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Attachment II Bay Area Public Art Fees

Hayward City Council
June 17, 2025

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Attachment II Bay Area Public Art Fees
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June 17, 2025
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Name County Population Fee % Fee details Scope
Albany Alameda 20271 1.75% Percent of total construction costs or Public or private developments with construction Berkeley Alameda 124321

1.75%; 0.8% in lieu; 80%
difference
Percent of total construction costs,
percent of construction costs in lieu or
less than percent on site + 80% difference
New residential projects with five or more units,
new commercial/industrial > 10,000 square feet -
low-income housing, transitional housing and
Emeryville Alameda 12905
1% non-residential; 0.5%
residential
Percent of building construction cost for
art or fee in lieu
Privately developed non-residential buildings with
construction cost >$300,000 or privately developed
Oakland Alameda 440646
1% non-residential; 0.5%
residential
Percent of building development cost for
art or fee in lieu (submit other alternate
proposals in writing)
Private nonresiential building developments that
create 2,000 or more square feet of new floor area,
private residential building developments of 20 or
Union City Alameda 70143 1%; 0.333% >$2,000,000
Percent of building development cost or
fee in lieu
g p g
residential units (including live-work units) with
development costs greater than $250,000
Dublin Alameda 72589

0.5%; 0.45% non-residential
<50,000 sf
Percent of building valuation (exclusive of
land)
New non-residential developments and residential
developments of more than 20 units
Pleasanton Alameda 79871 Optional/discretionary Optional/discretionary Optional/discretionary Livermore Alameda 87955 0.33% Percent of construction costs New residential, industrial and commercial private
developments, as well as substantial
rehabilitations of such spaces (adding 25% or more
Milpitas Santa Clara 80273 0.5%; discretionary in lieu Percent of building development costs Nonresidential developments involving 2000 sf or
more of new floor area, residential developments
Sunnyvale Santa Clara 155805 2%; 1.1% in lieu
Project construction valuation (building
shell), sans land acquisition, site
Nonresidential developments (including hotels) on
lots of two acres or more or at specified "major
Los Altos Santa Clara 31625
1%, in lieu not to exceed
$200,000
Percent of construction costs, minus costs
for BMR housing units
Private, non-residential developments with total
construction costs >$1,000,000.00 in R1-10, R1-H,
R1-20, R1-40 districts; private developments of >=4
units in R3-4.5, R3-5, R-3-3, R3-1.8 and R3-1
districts; private building developments with total
construction costs >$1,000,000.00) in OA, OA-1/OA-

4.5, CN, CD, CRS, CT, CD/R3, CRS/OAD, PC, PCF, and
PUD districts
Palo Alto Santa Clara 68572 1%
Percent of estimated construction
valuation
Construction projects requiring architectural review
over 10,000 square feet with an extimated
construction value of >$200,000
Redwood City San Mateo 84292 1%; difference in lieu
Percent of project's construction
valuation
New commercial developments with gross floor
area greater than or equal to 50,000 square feet
Belmont San Mateo 28335 1%; discretionary in lieu Percent of building development costs Non-residential and mixed use development of
10,000 or more new square feet of floor area,
residential developments of five or more new units
San Mateo San Mateo 105661 1.19%
Percent of total building valuation,
exclusing land acquisition and off-site
improvement costs
All commercial development projects and multi-
family projects >$3 million valuation, may pay fee
in full, use full amount for public art on-site, or use some amount for public art and pay difference as
fee
San Bruno San Mateo 43908
5% residential; 7% non-
residential
Percent of building, mechanical, electrical
or plumbing permit fee All permit-seeking developments
San Francisco San Francisco 873965 1% Percent of total construction cost New building or addition of at least 25k sf in
downtown and other central neighborhoods, and
non-residential developments with new building or
addition of at least 25k sf north of downtown along
the waterfront, most of SoMA, Dogpatch, part of
Mission
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