Principal of 4207785 Canada Inc. (operating as YU Express Inc.)
Doug Karamarkovic
Timeline
| 2018 November 19 | Council approves Housekeeping Amendment 2017-3 which adds Transport Terminal definition and provisions to Zoning By-laws |
| 2018 December 13 | Building Division issues an Order to Comply (File 18-168404) |
| 2019 March 27 | Building Division conducts city wide Transport Terminal enforcement blitz |
| 2019 April 1 | Site Plan Application (SPC-013/19) for a proposed “Transport Storage Area and Terminal” accepted as complete and circulated for review |
| 2019 May 9 | Draft Site Plan Approval Report issued to Dillon Consulting Limited detailing required drawing revisions and other items the owner must address prior to final approval |
| 2019 June 13 | Council approves Interim Control By-law 78-2019 (ICBL) |
| 2019 July 8 | Councillor Sleiman asked CQ 17-2019 regarding complaints against the subject parcel |
| 2020 February 18 | Dillon Consulting Limited acting on behalf of the property owner submits a request for an exemption from the ICBL |
| 2020 March 9 | Development and Heritage Standing Committee considers staff report S 187/2019 in response to CQ 17-2019 |
Enforcement
An Order to Comply was issued to the property owner on December 13, 2018 and is in abeyance pending Council’s consideration of this exemption request and site plan approval. The Building Division conducted a city-wide enforcement blitz on March 27, 2019 that identified, and/or confirmed past violations for, 26 parcels with Transport Terminals that violated the Zoning By-law or lacked site plan approval pursuant to Site Plan Control By-law 1-2004.
Interim Control By-law 78-2019
Section 38(1) of the Planning Act permits a municipality to pass an interim control by-law (ICBL) that prohibits the use of land, buildings or structures for such purposes as set out in the by-law. This in effect “freezes” development on the lands (as described by the by-law) for a period not to exceed one year. An ICBL is an important planning tool that allows the municipality to rethink its current land use policies by suspending development that may end up conflicting with any new policy that may be developed.
On June 3, 2019, Council approved Interim Control By-law 78-2019 (see Appendix A) that prohibits the creation of a new Transport Terminal in any MD1. or MD2. zoning districts and M1 zones in the City of Windsor. This will allow Administration to study the extent of the challenges, propose possible solutions and provide revised policies and