The parcel is located within an industrial and business park area. To the south and abutting the parcel is the Canadian Pacific Railway rail corridor. Further south are a hydro corridor, hydro substation, and agricultural lands that are designated Future Employment Area on Schedule D: Land Use of the City of Windsor Official Plan.

To the east is the Little River and industrial uses. To the north and abutting the subject parcel is vacant land at 3690 Munich Court (subject to a separate request for exemption from Interim Control By-law 78-2019). Further north is the Little River and more industrial and business park uses. To the west are vacant lands and more industrial uses. The nearest residential use is located about 480 metres to the south on Lauzon Road, east of Service Road B. Lauzon Parkway, a Class I Arterial Road, is over 450 metres to the west. E.C. Row Expressway is just about 600 m to north.

The proposed Transport Terminal is not proximate to sensitive land uses.

The parcel is designated Industrial in the Official Plan, the MD2.4 zoning permits a Transport Terminal as a main use, the parcel is adjacent to a rail corridor, and the nearest sensitive land use is over 480 metres away with an intervening rail corridor.

If the exemption is approved, there is minimal risk that a proposed Transport Terminal could be created that is not compatible with surrounding uses. There are no compatibility issues and no further mitigation is required beyond what is currently required in Zoning By-law 8600 and under site plan control.

It is not expected that additional mitigation measures are necessary in order to permit a Transport Terminal.

The Planning Division is recommending that the exemption be approved.

Risk Analysis:

N/A

Financial Matters:

Consultations:

Jason Campigotto, Site Plan Approval Officer; Wira Vendrasco, Deputy City Solicitor; Rob Vani, Manager of Inspections (BBO) / Deputy Chief Building Official