Population: 34,484
Type of Requirement: Ordinance

Physical Address:
Community Services Planning Division
455 N. Rexford Drive
Room 280-A, 2nd Floor (Adjacent to City Council Chambers)
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Main Contact:
Brandy Scott, Arts & Culture Associate
Email Brandy 310-288-2265

Fine Art Ordinance, Beverly Hills, California, Municipal Ordinance, Title III, Chapter 1, Article 8 (2015).

The Code establishes that all construction, reconstruction, or expansion projects of commercial, industrial, or mixed use buildings are subject to a mandatory public art requirement. Projects may satisfy the requirement by providing a work of art in an area on public or private property that is easily accessible and clearly visible to the general public. If located on private property, the area must be open to the general public during normal business hours and clearly visible from adjacent public property such as a street or other public thoroughfare or sidewalk. Upon request, the artwork can be placed in a city-owned property, and would be assumed as a gift by the city with an additional, agreed-upon endowment for maintenance and installment costs.

Where the total construction cost is between five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) and one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), the value shall be equal to or greater than one percent (1%) of the total construction cost. Where the total construction costs are greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), the value shall be equal to or greater than one percent (1%) of the first one million dollars plus one and a half percent (1.5%) of the amount in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). Alternatively, developers may pay an in-lieu fee to the City’s Fine Art Program, the value of which shall be ninety percent (90%) of the value required by the foregoing fee structure.

In-lieu fees collected by the Fine art fund will be used for the following in connection with fine art: planning, acquisition (including appraisal fees), installation, improvement, maintenance (including professional services required to maintain the integrity of the public art collection), and promotional activities in connection to fine art.