City of Windsor – Transport Terminal Land Use Study – 2020 November 16

• c) Side Yard shall mean a yard between the side wall of the main building or structure on the lot and the side lot line and extending from the front yard (or front lot line if not front yard is required) to the rear yard (or rear lot line if no rear yard is required).

3.139 ZONE, shall mean an area delineated on a Zoning Map Schedule and established and designated by this By-law for a specific use or group of uses.

SECTION 5 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

5.49 TRANSPORT TERMINAL

For a transport terminal, the following additional provisions shall apply:

• .1 A transport storage area shall be:

  1. Setback from a front lot line or an exterior side lot line, a minimum of 11.30 m, said setback shall consist of a berm with a minimum width of 11.30 m and a minimum height of 1.80 m, and shall be maintained exclusively as a landscaped open space yard;

  2. Setback from a rear lot line or an interior side lot line, a minimum of the required rear yard depth or the required side yard depth of the zone in which the lot is located in, the width of a required buffer strip, or 0.9 m, whichever is greater, and the setback shall be maintained exclusively as a landscaped open space yard.

  3. Graded and drained into a municipal sewer system to prevent the runoff of surface water onto a street, alley, or abutting property;

  4. Paved with asphalt, concrete or any combination thereof, for that portion of the transport storage area used to load, manoeuvre, repair, service, or unload a motor vehicle, transport truck or transport trailer. The remainder of the transport storage area shall be paved with asphalt or concrete, or covered in gravel or similar aggregate, or any combination thereof, and

  5. Maintained in good condition.

• .3 The parking, repairing, servicing, storing of a motor vehicle, truck or transport trailer within a required yard, required buffer strip, or a landscaped open space is prohibited.

• .5 A curb shall bound the perimeter of the paved portion of the transport storage area. Any curb shall be constructed of poured in place concrete, shall be continuous and shall have a minimum width and height of 15.0 cm. Precast concrete, rubber, plastic or other curbing or a parking stop that is not continuous is prohibited. A curb cut or ramp for pedestrian or vehicular access, a curb cut for drainage, or a curb with a height of less than 15.0 cm as a transition between the paved and unpaved portions of a transport storage area, is permitted.

• .10 Vehicular access shall be from/to a street by way of a driveway. The provisions of Section 5.37 shall apply to such driveway and the requirement for an industrial use shall apply.

• .15 A parking area may be located within a transport storage area and the provisions of Section 5.34 shall apply, with necessary modifications for the safe and efficient operation of the transport storage area and parking area.

• .20 A refuse bin may be located within a transport storage area and shall be fully screened by a screening fence having a minimum height of 1.80 m.

• .25 Where an abutting lot is zoned Parks and Open Space Zone, Residential Zone 1 or Hamlet Residential Zone or occupied by a dwelling or dwelling unit, a screening fence with a minimum height of 1.80 m shall be provided along that part of the lot line for the lot on which the transport terminal is located.

• .30 Any lighting used to illuminate the transport terminal shall be full cut-off lighting.

• .50 Notwithstanding Section 5.33, for a transport terminal the required minimum number of parking spaces shall be 5 parking spaces, or 1 parking space for every 45.0 m2 of gross floor area, whichever is greater.