the proposed development makes more efficient use of existing municipal infrastructure. Increased residential units within the area will increase the demand for and use of the existing transit routes in proximity to the site.

1.1.3.3 Planning authorities shall identify appropriate locations and promote opportunities for transit-supportive development, accommodating a significant supply and range of housing options through intensification and redevelopment where this can be accommodated taking into account existing building stock or areas, including brownfield sites, and the availability of suitable existing or planned infrastructure and public service facilities required to accommodate projected needs.

The City of Windsor Official Plan contains an Urban Structure Plan showing a Neighbourhood Corridor along Ottawa Street and a Neighbourhood Node at the intersection of Ottawa Street and Walker Road, to the east of the subject site. Additionally, Ottawa Street is identified as a “Main Street” in the Civic Image in Schedule G. The policies that correspond to these identifications provide for higher density and a mix of uses.

City of Windsor Official Plan

The subject properties are located within the Walkerville Planning District as identified on Schedule A: Planning Districts & Policy Areas. The subject site is identified as “Residential” land use designation as shown on Schedule D: Land Use Plan to Volume I of the City of Windsor Official Plan. The proposal to change the zoning of the subject site does not require any changes to the planning district or the land use designation.

The Official Plan contains a Schedule J: Urban Structure Plan which identifies the key structural elements within the municipality. Schedule J: Urban Structure Plan identifies the intersection of Ottawa Street and Walker Road as a Neighbourhood Node. Schedule G: Civic Image identifies Ottawa Street as a Main Street. These elements provide the following:

Nodes: the subject site is west of a Neighbourhood Node, which are classified and defined in Chapter 3 of the Official Plan (policy 3.3.1).

Smaller scale community and neighbourhood nodes play an important role in providing services to the surrounding neighbourhoods, providing a range of housing opportunities and, providing a recognized sense of place for these neighbourhoods.

Allowing residential intensification in proximity to a Neighbourhood Node supports the vibrancy of these nodes.

Corridors: the subject site is south of Ottawa Street, which is classified as a Main Street in Schedule G: Civic Image, and as a Neighbourhood Corridor in Schedule J: Urban Structure Plan.

Corridor policies (policy 3.3.2 and policy 3.3.2.2) denotes:

The purpose and function of neighbourhood corridors is to link street sections to neighbourhood nodes or as standalone sections of community retail and services. These corridors provide for the day to day needs of the immediate neighbourhood that