Likelihood of additional mitigation measures - This criterion considers compatibility with surrounding uses. The Transport Terminal Study may recommend that additional mitigation measures be undertaken to permit a Transport Terminal on the property. Approval of the exemption request may prejudice the Study.

Analysis of Evaluation Criteria

The subject parcel is designated Industrial on Schedule D: Land Use in the City of Windsor Official Plan. A Transport Terminal is consistent with the general policy direction, including permitted uses, locational criteria, evaluation criteria, and design guidelines, of the Industrial land use designation.

Excerpts from Zoning By-law 85-18 are attached as Appendix E. The parcel is zoned Industrial Zone (M1) which permits a range of industrial uses. M1 does permit a Transport Terminal as a main use. Any development is subject to site plan control.

The exemption IS consistent with the direction of the Official Plan. A Transport Terminal IS permitted as a main use in the M1 zoning.

The parcel has access to County Road 42, a Class II Arterial Road, and 8th Concession Road, a Class I Collector Road. County Road 42 is designated as a Truck Route and provide access to Highway 401 and E.C. Row Expressway via Manning Road to the east and Walker Road to the west.

The proposed Transport Terminal will have MINIMAL impact on surrounding infrastructure.

The Windsor Airport is located to the north on the north side of Country Road 42. To the east and south, on the east side of 8th Concession Road and south of the municipal drain south of Baseline Road, are agricultural uses.

Industrial uses are located to the west. The parcel is adjacent to residential uses to the west on the north side of Baseline Road and to the west and south on the south side Baseline Road. A cemetery is located to the south on the south side of Baseline Road. The residential uses are a sensitive land use.

The proposed Transport Terminal IS proximate to a sensitive land use.

The proximity of sensitive land uses is normally a concern. The potential conflict between the Transport Terminal use and the sensitive land uses is an issue that the Transport Terminal Study will examine. Staff report C 102/19 that recommended implementation of the Interim Control By-law stated that:

“The main purposes of doing the study is to ensure that Transport Terminal is appropriately permitted or prohibited, that the provisions for a Transport Terminal are consistent with the policy direction of the Official Plan, and that a Transport Terminal is not detrimental to surrounding existing and potential land uses.”