Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanINFRASTRUCTUREi) size and design of stormwater management facilities;ii) grading plan;iii) pre and post development discharge;iv) impact on surface water quality and quantity, i.e., temperature, base flow,fisheries and mitigating measures;v) means of controlling erosion during and after construction;vi) how development will maintain or enhance baseflow and maintain storage levelsduring periods of minimum base flow;vii) impact on groundwater quality and quantity;viii) consideration of Best Management Practice criteria as set out in Section 7.2.4;andix) demonstrate how the water quality objectives and targets that are establishedfrom time to time are met.7.2.8 Stormwater management ponds shall be naturalized with the opportunity for publicpedestrian pathways located around the ponds while ensuring public safety.7.3 UTILITIES7.3.1 The Town will plan for utilities concurrently with the development process and willencourage the utility providers to phase their services in tandem with development7.3.2 Utilities will be coordinated, planned and installed in common trenches, whereverpossible, to avoid unnecessary over-digging and disruption of municipal rights of way.7.3.3 Utility providers will confirm, through the development approval process, whether theywill be able to provide services to support the proposed development and theappropriate locations for large utility equipment and utility cluster sites.7.3.4 TransCanada Pipelines Limited operates two high pressure natural gas pipelineswithin its right-of-way within the Town. TransCanada is regulated by the NationalEnergy Board which has a number of requirements regulating development inproximity to the pipelines within the right-of-way. This includes approval requirementsfor certain activities within 30 metres of the right-of-way for such matters asexcavation, blasting and movement of heavy equipment.7.3.5 New development, which results in increasing the population density in the area, canresult in TransCanada being required to replace its pipeline. As a result, the Townshall require early consultation with TransCanada, or its designated representative, forany development proposals within 200 metres of its right-of-way.7.3.6 A setback of 7 metres shall be required from the limits of the TransCanada Pipelineright-of-way for all permanent structures and excavations. A reduction in the 7 metresetback will only be considered if it can be demonstrated, to TransCanada's111Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011