Municipal Infrastructure

• The City’s records show a combined sewer along Pierre Avenue.

• There are municipal watermains, fire hydrants and streetlights along Pierre Avenue.

• There are curbs and gutter along both sides of Pierre Avenue.

• There are sidewalks on both sides of Pierre Avenue.

• There are overhead pole lines along the east side of Pierre Avenue and in the alley abutting the site.

• Transit Windsor Buses: Parent 14 runs north/south along Parent Avenue, approximately 280 metres to the west. Walkerville 8 runs north/south along Lincoln Road approximately 390 metres to the east. Both lines terminate at the Windsor International Transit Terminal. The Ottawa 4 runs east/west along Ottawa Street approximately 430 metres to the north.

• Ottawa Street and Parent Avenue are both classified as a Class 1 Collector Roads and Truck Routes. Pierre Avenue is a local road.

Discussion:

Provincial Policy Statement, 2020

The Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (PPS) provides direction on matters of provincial interest related to planning. The Planning Act requires that all land use decisions be consistent with the PPS. The following is an overview of the applicable PPS policies and how the recommendations in this report are consistent with the PPS.

1.1 Managing and Directing Land Use to Achieve Efficient and Resilient Development and Land Use Patterns

1.1.1 Healthy, liveable and safe communities are sustained by:

a) promoting efficient development and land use patterns which sustain the financial well-being of the Province and municipalities over the long term;

b) accommodating an appropriate affordable and market-based range and mix of residential types (including single-detached, additional residential units, multi-unit housing, affordable housing and housing for older persons), employment (including industrial and commercial), institutional (including places of worship, cemeteries and long-term care homes), recreation, park and open space, and other uses to meet long-term needs;

c) avoiding development and land use patterns which may cause environmental or public health and safety concerns;

d) avoiding development and land use patterns that would prevent the efficient expansion of settlement areas in those areas which are adjacent or close to settlement areas;