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Bird Safe Design Strategy
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The South San Francisco Zoning Code references bird- safe glazing for the first 60 feet of the building when within 300 feet of an urban bird refuge, but there is no current definition of urban bird refuge.
The project proposes to consider the slough and adjacent wetland a bird refuge and use fritted or ultra- violet hatched/fritted glazing where the facade of the building up to 60 feet in height is visible from
the project's southern property line to a maximum distance of 300 feet. The attached diagram shows the relevant areas. All other south facing facades of the project are completely obstructed by the
adjacent parking garage, which is clad in fine grained, densely patterned metal with no or limited glazing areas.This approach follows the intent of the model ordinance for South San Francisco's code,
which states "These standards also shall apply to buildings less than 300 feet from an Urban Bird Refuge if such buildings are in an unobstructed line to the refuge."
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300' FROM SOUTHERN PROP. LINE
Portion of facade up to 60' in height within a
300' line of site of the south property line
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The South San Francisco Zoning Code references bird- safe glazing for the first 60 feet of the building when within 300 feet of an urban bird refuge, but there is no current definition of urban bird refuge.
The project proposes to consider the slough and adjacent wetland a bird refuge and use fritted or ultra- violet hatched/fritted glazing where the facade of the building up to 60 feet in height is visible from
the project's southern property line to a maximum distance of 300 feet. The attached diagram shows the relevant areas. All other south facing facades of the project are completely obstructed by the
adjacent parking garage, which is clad in fine grained, densely patterned metal with no or limited glazing areas.This approach follows the intent of the model ordinance for South San Francisco's code,
which states "These standards also shall apply to buildings less than 300 feet from an Urban Bird Refuge if such buildings are in an unobstructed line to the refuge."
SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE
EDGE OF BUILDING ABOVE
300' FROM SOUTHERN
PROPERTY LINE