Population: 79,774
Type of Requirement: Ordinance

Physical Address:
City Hall
955 School Street
PO Box 660

Main Contact:
Katrina Gregory, Recreation Manager – Recreation & Public Art
Email Katrina | 707.257.9958

Jullie Eppich, Chair of Public Art Steering Committee
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John W. Hannaford, Vice Chair of Public Art Steering Committee
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Public Art, Napa, California, Municipal Code, Title 15, Chapter 15.108 (2019).
The Code establishes that any project involving the construction of any new commercial building (including office and retail uses), industrial or light industrial uses, or any mixed use building, the construction of new tenant improvements in any shell building, an addition to an existing building, or the rehabilitation, renovation, remodeling or improvement of an existing building, and having a construction cost of $250,000.00 or more is subject to a mandatory public art requirement.
Exceptions to the requirement include:
Repair or reconstruction of structures which have been damaged by fire, flood, wind, earthquake or other calamity;
Historic preservation or restoration;
Seismic retrofit or flood protection projects work items;
Fire sprinkler installation work items as defined by this code;
Any alteration, maintenance or repair of an existing structure, or equipment, that does not result in an addition (i.e. does not result in an extension, expansion or increase in the floor area or height of the existing structure). Notwithstanding this exclusion, construction of new tenant improvements in any shell building shall be within the definition of “development project”; and
Solar (photo voltaic) system applications.

Projects may satisfy the requirement by installing art in a public place on-site or in a public place nearby with a value equal to at least one percent (1%) of the construction cost or by installing public art with a value less than the required value and contributing the balance to the city. Maintenance and conservation of the artwork will be the responsibility of the site owner.

Alternatively, developers may pay a contribution to the city equal to one percent (1%) of the construction cost. Projects which provide a significant benefit to the public where the required fee would exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) may request that their fee be capped at five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), if the developer submits evidence and documentation that payment in excess of that would be prohibitively expensive for project delivery.