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PUBLIC PLACES — City-owned parks and buildings with high visibility and/or heavy pedestrian traffic that are open to the public. Beach access easements are considered public places under this chapter. WORK OF ART—Any work of visual art that is an integral part of a structure, attached to a structure or detached from the structure or outside of it. "Work of aArt" may also include artist-made or -designed building parts, including but not limited to benches, or other components that are structural or functional elements of a building, structure, park or other facility. "Work of aArt" may also include an area or space specifically designed, constructed and managed as a display area for other works of art. This definition does not apply to the Art in Public Places Ordinance. WORKS OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES — Intangible creations by artists exhibiting the highest quality of skill and aesthetic principles to be executed on an appropriate scale, and for general public access in public places and to give diversion to public environment including, but not limited to, painting, sculptures, stained glass, statutes, engravings, carvings,frescoes,mobiles,fountains, monuments,murals,collages,tapestries,photographs, bas-reliefs, designs and drawings, and architecturally designed public spaces and functional elements, either as integral parts or of a larger project or as a separate entity. § 104-3. - Works of Art in Public Places Program and Fund established. A. Program and fund. (1) The City of Sunny Isles Beach hereby creates a Works of Art in Public Places Program "Public Art Program" and Work of Art in Public Places Fund "Public Art Fund" which fund shall be established by a separate account set up by the City to receive monies appropriated for the Works of Art in Public Places Program as described herein and shall consist of the following: (a) 1'/2%of the construction costs of new governmental buildings,provided that no funds may be appropriated for this purpose from the ad valorem tax operations fund. However, with regard to funding of the Public Art Fund retroactively for such municipal projects that were not funded at the time of construction since 2005,the City may be permitted,on a one-time basis,to utilize surplus funds to satisfy this obligation. All appropriations of City funding for future municipal construction projects shall include an appropriation of funds to the Public Art Fund. The amount appropriated to the Public Art Fund shall not be less than 1'/2 percent of the construction cost of the City construction project. The appropriation to the fund shall be made at the time of the award of the construction contract for said City construction project. For City requested changes in scope requiring additional appropriations in excess of $200,000.00 in the aggregate, at the time of appropriation of monies for the subject changes in scope, the applicable funding allocation shall be transferred to the Public Art Fund. Unexpended monies in this fund may be used for wWorks of aArt at existing public properties and facilities as deemed appropriate by the City Commission and program administrative costs, including but not limited to research and evaluation pertaining to 02019 Amend Chapter 104 Art in Public Places 3 of 11 Words added underlined,words stc-ielten deleted