Federal/State Legislative Summary on Bird-Friendly Building Design
Mandatory
- State of Minnesota B3 Program: Buildings, Benchmarks and Beyond
Legislation adopted May 1, 2013
Designed to parallel LEED Pilot Credit 55
http://www.b3mn.org
- City of San Francisco, CA: Ordinance
Legislation adopted November 30, 2011
First legislation of its type in the U.S. for a major city
http://sf-planning.org/standards-bird-safe-buildings
- City of Oakland, CA
Legislation adopted June 15, 2013
Applies to buildings adjacent to parks, water bodies & green spaces
http://goldengateaudubon.org/blog-posts/oakland-adopts-bird-safety-building-measures/
- City of Highland Park, IL: Section 170.105 Bird Friendly Construction Requirements
Legislation adopted February 14, 2011
Mandatory to certain Municipal buildings
http://www.cityhpil.com/documentcenter/view/508
- Cook County (unincorporated) B3 Program: Buildings, Benchmarks and Beyond
Legislation adopted July 8, 2008
Applies to all new construction and all building renovations
https://www.cookcountyil.gov
- City of Toronto, Canada
Legislation adopted October 27, 2009
Mandatory to all buildings
https://www1.toronto.ca/city_of_toronto/city_planning/zoning__environment/files/pdf/development_guidelines.pdf
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=c5f20621f3161410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=c64a036318061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD
- Province of Ontario, Canada
Legislation adopted February 1, 2014
Mandatory to all buildings
https://www.ecojustice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Podolsky-v.-Cadillac-Fairview.-Ont-Ct-of-Justice.-Green-J.-final-version.2013.02.14.pdf
Voluntary
- City of Calgary, Canada: Bird-Friendly Urban Design Guidelines
Legislation adopted March 2011
Guidelines
http://fonhs.org/bird_friendly_design_guidelines.pdf
- City of Sunnyvale, CA: Standards for Bird-safe Buildings
Voluntary Ordinance adopted January 28, 2014
Guidelines could become mandatory in the future
https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1638114&GUID=5CAC105A-E0AB-44C2-B97E-32F020282CFE&FullText=1
- City of Palo Alto, CA:
Guidelines adopted March 6, 2015
http://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/blog/2015/03/06/capital-of-silicon-valley-adopts-bird-friendly-building-guidelines/
- California Green Building Code: CALGreen
Statewide Voluntary Guidelines adopted January 1, 2011
http://www.bsc.ca.gov/Home/CALGreen.aspx
- Village of Barrington, IL: City Council Resolution 10-3959
Guidelines adopted December 13, 2010
http://www.barrington-il.gov/home/showdocument?id=1696
In Progress
- City of Portland, OR: City Council Resolution (non-binding)
Legislation adopted July 2012 First Edition
Guidelines in progress with final vote expected January 2017
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/446308
- The Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act H.R. 2280
Introduced May 12, 2015 by IL U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley
Would require each public building constructed, substantially altered, or acquired by the General Services Administration (GSA) to meet bird-friendly standards.
http://www.dodnaturalresources.net/Bird_Safe_Buildings_-_Audubon.pdf
- Washington DC
State-sponsored Bird-Friendly Legislation
- https://abcbirds.org/article/maryland-legislature-considers-bird-friendly-building-design/ – Maryland Legislature Considers Bird-Friendly Building Design
Federal-sponsored Bird-Friendly Legislation
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2542/text?format=txt
- Additional Legislative Summary by American Bird Conservancy (2017) – ( please click here )
Bird-Friendly Building Ordinances
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/news/ct-hpn-bird-friendly-tl-1022-20151015-story.html – Highland Park, IL Bird-Friendly Building Ordinance (please see attachment)
- http://www.stuartkaplow.com/legal-library/environmental-law/leed-bird-collision-deterrence-required-highland-park/ – More on Highland Park’s LEED Bird Collision Deterrence
- http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/35638 – San Jose, CA Bird-Friendly Building Design Standards
- https://abcbirds.org/article/largest-city-in-northern-california-to-adopt-bird-friendly-building-guidelines/ – ABC Press Release on San Jose’s New Bird-Safe Building Standards