a. Construction and installation of public art shall comply with the requirements of all applicable building codes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.

b. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or abridge the jurisdiction of the officer, board or commission of the participating City department to supervise and control the expenditure of project funds other than the one and three quarters percent (1.75%) allocation for public art.

c. This ordinance shall not be applied retroactively to projects for which a public art allocation previously would not have been required, nor to those projects for which project funding has been approved by prior voter action but not yet appropriated or expended. Nor shall this ordinance be construed to allow for an increase in the total public art allocation for a project that is already underway or for which the public art allocation has already been established.

d. Ownership. All art acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired in the name of the City of Berkeley as part of the Public Art Collection and title shall vest in the City of Berkeley. (Ord. 7812-NS § 1, 2022)