23.60.110 REMOVAL OR ALTERATION OF ARTWORK.

(a) Public art installed on or integrated into a construction project pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be removed or altered without the approval of the City Council. If such public art is knowingly removed or altered without prior approval from the public art department, the occupancy permit for the project may be revoked by the City Council upon due notice and an opportunity to be heard. The City may in addition pursue any other available civil or criminal remedies or penalties.

(b) If any artwork provided on a development project pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is knowingly removed by the property owner without the approval of the community development department, the property owner shall contribute funds equal to the development project's original public art requirement to the City's Art in Public Places Fund, or replace the removed artwork with one which is of comparable value and approved of by the Civic Arts Committee. If this requirement is not met, the occupancy permit for the project may be revoked.