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Page 4 of 7 profits. • Residential projects of less than 20 units. flood, etc. • Below-market- rate housing units. one million dollars in building code valuation. Summary of Proposed Draft Ordinance and Resolution Based on the background research and considerations outlined above, staff has developed a draft ordinance (Attachment 1) that would establish a public art contribution requirement for development. The ordinance would generally require larger residential and commercial projects to install public art, with an allowance for payment of a fee in lieu of providing the art. A separate resolution (Exhibit B) would adopt the accompanying in-lieu fee as part of the Master Fee Schedule. Development Projects Subject to Public Art Contribution:(13.20.030.A) The following classes of projects would be subject to the Public Art Contribution requirement: • All new non-residential development, including expansions, equal to or greater than 5,000 sq. ft • All new residential development projects in excess of 20 residential units, exclusive of accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units • Non-residential building alterations equal to or greater than 5,000 sq. ft. • A project, other than a single-family home, or otherwise exempted project, involving the alteration of an existing structure or structures where the value of the construction would exceed $1,000,000. Development Projects Not Subject to Public Art Contribution (13.20.030.B) The following classes of projects would be exempt from the Public Art Contribution requirement, generally small projects, and community-serving projects for which the additional burden of a public art requirement is less appropriate: • Single-family residences • Projects with 20 or fewer residential units • Tenant improvement projects • Affordable housing projects • Child Care Facilities as defined in PMC 17.38.020 • Buildings and facilities used exclusively by nonprofit agencies and institutions exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide social services to the general public • Buildings and facilities used exclusively for religious purposes as defined in the California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 207 • Underground public works projects • Street or sidewalk repairs • Tree planting or median landscaping • Remodeling, repair, or reconstruction of a structure damaged by fire, flooding, wind, Page 165 of 864