Minutes
City Council
Monday, February 03, 2020

TRANSPORTATION PLANNER – Juan Paramo, August 9, 2019

Overall, Transportation Planning supports the subject Zoning By-law amendment subject to the following requirements:

• As per Section 7.2.6.23 of the Official Plan, a gratuitous land conveyance for a 4.6m x 4.6m corner cut-off will be required at the following intersections:

  • Southeast and southwest corner of Florence Avenue and Wyandotte Street East

  • Northwest and southwest corner of Florence and “Street A”

  • Northwest and southwest corner of Florence and “Street B”

• Wyandotte Street East is a municipal roadway classified by the Official Plan as a Class II Arterial road. The Little River Crossing Environmental Assessment has been completed for this section of Wyandotte Street East and the approved design does not identify additional land requirements.

• As a condition of this application, the owner shall agree that sidewalks are to be constructed at the owner's expense or contribute towards future construction of sidewalk along both sides of Florence Avenue and on one side of Street A and Street B.

• The westerly limit of Street A shall be terminated in a cul-de-sac that meets the City of Windsor Standards.

• All exterior paths of travel must meet the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

• All accesses shall conform to the TAC Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads and the City of Windsor Standard Engineering Drawings

WINDSOR FIRE & RESCUE SERVICES – John Lee, July 22, 2019

No concerns from WFRS to rezone.

I feel the proposed application to convert this currently vacant agricultural land parcel to a residential development represents a reasonable and appropriate form of infill development on the subject lands that will not negatively impact public safety. I would like to bring forward the following features of this plan of subdivision from the perspective of optimizing safety and security that should be considered as the application moves through the approval process:

The application calls for the construction of two different dwelling types (single detached and semi-detached dwellings). It is important to remember in new subdivisions such as this to ensure the resultant design will allow for each individual property to be easily identified in the event of an emergency. This is so that police responders can accurately locate the right address where an emergency call for assistance is required. Therefore, it is very important that each separate