4. COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BYLAW 8600
The subject lands are zoned ‘ Commercial District 2.2 (CD2.2 )’ in the Comprehensive Zoning By-law 8600 for the City of Windsor.
Please refer to APPENDIX A - (CD2.2) ZONE PROVISIONS .
CD2.2 BYLAW PROVISIONS
- i) Section 15(1)(a) does not permit residential use on the main floor. The ZBA will permit residential use on both the main floor and the second floor for a low profile residential building.
- Section 15(1)(b) Maximum building height – 14 meters is permitted. Existing at 7 m in height.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS :
The building was constructed prior to the passing of the by-law. Parking was not provided on site for the existing building with 4 residential apartments and 2 commercial units (215 m 2 (2320 ft2)).
Parking for the commercial units has always been on street parking. Any patrons of the commercial units have always parked on street.
The residential tenants have historically rented the residential units without parking and utilize municipal transit bus transit, municipal bike trails, walking, or transit sharing and therefore have not needed parking spaces.
COMMENT:
The site specific zoning bylaw amendment will include residential use on the main floor as well as one in the basement to permit a low profile residential building.
The residential use requires fewer parking spaces. The conversion of the main floor from commercial to residential will provide parking relief and improve the parking situation.
In my professional opinion, all other provisions of the (CD2.2) zone provisions are complying and do not require amending.