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Fort Myers committee debates mandatory developer art fee, seeks legal review
Summary
Committee members pressed for a path to require or otherwise secure developer contributions for public art, citing ordinances from other Florida cities and urging a legal review before drafting ordinance language for city council.
Members of the Fort Myers Public Art Committee spent substantial time at the Jan. 14 workshop discussing whether the city can require private developers to contribute to a public‑art fund.
Jane (committee member) summarized outreach to other Florida cities and said several — including Homestead, Tampa, Delray Beach and West Palm Beach — have mandatory developer participation programs for public art. "Homestead has offered to work with us, share their information with us," Jane said, and she urged the committee…
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