Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanURBAN DESIGN5.6.2 Site Planninga) Buildings shall be sited near the street line and address the streetscape toreinforce the street edge and promote a pedestrian scale.b) Generally, the public faces of buildings should align with development onneighbouring lots to define a continuous streetscape wall. These may be varied tocreate well-defined public or semi-public open space through grouping orclustering of adjoining structures. Exceptions to this general principle may beconsidered where it is deemed appropriate to the retention of rural villagecharacter.c) Development at corner locations shall be sited near the street line of bothfrontages to reinforce its importance to both streetscapes and the potential forcreation of neighbourhood landmarks. Similarly development at other focallocations, such as adjacent to public open space or the entrances to pedestrianlinks shall be sited to reinforce the public frontages.d) Site planning shall emphasize the importance of landscaped areas, buildingentrances and active built spaces at the street line. The design and location ofdriveways, parking areas and garages shall minimize their impact on streetscapes.e) In low-density residential areas, rear yard and recessed side yard locations ofgarages are preferred. Attached garages facing the front yard shall be designed tobe proportional and not dominate the building façade. Projecting garages shouldbe avoided.f) In higher density residential, mixed use developments, and commercial oremployment developments, parking areas shall be developed underground orsituated at the rear or side of the lots. Where sideyard parking is exposed to thestreet it shall be screened by landscaping or built features.g) Zoning provisions for parking requirements of higher density residential, mixed usedevelopments, and commercial or employment developments may take intoconsideration the potential for shared parking between different uses, availability oftransit within short walking distance, and the proximity of public parking.h) Site planning for large scale commercial developments and development ofemployment areas shall incorporate the same objectives of reinforcing the streetedge, minimizing the impact of parking areas, and promoting direct pedestrianconnections and streetscapes.i) Service and loading areas in new developments shall be screened to mitigate theirimpact on the streetscape.j) Zoning provisions will develop appropriate setbacks for front, side and rear yardsto promote the urban design policies of the Official Plan, while recognizing therequirements of the applicable County Roads Setback By-law.5.6.3 Built Forma) Development shall promote a high quality of built form, materials and architecturaldesign to project a positive image of the community.b) The design of built form shall incorporate principles of sustainable development,energy and resource efficiency.99Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011