the development project is located, approved art work which shall have a minimum value of one percent (1%) of the value of the proposed project development, not to exceed four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), in lieu of the fee; or a combination of these options subject to the approval of the city council.