Hi Denise,
Our City’s legal department and Planning and Zoning Department worked with our Arts and Culture Board to come up with a process for property owners to be able to paint a mural on their property. Basically, Planning and Zoning wanted to
be able to differentiate a mural from what would be considered signage so the mural would not have to comply with the sign ordinance. Legal wanted to avoid getting into a situation where the City was regulating speech or freedom of expression.
So the property owner must grant a wall easement to the City so that the wall is considered City property and so that the City’s Arts and Culture Board can “regulate” the content of the mural. The property owner must also agree to fund
the mural through a Funding Agreement. The mural must be a work of art and not include logos or established branding so that it’s not considered a sign.
I’ve attached our Commercial Mural Guidelines, a sample of the Mural Easement document, and a sample of the Funding Agreement document.
Hope that helps!
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Can you share a sample agreement between a art administrator/agency and private property owner to allow artists to paint a mural
on their property?
Thank you,
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