Scottsdale, Arizona
Population: 249,950
Type of Requirement: Zoning Ordinance
Contact Information
Physical Address:
Scottsdale Public Art
7380 East Second Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Main Contact:
Tanya Galin, Public Art Manager
Email Tanya | 480-874-4629
Victoria Sajadi, Public Art Manager
Kati Ballares, Director of Scottsdale Public Art
Program Summary
Cultural Improvement Program, Scottsdale, Arizona, Zoning Ordinance, Appendix B, Article VII, Sec. 7.1000-1017 (2024).
The Code establishes that Planned Block Developments (PBDs), as defined by the ordinance, within the Downtown area are subject to a mandatory public art requirement worth no less than 1% of the building valuation. The developer may alternatively make an in lieu payment of equivalent value to the Downtown Cultural Trust. The following projects are excluded from the requirement:
- Interior Tenant improvements; and
- Alteration of a building for which a Cultural Improvement Program contribution was previously made.
- Residential uses in a PBD overlay district that was rezoned before January 1, 2013.
- Dwellings, single-family and two-family.
- Properties zoned “special campus,” in which Cultural Improvement Program elements have been included in the development plan.
Cactus Mirage (2007). By Norie Sato. City of Scottsdale, AZ, Collection. Courtesy: Chris Loomis
Additional Resources
- Art in Private Development Checklist Stage 1 of 3
- Art in Private Development Checklist Stage 2 of 3
- Art in Private Development Checklist Stage 3 of 3
- Public Art Code
- Public Art Master Plan
- Art in Private Development Guidelines
- Percent for Art in Private Development Fact Sheets
- Art in Private Development Calculation of Building Valuation Applicant Worksheet
- Council Action Report – 07-10-2023