Population: 884,363
Type of Requirement: Ordinance

Physical Address:
City of San Francisco
Arts Commission
401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325
San Francisco, CA 94102

Main Contact:
Manraj Dhaliwal, Commission Secretary
Email Manraj| (415) 252-2255

Artworks, Options to Meet Public Art Fee Requirement, Recognition of Architect and Artists, and Requirements, San Francisco, California, Planning Code, Article 4, Section 429 (2024).

The Code establishes that the following projects are subject to a mandatory public art requirement:

• Construction of a new building or addition of floor area in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet to an existing building in a C-3 District, except for 100% Affordable Housing Projects;
• All non-residential projects that involve construction of a new building or addition of floor area in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet and that have submitted their first complete Development Application on or after January 1, 2013 on the following parcels:

1. All parcels in RH-DTR, TB-DTR, SB-DTR, UMU, WMUG, WMUO and SALI Districts;
2. Properties zoned MUG, CMUO, or MUO or MUR and that are north of Division/Duboce/13th Streets; and
3. All parcels zoned C-2 except for those on Blocks 4991 and 7295.

Residential development projects may satisfy the requirement by installing on-site public art with a value of at least one percent (1%) of the construction cost or by installing on-site public art with a value less than one percent (1%) of the construction cost and contributing the balance to the Public Artwork Trust Fund. Alternatively, developers may contribute an in-lieu fee of one percent (1%) of construction cost to the Public Artwork Trust Fund.

Non-residential development projects may satisfy the requirement by installing on-site public art. Where the project has public open space at least fifteen hundred (1,500) but less than three thousand (3,000) square feet, the value shall be at least one percent (1%) of the construction costs, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00). Where the project has public open space at least three thousand (3,000) square feet, the value shall be one percent (1%) of the construction cost, not to exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($750,000.00).