REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL
ADDENDUM

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Council Chambers
2021 Division Road N
Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y9

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REPORTS - COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
  

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Kingsville Temporary Farm Worker Housing Study – Final Report and Recommendations
  

R. Wyma, Director of Community and Development Services

  • Recommended Action

     

    1. That Administration BE DIRECTED to prepare Official Plan Amendments and Zoning By-Law Amendments to:

    a) Create a new definition of “Boarding, Lodging, and Rooming House” (“BLRH”), with three sub-categories being:

    a. Small (4 or less occupants)

    b. Medium (5 to 9 occupants)

    c. Large (10 and more occupants)

    b) Allow Small BLRHs in all agricultural and residential areas;

    c) Allow Medium BLRHs in all agricultural and residential areas;

    d) Allow Large BLRHs in in all agricultural and residential areas, subject to Site Plan Control;

    e) Require all new BLRHs located on a farm where occupants of the BLRH are employed to provide additional amenity spaces for workers and separation from operational facilities;

    f) Require all BLRHs to be licensed by the Town at $150 per BLRH per annum; and,

    g) The maximum number of persons in a BLRH is determined by the lower of the limit set by:

    a. The Windsor Essex County Health Unit

    b. The Kingsville Fire Department / Fire Code

    c. 28 sq.m (300 sq.ft.) per person of liveable completed space.