Chapter 12.08
HONORARY AND MEMORIAL PARK DONATION STANDARDS1
Sections:
12.08.010 Purpose.
The following standards shall govern the donation of honorary or memorial features and facilities in city parks, trails, rights-of-way, and other public properties by private individuals or parties. The standards are provided to ensure that such donations are considered in a consistent manner, provide reasonable public benefit for being located on public property, and are consistent with the context of a park, public street, or other public setting. (Ord. 1720 § 5 (part), 2020).
12.08.020 Standards.
A. Honorary/memorial features shall provide reasonable public benefit by functioning as a facility for users of the park or public space. Appropriate honorary/memorial features and facilities include the installation of landscaping, benches, picnic facilities, playground equipment, sidewalk or plaza paving, or any facilities identified for the park or facility in its respective master plan or capital facilities plan.
B. Such features shall not consist of stand-alone plaques, tributes or monuments, unless otherwise approved by the city council.
C. A plaque depicting “in memory of/in honor of...” is appropriate for placing on the feature or on the ground adjacent to the feature. The plaque should be kept simple in presentation, and not overly dominate the appearance of the feature or facility.
D. Wherever a standard for a feature has been established for an area, donations of such features within the particular area shall be consistent with the standard.
E. The parks commission shall provide review and recommendation on, and the city shall approve, the design and location of the memorial features within parks to ensure sufficient durability and compatibility with applicable plans for the park and other park features.
F. When the feature or facility begins to fail or no longer serves its function, the city has the right to remove and/or replace the feature or facility and associated plaque. The city will attempt to contact the family of the original donor but is not required to do so. (Ord. 1720 § 5 (part), 2020).
Code reviser’s note: Ord. 1588 repealed prior Chapter 12.08, Overhead Utility Lines, which derived from Ords. 374, 500, 1088 and 1585.