3. CITY OF WINDSOR OFFICIAL PLAN 

The subject property is presently designated ‘ Mixed Use ’ in the Official Plan for the City of Windsor. The following sections review policies as they relate to the request for the conversion of 3 commercial units to 3 residential units on the main floor and the inclusion of 1 residential unit in the basement to establish 8 residential units as an adaptive re-use within a long-established building.

“ Section 2 Glossary;

DEVELOPMENT PROFILE refers to the height of a building or structure. There are four development profiles described in the Plan:

  1. Low Profile development is a building or structure generally no greater than fourteen (14) metres in height. Low Profile Housing development is further classified as follows; (i) small scale forms: single detached, semi-detached, duplex, and row and multiplexes with up to 8 units; and (ii) large scale forms: buildings with more than 8 units; ”

COMMENT:

The existing building profile consists of a two storey building with 4 residential units on the second floor and 3 commercial units on the main floor. The building is not capable of accommodating more than 4 residential units on the second floor, 3 main floor residential apartments, and 1 basement apartment.

The existing building limits the number of units in the building to 8 with the scale of the structure to a low profile, small scale form.

“ Section 2 Glossary;

MIXED USE LAND USE :

Mixed Use is a land use designation that is further classified as follows: (a) Mixed Use Corridor occupies linear street frontages with commercial, institutional and open space uses located immediately adjacent to the public right-of-way and residential uses located above-grade; ”