Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanURBAN DESIGNb) Development shall be configured to preserve significant views of naturalenvironmental features. Frequent visual openings to natural features shall becreated through the alignment of streets, lotting and location of built form.c) In particular, views of Lake Simcoe and its shoreline are characteristic of largeareas of the eastern and northeasterly sections of the Town of Innisfil. The regularpattern of openings provided by the pattern of open space, built form and lottingalong the shore, and by areas of higher topography, shall be retained.d) Locate community institutions at visual focal locations within the urban andneighbourhood structure to promote their function as cultural hubs in the life of thecommunity and visual landmarks in neighbourhoods.e) Retain significant views of existing institutions as features of the Town’s culturalheritage.f) The settlement edges adjoining agricultural and rural areas shall provide smoothtransitions. These transitions may be characterized by a combination of arterialroads with landscaped buffers, natural environmental features, parkland spaces,single loaded streets, “window streets” or multi-use trails. The interface withagricultural lands shall occur largely along the public realm affording views ofagricultural lands.g) Residential density and massing at settlement edges shall be appropriate to thecharacteristics of adjacent lands and to the detailed design of the edge condition toensure smooth transitions at community edges. Where the edge of newdevelopment abuts existing neighbourhoods, density and massing along that edgeshall respond to the density and massing of the existing condition.f) Major entry points to neighbourhoods, new plans of subdivisions and corecommercial areas function as gateways and landmarks within the urban pattern.Design of development at these locations shall recognize this function with a highquality of architectural and landscape development including entry features in thestreet boulevard.g) Building form, massing and detailing at gateway locations should be of the highestorder and reflect the character of the adjacent areas.5.8 VILLAGE CHARACTERExisting urban areas and settlements within the Town of Innisfil exhibit differentcharacteristics and a diversity of image. Building massing, materials and sometimesdetailing in shoreline communities differs somewhat from that of the Urban and VillageSettlements at interior locations in the Town. New development shall reinforce thesedifferences in “village character” to promote the individual nature of the variouscommunities.a) Development shall preserve and enhance the distinct character of existing villages,neighbourhoods and settlements.b) The Town of Innisfil will retain and enhance existing heritage and culturallandmarks unique to each of its settlements.c) The design of new development shall give consideration to the inclusion ofarchitectural elements that reference the architectural elements and characteristics101Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011