Mural Guidelines
Mural initiatives embody our city's unique essence, fostering cultural unity while enriching heritage beyond aesthetics. They impact tourism, commerce, and property use, uplifting our community. Murals on city-owned property, whether funded publicly or privately, must adhere these guidelines. Murals on privately-owned property should also follow these best practices.
A mural is a unique, visually rendered image on the surface of a building, structure, fence, or other object visible to the public. This image can be hand-painted, hand-tiled, or digitally produced. Murals do not include content featuring text, graphics, or symbols that explicitly promote businesses, services, goods, or endorse individual political candidates or parties.
The purpose of establishing guidelines for murals is to preserve the community’s visual aesthetic by allowing compatible artistic and creative expression in designated locations and designs. The guidelines are intended to ensure the compatibility and appropriateness of a mural's theme, location, and design, while minimizing interference with the artistic expression and substantive, personal, or political content of the artwork.
See additional Public Art Guidelines provided by the City of Santa Ana - Planning & Building Agency: View Here
Below are GUIDELINES for creating, installing, and maintaining murals in the city.
