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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1977-004-O-77CJ • • 1/7/77, 1/18/77 4-0-77 AN ORDINANCE Amending Sections 2-176 through 2-178 Of the Municipal Code Relating To The Powers and Responsibilities Of the Art Commission •. BE IT ORDAI14ED BY THE CITY COU14CIL OF THE C-UTY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, I,LLINOIS: SECTION 1: That Sections 2-176 through 2-17131 of the Code of the City of Evanston, 1957 as amended, be and are hereby further amended to read as follows: "2-176 - Powers and Responsibilities. Whenever a work of art is proposed to be erected or placed in, over, upon or allowed to extend in, over, or upon any .street, alley, avenue, square, common, boulevard, park, grounds used for public purposes, municipal building, school building, or other public build= ing or public place under the control• of the City or any department or officer thereof, a design of such work of art or a mold thereof shall be submitted together with -a statement of zt!-e'proposed loca- tion of such work of art to the art commission fa:r review. The term 'work of art' as used in this context shall be deemed to include all paintings, murals, stained glass, statues, bas rE.liefs, sculptures, monuments, ornaments, fountains, arches, ornamental gateways, or other structures of a permanent character intended for ornament or commemoration. The commission, upon receipt of - uch a submission shall review such proposal and deliver a report of its findings to the City Council giving due consideration to the aesthetics of the work and the location thereof in keeping with ttie general health, 4-0-.77 safety.and welfare. Any proposed removal, relocation, or altera- tion of a work of art presently in the possessiaa, of the.City or in any parks, boulevards, public grounds, school buildings, or school` grounds shall be submitted to the art commission for review and subsequent recommendation to the City Council. The commission shall act in the same capacity, in respect to designs of buildings, bridges, approaches, gates„ fences, or other structures erected or to be erected upon and belonging to and occupied by the City or a part of any of the parks, public grounds or boulevards under the jurisdiction of the City and in respect of the lines, grades, and plotting.of the public ways and grounds,.and in respect of the. arches, bridges; structures, and approaches which are the property of any corporation or private individual and which is over any public land or dedicated right-of-way of the City. The conimission may offer advice and suggestions to otrners of private property in relation to beautification thereof and any person who may be about to erect any building or improvement- may submit designs thereof to the commission for advice and 'suggestion. The art commis- sion may receive complaints and suggestions of citizens or voluntary associations whose objects are as set forth above and may report with comment upon such complaint or suggestion to the City Council. The commission shall record its proceedings and make an annual report thereof in writing to the Mayor. 2-177 -Failure of commission to make decisions. Except as provided in Section 2-178 of this. Code,, if the art commission shall fail to submit its report upon any matter submit- ted for its consideration within sixty (60) days of such submission its findings and recommendations shall be deemed unnecessary. -2- • • 4-0-77 Sec. 27178 - Removal or relocation of existing works of art. In case the removal or 'relocation of any existing work of art or other matter that under the provisions of Section 2-176 of this Code would be within the purview of the art commission, shall be deemed necessary by those in power to cause such removal or.re- location, the commission shall within forty-eight hours after notice, give recommendation regarding such removal or relocation, and in case of its failure so to act within forty-eight hours after the receipt of such notice, its findings and recommendations shall be deemed unnecessary." SECTION 2: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. Introduced 'February 7, 1977 Adopted February 14, 1977 Approved February 1l- /s/ Eegar Vanneman, Jr Mayor ATTEST: /s/.Maurice F. Brown City Clerk Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Siegel Corporation Counsel , 1977 -3-