Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanURBAN DESIGN a multi-use trail system, elements of the Town’s natural environmental features, shoreline open space, stormwater management facilities, golf courses, and campgrounds.Some of these spaces will accommodate both active and passive recreationaluses, others will be designed for pedestrian use and passive outdoor activity, whileothers will act as natural visual features.b) The open space system shall be fully linked and connected to create a networkthat encourages access for all residents and promotes convenience of pedestrianand bicycle movement. Street boulevards and sidewalks, and elements of theTown’s environmental natural features may act as key links for this network.c) The design of neighbourhoods and other new development areas shall promoteconnectivity and visibility of the open space system wherever possible. Streetpatterning shall respond to this objective with frequent views, links and openfrontages to parks, and natural areas.d) Integration of, and linkages with natural environmental features shall balancepreservation and conservation considerations with recreational needs and theprinciples of connectivity. Woodlots, hedgerows, valleylands and shoreline areasmay be preserved and simultaneously act as feature elements of the open spacesystem.e) A high quality of open space design shall be employed at existing shoreline publicspaces and new publicly accessible open spaces shall be created, where possible,at the Lake Simcoe shoreline. The shoreline area constitutes one of the mostsignificant natural features of the Town and should be accessible for therecreational and visual enjoyment of the public.f) A multi-use trail system shall be developed as a major connecting element of theopen space system for pedestrians and cyclists, and as a recreational feature ofthat system. The trail system may utilize natural features, buffers, parks,Stormwater Management facilities, rail corridors and street corridors.g) The multi-use trail system should be planned to link to all the settlements andneighbourhoods within the Town. It should connect to residential areas as well ascommercial core areas, employment areas and community amenities.h) The multi-use trail system shall be designed to include significant exposure to andintegration of sections of the Lake Simcoe shoreline wherever this is possible.i) A high quality of landscape design shall be employed in the development of theopen space system.j) The use of naturalized plantings and indigenous species is encouraged to promotelocal character and efficient maintenance. This is particularly appropriate for thedesign of Stormwater Management facilities to promote naturalization.96Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011