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Kalamazoo ECC votes to forward bird-friendly building design recommendation to City Commission with amendment
Summary
The Environmental Concerns Committee voted to send a bird-friendly building design ordinance to the City Commission and/or staff for feasibility study, adding a friendly amendment requiring 25% of a structure's glass to be bird-safe within five years for major renovations or new construction.
The Kalamazoo City Environmental Concerns Committee voted to forward a proposed bird-friendly building design ordinance to the City Commission and requested staff study the feasibility of implementation. The motion, moved and seconded during unfinished business, passed with no recorded opposition.
Gail, presenting material adapted from American Bird Conservancy guidance, recommended focusing the ordinance on new construction and major renovations rather than retrofitting…
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