1. Pass city safety and liability exposure review.

2. Conform to the approved government speech topics.

3. Be made of durable materials, able to withstand the elements for a minimum of 50 years with minimum maintenance.

4. Be made of materials resistant to vandalism and graffiti as much as is reasonably possible.

5. Be of a scale, materials, color and style appropriate and consistent with aesthetics of the proposed location of the monument and such other reasonable factors as the city determines, including but not limited to sight distance, safety, and other applicable requirements for structures as set forth in the Auburn City Code.

6. Conform to the requirements of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) to ensure that there is a path that allows access to the monument.

7. Conform to the adopted building code to ensure that the footing and monument are structurally adequate.

1. The person, group or event being memorialized is deemed by the city to have made a significant enough contribution to merit a monument of the scale, cost and visibility of the proposed monument.

2. The monument duplicates existing monument themes. Multiple monuments for similar or related groups are disfavored.

3. The monument proposal has been the subject of one or more public meetings conducted by the monument’s proponents. The public meeting shall be conducted in accordance with ACC 18.02.130.

4. The proposed monument has the general support of the persons or community that the monument is intended to honor.

5. The proposed site in the park or plaza for the monument is related to the underlying purpose of the monument or the site in the park or plaza has been designated in a master plan or other approval of the city council as a particularly appropriate site for a proposed monument.

6. The monument has been designed by or under the direct supervision of a qualified professional in the art or design field, and provides a quality, scale, and character commensurate with the location, circulation, and use patterns of the city property. Qualified professionals include registered architects, engineers, landscape architects and artists who can demonstrate professional recognition in the form of public commissions or permanent public installations. The city may solicit input from such professionals, and from planners or urban designers in making this determination. Monuments shall not displace the intended function and/or use of said property, as articulated in adopted master plans or similar city documents.

7. There is a committed and verifiable funding source for the review, design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of the monument before proceeding to incur city costs and staff time. The proponents of the monument agree to enter into an agreement to provide the city with funds that cover the cost of review, design, fabrication and installation, and an adequate endowment to cover the cost of the monument’s maintenance as determined by city. Alternatively, the city may consider accepting an agreement from a group to maintain a monument in perpetuity and in accordance to city standards rather than a cash endowment. (Ord. 6480 § 1, 2013.)