Mandatory and optional guidelines will assist in minimizing the adverse “effects on native and migratory birds” by helping contractors, owners, architects, etc., incorporate design measures to promote bird safety.
Windows that sit at 0-60 feet above ground must have no more than 10% of untreated glass.
Treatments include opaque glass, surface patterns, paned glass that uses fenestration patterns, and external screens.
Occupancy sensors can be used to program lights to shut off during non-work hours and between 10pm and sunrise, for non-residential areas.
Finally, “The City may waive or reduce any of this chapter’s bird safe design requirements based on analysis by a qualified biologist indicating that proposed construction will not pose a collision hazard to birds.”
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