February 24, 2020

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Thom Hunt
Executive Director & City Planner
City of Windsor
PO Box 1607
Windsor ON N9A 6S1

Re: Interim Control By-law 78-2019 Exemption Request 1790 Provincial Road, Windsor ON SBDRE (Windsor) Holdings Company Ltd.

Our File: SBD/WIN/19-01

Dear Mr. Hunt,

Provincial Road (the “subject lands”). The subject lands are a single parcel of land located on the north side of Provincial Road, west of Walker Road in the City of Windsor. The subject lands are approximately 14.76 ha in size, are irregularly shaped and have a frontage of 289.3 m along Provincial Road (Figure 1).

The lands have a single operational driveway from Provincial Road and contain a parking lot together with a one storey, 1,880 m2 standalone industrial building. The lands abut low density residential to the west and large format retail to the north and east, including a Home Depot, Ikea, Lowes and Real Canadian Superstore. A Canada Post distribution centre and an industrial building are located east of the subject lands, north of the Real Canadian Superstore.

The lands are currently vacant, however have previously operated as a Loading Compound for many years.

INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAW 78-2019

Municipal planning staff identified issues regarding Transport Terminals in the MD1 and MD2 zoning districts and M1 zones. These issues are summarized as:

• The inconsistent application of Transport Terminal as a permitted and accessory use across zones;

• The location of Transport Terminals in proximity to residential, institutional and commercial uses; and,

• Regulatory changes at the Provincial level requiring that drivers take appropriate breaks from driving, thus requiring drivers to store their truck or tractor-trailers in a safe and secure location putting an increase demand for such uses.