mural ordinance workshop at city hall, 01.10.12
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On Tuesday 01.10.12 at 1 PM in City Hall, Code Studies staff conducted a workshop and public hearing for the Mural Ordinance discussion draft. Here is the presentation. Please submit comments to [email protected] by 02.08.12. Thanks.TRANSCRIPT
O v e r v i e w
understanding the current mural prohibition
recent direction from City Council to preserve existing murals and permit new murals
details of the mural ordinance discussion draft
next steps to adopt a mural ordinance
your input
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…is this a mural?
…is this a mural?
…is this a mural?
sign any whole or part of a display board, wall, screen or object, used to
announce, declare, demonstrate, display or otherwise present a message and attract the attention of the public.
mural sign a sign that is painted on or applied to and made integral with a wall, the
written message of which does not exceed three percent of the total area of the sign.
wall sign any sign attached to, painted on or erected against the wall of a building or
structure, with the exposed face of the sign in a plane approximately parallel to the plane of the wall.
LAMC SEC 14.4.2
C u r r e n t C o d e D e f i n i t i o n s
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Are murals banned in LA?
YES (sadly) … and … NO (kind of)
currently, murals may be permitted: -on city property
-on county, state, or federal property
-on private property pursuant to a legally adopted specific plan,
supplemental use district, or development agreement
LAMC SEC 14.4.4 B. 10
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W h a t ? ! W h y ? !
-pre-1986 – murals not mentioned in LA Municipal Code
- 1986 – murals first mentioned in sign ordinance, exempted
- 2002 – general ban on murals, creation of “sign districts”
- 2007 – most recent mural approved on private property
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W h a t n o w ?
Direction from the City Council on Oct. 19, 2011:
preserve & protect existing murals vintage mural permit
enable creation of new murals original art mural permit
report back on costs & funding for a public art program
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W h a t n o w ?
Direction from the City Council on Oct. 19, 2011:
preserve & protect existing murals vintage mural permit
enable creation of new murals original art mural permit
report back on costs & funding for a public art program
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THE MURAL ORDINANCE
Te r m s content-neutral
the City cannot control content, at all
time / place / manner duration, placement, location, material, historic protections, etc.
administrative permit no discretion
original art mural new approach to define murals in LA
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Permit Considerations 1st Amendment
implementation
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preserving existing murals
V i n t a g e
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existing mural stock city, extra-jurisdictional, & private property
murals created before ban “grandfathered” but not clear in code
vintage mural permit how to establish date created:
copyright, historic news clippings, records/receipts, other?
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permitting new
murals
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purpose administrative permit to allow “original art murals”
with no regulations on content in a simple, accessible way
possible definition of mural a hand-produced work of visual art,
which is tiled or painted by hand directly upon or affixed directly to
an exterior wall of a building
O r i g i n a l A r t M u r a l s
O r i g i n a l A r t M u r a l s a time/place/manner timeline
• mural to remain in place for 5 years
• building owner cannot receive compensation
• no mechanical parts or changing images
• may not exceed height of structure
• may not protrude more than 6” from wall
• historic & design overlay protections
• neighborhood involvement process
• administrative application & small fee
proposed time/place/manner regulations
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benefits -encourage murals citywide (“let art happen”)
-separates art murals from signs -potentially simple and cheap to administer
-time/place/manner, administrative approach -no regulations on content
issues
-training & implementation -assessing public sentiment
-new legal approach
O r i g i n a l A r t M u r a l s
Process
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DCP Public Participation Policy
release draft
ordinance
day 1 day 60
end of comment
period
day 90
CPC hearing
day 76
release finalized,
signed staff
recommendation report
conduct workshops /
staff hearing
between day 1 & day 60
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Dec.7 Jan.10 Feb.8 TBD TBD
Four critiques …
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1. fee
2. media restrictions
3. duration requirement
4. VARA/CAPA
Questions? Comments?
T h a n k Y o u
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Tanner Blackman
City of Los Angeles | Department of City Planning Code Studies | Office of Zoning Administration
[email protected] | 213.978.1195
*NOTE: all images used in this presentation are either City resources or publicly available on the internet. Citation information for each image is available upon request.