APPENDIX E – City of Windsor Official Plan Excerpts

    spaces and by creating unique opportunities for reinvestment in the community.
3.2.3 Sustainable, Healthy Environment
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 3.2.3.1 Windsor will work toward achieving a sustainable transportation system where all modes of transportation can play a more balanced role. The creation of mixed use and employment centres will allow businesses and services to be closer to homes and allow greater opportunities for walking, cycling and transit.
CHAPTER 4 HEALTHY COMMUNITY
4.2 Objectives
4.2.1 Healthy and Liveable City
PLANNING & DESIGN 4.2.1.1 To consider community health in the planning and design of Windsor and its neighbourhoods.
ACTIVE LIFESTYLE 4.2.1.2 To provide for activities and facilities which will foster an active lifestyle to improve community health.
AGING IN PLACE 4.2.1.5 To encourage a mix of housing types and services to allow people to remain in their neighbourhoods as they age.
PEDESTRIAN SCALE 4.2.1.6 To provide for pedestrian scale neighbourhood centres that serve the day-to-day needs of the local residents.
4.2.2 Environmental Sustainability
PLANNING & DESIGN 4.2.2.1 To consider community health in the planning and design of Windsor and its neighbourhoods.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 4.2.2.3 To encourage community planning, design and development that is sustainable.
COMPATABLE DEVLEOPMENT 4.2.2.4 To promote development that meets human needs and is compatible with the natural environment.
REDUCEENVIRONMENTALIMPACTS 4.2.2.5 To reduce environmental impacts.
4.2.3 Quality of Life
MIX OF USES 4.2.3.1 To encourage a mix of uses.
HOUSING MIX 4.2.3.4 To accommodate the appropriate range and mix of housing.
4.2.4 Sense of Community
SOCIAL INTERACTION 4.2.4.1 To encourage development that fosters social interaction.