I am deeply concerned about…

I am deeply concerned about Bill 17 negatively impacting bird safe building design measures that have implemented through site plan control and other municipal policy frameworks across Ontario.
Specifically, on exclusion of urban design studies from what can be considered
part of a complete planning application. The ERO notice 025-0462 states: “Proposed Contents of a Regulation
- Specifically, it is proposed that the following topics could not be required as part of a complete planning
application”
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“Urban Design: information and material concerning the urban design of a proposed
development, including how a proposed development aligns with municipal urban design guidelines or
policies.” Citizens are made to understand that compliance with a bird safe building design standard would fall under urban design guidelines or policies to no longer be considered as part of a complete application.
Each year, around 25 million birds are killed by colliding with glass on buildings in Canada. Collisions are a leading cause of bird deaths and affect numerous species listed as being at risk of extinction under Ontario provincial law and under Canada’s Species at Risk Act. Ontario is a hotspot for migratory bird activity making it one of Canada's primary locations for bird-building collisions. Bird-building collisions can be significantly reduced through the adoption of bird safe design standards in building construction as well as retrofits of
existing buildings. Bird safe design standards generally include use of visual markers on certain areas of exterior glazing as well as lighting design specifications to reduce light pollution at night, which disorients
birds during their annual migration.

Please reconsider. Also greenroofs should be included in urban design