Appendix C

PHYSICAL SAFETY DESIGN ASSESSMENT

Proposed New Cannabis Retail Store 545 Ouellette Avenue – Windsor, Ontario

Prepared by: Barry Horrobin, B.A., M.A., CLEP, CMM-III Director of Planning & Physical Resources – WINDSOR POLICE SERVICE With assistance from: Sgt. Ed Armstrong – Windsor Police Community Services Unit

The following is a summary of observations and recommended actions regarding the physical safety and security conditions associated with the proposed new Cannabis retail store to be located in downtown Windsor. Information provided here is based on the universally known principles of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), according to a detailed site visit of the property carried out on October 17th, 2019.

KEY UNDERLYING CONDITIONS & IMPORTANT SAFETY DRIVERS

Situational & Criminogenic Conditions

The property is situated in the city's downtown, within an area that has generally high amounts of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Specifically, its physical placement and orientation in relation to surrounding land uses, amid these high vehicle and pedestrian loads, does present some anticipated public safety challenges that need to be addressed. In this regard, a number of unique contributing factors require a somewhat customized approach to address, namely:

 The store property itself is situationally compact, within a midblock commercial section of Ouellette Avenue, near regular, ongoing vehicular and pedestrian traffic. This helps to maintain good ongoing natural surveillance of the front of the business but is offset by a higher, potential "congestion" factor that will need to be managed to ensure safety.

 The building has extensive window coverage along its façade, the unobstructed maintenance of which is critical to maintain accountability of activity through unrestricted sight lines both into and out from the store. If adequate visibility is not