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Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

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<strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Innisfil</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTIntent:The Intake Protection Zone (IPZ) is defined as the area that may be susceptible tocontamination around the surface water intake to the Alcona Water Treatment <strong>Plan</strong>.Through Source Water Protection planning under the provincial Clean Water Act, an IPZis to be delineated.Policies:4.3.1 The storage <strong>of</strong> the following materials shall be prohibited within the Intake ProtectionZone as delineated in Appendix 9: animal manure, petroleum fuels, petroleum solvents and chlorinated solvents, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, construction equipment, inorganic fertilizers, road salt, and contaminants listed in Schedule 3 (Severely Toxic Contaminants) to Regulation 347<strong>of</strong> the Revised Regulations <strong>of</strong> Ontario, 1990.4.4 LANDFORM CONSERVATIONIntent:The <strong>Town</strong> contains a number <strong>of</strong> significant landforms including the meltwater channelthrough the centre <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Town</strong>, the former Lake Algonquin shoreline, drumlins, fluted tilluplands, and outwash deposits. As well, the shoreline <strong>of</strong> Lake Simcoe is recognized asan important landform within the <strong>Town</strong> due to its environmental, economic andrecreational significance. The County <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> encourages municipalities toconsider the need for landform conservation planning.Policies:4.4.1 In the review <strong>of</strong> development applications, the following development guidelines shall beconsidered: new roads should be designed to harmonize with the existing topography to theextent possible, thus minimizing changes; the removal <strong>of</strong> vegetation along shorelines should be discouraged; and views from and <strong>of</strong> locally significant landforms should be protected.4.4.2 As a condition <strong>of</strong> development approval, applicants shall identify planning, design,grading and construction practices that keep disturbance to landform character to aminimum.4.5 ENERGY CONSERVATIONPolicies:4.5.1 In order to reduce energy consumption, reasonably compact forms <strong>of</strong> development shallbe maintained in conjunction with efficient pedestrian, bicycle and vehiculartransportation networks.89Adopted July 26, 2006 <strong>Approved</strong> by <strong>OMB</strong> May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011

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