Record #: O2021-1109   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 3/24/2021 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 2-28 by modifying Sections 2-28-160 and 2-28-180 and adding new Section 2-28-200 to regulate decommissioning or removal of public art
Sponsors: Reilly, Brendan
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 28 Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Attachments: 1. O2021-1109.pdf
Related files: R2023-766
ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Chapter 2-28 ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and by inserting the language underscored, as follows: !

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

2-28-160 Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events - Powers and duties.

In addition to those conferred elsewhere in this Code or by other ordinance, the Department shall have the following powers and duties: j
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{Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(d) to determine the appropriate placement of artwork commissioned or purchased under the Public Art Program as well as artwork received a's a gift to the City, subject to the requirements of Section 2-28-200: j
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ines for Public Art Program projects, including determining
to establish selection guide whether any selection will be made by open competition, limited entry (invitational) or direct selection;
to maintain artwork in the Public Art Program collection in cooperation with the Department of Assets, Information, and Services, subject to the requirements of Section 2-28-200:

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(i) to solicit, receive, and review comments and recommendations regarding the selection of restoration and conservation projects and to make the final selection of the restoration and conservation projects that will receive Public Art Program funding, subject to the requirements of Section 2-28-200: j
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

2-28-180 Ownership of completed projects

Ownership of a completed physical Public Art Program project or the license to a completed digital Public Art Program project shall be conveyed to the City. T-he-Subiect to Section 2-28-200, the Department is authorized to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any such project or license. Any model (in any physical form or format) of a project submitted by an artist for a proposed or possible use in the pu...

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