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Council amends code to remove public-art commission references, sets staff criteria for art as design offset
Summary
The City Council on July 22 approved amendments to Chapter 7 of the Unified Development Code to remove references to the disbanded Public Art Commission and to set staff criteria for considering public art as a design benefit.
Colorado Springs City Council on July 22 approved an ordinance amending Chapter 7 of the Unified Development Code to remove references to the dissolved Public Art Commission and to add criteria city staff will use when reviewing requests to use public art as an offset to certain nonresidential design requirements.
The changes follow the council’s earlier decision to disband the Public Art Commission and transfer oversight of public-art policy to the mayor’s administration. The adopted ordinance strikes references to the Public Art Master Plan and the commission in sections of the code that address community amenities and…
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