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A Resolution of the City Commission approving the University of Miami’s 2025 Campus Art Master Plan report in accordance with the requirements of the Art in Public Places Ordinance, Zoning Code Article 9 (Cultural Development Board recommendation to the City Commission approval/denial vote: 6 to 0).
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On December 11, 2007, the City Commission enacted through Ordinance 2007-37, an Art in Public Places Ordinance, amended most recently on August 26, 2025, and codified in the City Zoning Code as Article 9 - Art in Public Places.
As specified within Article 9, Section 9-103.C.4., an exemption is made for an accredited college and/or university that maintains at its campus a publicly accessible permanent collection of art of at least thirty (30) sculptures and/or other public art in accordance with a Campus Art Master Plan.
On May 13, 2008; December 14, 2010; December 10, 2013; January 10, 2017; December 10, 2019; and June 13, 2023, the City Commission passed Resolutions 2008-64, 2010-263, 2013-298, 2017-04; 2019-357; 2023-122, respectively, finding the University of Miami Campus Art Master Plan sufficient in meeting the requirements of the Art in Public Places Ordinance.
Section 9-103.C.4. further states that a Campus Art Master Plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the City Commission and a report demonstrating changes to the collection of public art on the campus during the previous three years.
On November 5, 2025, the University of Miami presented the Campus Art Master Plan report to the Arts Advisory Panel, which was shared on November 19, 2025 with the Cultural Development Board. It was reviewed and motions were made unanimously recommending it for approval to the City Commission.
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