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The General Housekeeping Official Plan Amendment is going to be considered by the Planning Advisory Committee:

    5:00pm Thursday September 16, 2010
    Council Chambers
    City Hall
    3rd Floor
    350 City Hall Square West

Parking is available in the municipal pay lots at City Hall Square.

Please note that any members of the public who wish to express an interest in this Official Plan Amendment may submit written comments to the Planning Department or appear as delegations at the Thursday September 16, 2010 Planning Advisory Committee meeting.

Anyone wishing to confirm the date and time of the Planning Advisory Committee meeting should contact the Planning Department (Tel: 519-255-6267 or 519-255-6543 or Email: planningdept@city.windsor.on.ca)

Official Plan Review Official Plan Amendments:

Draft General Housekeeping Official Plan Amendment (Tabled at August 19, 2010 PAC meeting, 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers)

Advancing Windsor’s Vision:

The final phase of the Official Plan 5-Year Review consists of the preparation of a series of Official Plan Amendments and Public Consultation for each amendment to formally update Windsor’s Official Plan.

The process for consulting with the people of Windsor about each of these amendments is as follows:

• The Official Plan Amendment (OPA) is TABLED at a Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) for approximately 1 month, so that PAC and the people of Windsor can review the contents of the amendment.  PAC is the Steering Committee for the Official Plan Review.
• At the next PAC meeting, approximately 1 month after the (OPA) is tabled, PAC will hear delegations including City of Windsor Administration and any members of the public who wish to express an interest.  PAC may decide to make one or more recommendations to Council for consideration regarding the OPA.
• At the Council meeting, Council will consider the OPA.  Any members of the public who wish to express an interest in the OPA must register as a delegation with the Council Services Department.
  

Draft Official Plan Review OPA’s will be posted to this site approximately 1 week before being tabled at PAC.  If you wish to be notified of updates to the Official Plan Review including the OPA’s, please Email: planningdept@city.windsor.on.ca and request to be added to the “Official Plan Review Contact List”.

Moving Forward Reports:

• 25-Year Population and Housing Projections (PDF, 504 KB)
• 20-Year Employment Projections and Employment Land Needs Analysis (PDF, 265 KB)
• Commercial Demand and Supply Analyses (PDF, 18 MB)
• Residential Intensification Analysis (PDF, 2 MB)
• Natural Areas Policy Review (PDF, 16 MB)
• Land Needs Analysis Report (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Commercial Land Use Policy Report (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Summary of Moving Forward Phase and Moving Forward Synthesis Report (PDF, 0.6 MB)
  

Looking Back, Moving Forward … Advancing Windsor's Vision

The City of Windsor has completed "Looking Back", the first of three phases of the Official Plan 5-Year Review. The Looking Back work program was comprised of research and analysis that identified, described and discussed the existing conditions, trends and known challenges that face Windsor. The analyses of existing studies and recent legislative changes along with stakeholder discussions, statistical analyses and field surveys were included in a series of Looking Back Summary Reports and a Looking Back Synthesis Report, as follows:

• Legislation
• Social Conditions
• Economic Conditions
• Natural Environment
• Infrastructure
• Transportation
• Built Form

The Looking Back phase of the review has identified 124 issues raised by the people of Windsor and five areas of further study that are required by the Province of Ontario in order for Windsor’s Official Plan Review to meet the requirement for a comprehensive official plan review.

These five additional reports need to be completed during the Moving Forward phase of the review and will result in proposed policy changes that will be implemented during the Advancing Windsor's Vision phase. It is expected that the completion of the additional studies and policy updates for the 124 issues will result in Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s acceptance of Windsor’s Comprehensive Official Plan 5-Year Review.

For general information, call 311. To learn more about the Planning Department itself please visit the Planning Department homepage.