Population: 37,061
Type of Requirement: Ordinance

Physical Address:
Arts in Public Places Committee
415 South Ivy Avenue, First Floor
Monrovia, CA 91016

Main Contact:
Sergio Jimenez, Monrovia City Council
Email Sergio | (626) 932-5550

Jhaila Brown, Planning Commission
Email Jhaila | (626) 932-5565

Art in Public Places Ordinance, Monrovia, California, Municipal Code, Title 15, Chapter 15.44 (2023).

The Code establishes that commercial, industrial, office, other non-residential, and residential development projects with five (5) or more dwelling units with a project cost greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) are subject to a mandatory public art requirement.

Projects may satisfy the requirement by donating public artwork to the city or installing a public artwork on private property. The value of the artwork shall be one percent (1%) of the project cost. If the value of the artwork is less than one percent (1%) of the project cost, then the difference shall be paid to the city and deposited in the Art in Public Places Fund. Maintenance and conservation of the artwork is the responsibility of the property owner.

Alternatively, developers may pay an in-lieu fee of one percent (1%) of the project cost to the Art in Public Places Fund.