The site of the proposed Amazon warehouse is located on Cornwall Road, west of Ford Drive and abutting an active CN rail line.
The purpose of a site plan review is to seek controls on the physical layout of the infrastructure on the site, such as the building footprint and number of parking spaces. The process has allowed residents to have their say and provide input that resulted in changes that will be good for the neighbourhood,” said Mayor Burton.Īlthough many of the comments received from the public asked Council to simply refuse the application and stop the proposed development, Mayor Burton noted that the site plan process cannot be used to stop a development. “I thank Councillors Haslett-Theall and Gittings for bringing this matter to Council. “Staff and Council, residents and their residents associations have worked hard to come up with a resolution that will try to capture all the concerns that we heard from residents,” said Mayor Rob Burton. The applicant is being asked to use best efforts to achieve further measures on a voluntary basis such as providing infrastructure to accommodate electric vehicles, designing internal traffic flow to reduce the noise associated with trucks’ back-up alarms, and preventing the use of drones on site. Providing turning lanes to limit the impact on existing traffic.Aligning one of the driveways with the existing intersection and traffic signals at Cardiff Drive.Installing a noise barrier wall and landscaped berm.Reducing the number of planned parking spaces from 886 to 689.Those conditions include a number of provisions to reduce noise and traffic congestion within the surrounding residential community, including: Residents praised for flagging concerns and providing input to the resolutionĪt a Special Council meeting held Wednesday, January 27, Council unanimously approved a settlement in the appeal of a site plan application for the redevelopment of 2175 Cornwall Road to accommodate an Amazon warehouse, provided a number of conditions are met.
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