INSTRUCTIONS

Verify that you are using the most current application form.

Pre-submission consultation with a staff Planner is mandatory per By-law 199-2007. A Planner must sign and date the pre-submission consultation section on page 3. The Planner will determine what supporting documentation is to be submitted with the application and the fee payable.

• Section 1: Provide the full name, address, phone number, fax number and email address of the applicant, agent and registered owner. If any of these are a corporation, provide the full corporate name. Include the full name of the contact person. If there is more than one person, corporation or registered owner, please use additional sheets.
  
  
• Section 2: Indicate if you are submitting other companion applications with this application.
  
  
• Section 3: Provide information about the subject land. This information is used to determine supporting information requirements and to assist in the review of the application.
  
  
• Section 4: Indicate the amendment, proposed uses and describe the nature and extent of the amendment being requested. Indicate why the amendment is being requested and how it is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and conforms to the City of Windsor Official Plan. If this information is in a Planning Rationale Report, check the box beside “See Planning Rationale Report”.
  
  
• Section 5: If there are any existing buildings or structures on the subject land, provide the required information or submit a sketch, drawing or plan that shows this information.
  
  
• Section 6: If you propose to build any buildings or structures on the subject land, provide the required information or submit a sketch, drawing or plan that shows the information.
  
  
• Section 7: Indicate how the property is accessed. Check all boxes that apply.
  
  
• Section 8: Provide information about water service, sanitary sewage disposal and storm drainage.
  
  
• Section 9: Provide a sketch of the subject land showing, in metric units, the items listed or indicate if this information is provided on an existing plan or a conceptual site plan.
  
  
• Section 10: Check the appropriate box based on the pre-submission consultation with the Planner.
  
  
• Section 11: Explain your proposed strategy for consulting with the public with respect to the application
  
  
• Section 12: Complete and sign in the presence of a Commissioner of Taking Affidavits. 

Schedules: Read, complete in full, and sign Schedules A & E.

Submit the application form, supporting studies and information, and the application fee to Planning and Building Services – Planning Division, 350 City Hall Square, Suite 210, Windsor, ON N9A 6S1.

Allow a minimum of 150 days for processing. An application will be terminated without notice after 90 days of inactivity.

TYPE OF REZONING AMENDMENT

The type of amendment is determined by the City Planner or their designate.

Minor Zoning Amendment

• Sites zoned Commercial, Industrial or Institutional – addition to the permitted range of uses.

• Sites already zoned – change to existing regulations or to zoning district boundary to match lot lines.

• Sites designated in the Official Plan for residential use – rezoning to accommodate a maximum of six dwelling units.

• Sites designated in the Official Plan for the proposed use other than residential – site-specific zoning for sites with an area of less than 1,000 square metres.

Major Zoning Amendment

• All other amendments not listed as minor.