City: Atlanta
Ordinance: 1982 Ordinance required:
- registration of public art
- approvals by multiple layers of city government for public art
- defined public art as any artwork “able to be viewed from a public way.”
Court: City agreed to stop enforcement of a 1982 ordinance and pay $500 in restitution to the property owner and the mural artist. Attorney fees and costs are still being negotiated.
Atlanta Daily Report | City Agrees to Halt Enforcement of Ordinance That Threatened Artwork