2) Official Plan conformity:

The subject lands are designated ‘Industrial’ in the Official Plan for the City of Windsor.
The Official Plan allows for the use of the lands for transportation facility:

“ PERMITTED USES 6.4.3.1 Uses permitted in the Industrial land use designation identified on Schedule D: Land Use include establishments which may exhibit any or all of the following characteristics: (g) multi- modal transportation facilities;”

The proposed use of a transportation terminal conforms with the relevant policies of the Official Plan.

3) Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw compliance:

The subject lands are zoned ‘General Industrial (MD2.1)’ in the Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw.

The (MD2.1) zone, Section 19.1.1 Permitted Uses permits ‘Industrial Uses’. ‘Industrial uses’ is defined as allowing for warehousing and shipping facilities. The transportation terminal is a permitted use in the (MD2.1) zone.

A truck transportation terminal is defined as:

“ TRANSPORT TERMINAL is an industrial activity and means premises used to dispatch, park, repair, service, or store freight-carrying trucks and trailers including a transport truck and a transport trailer, and may include as an accessory use, the loading or unloading of goods or freight to or from, or transferring of goods or freight between, said trucks and trailers. A truck transportation facility or truck terminal is a transport terminal. A loading compound, motor vehicle dealership, outdoor storage yard, parking area, or towing facility is not a transport terminal. ”

	MD2.1 PROVISIONS	SUBJECT SITE
FRONT YARD	6.0 m	30 m
OPEN SPACE	15%	Grassed area – 20%
INTERIOR SIDE YD (residential side yd)	6.0 m	n/a for office building setbackConcrete pads – 8m