Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanIMPLEMENTATIONThreatened. Any native species that, on the basis of the best available scientificevidence, is at risk of becoming endangered throughout all or a significant portion of itsOntario range if the limiting factors are not reversed.Vulnerable. Any native species that, on the basis of the best available scientificevidence, is a species of special concern in Ontario, but is not a threatened orendangered species.9. 20.13 Cultural heritage landscape: means a defined geographical area of heritagesignificance, which has been modified by human activities and is valued by acommunity. It involves a grouping(s) of individual heritage features such as structures,spaces, archaeological sites and natural elements, which together form a significanttype of heritage form, distinctive from that of its constituent elements or parts.Examples may include, but are not limited to, heritage conservation districtsdesignated under the Ontario Heritage Act; and villages, parks, gardens, battlefields,mainstreets and neighbourhoods, cemeteries, trailways and industrial complexes ofcultural heritage value.9.20.14 Designated greenfield area: means the area within a settlement area that is not builtup area.9. 20.15 Development: means the creation of a new lot, a change in land use, or theconstruction of buildings and structures, requiring approval under the Planning Act, butdoes not include:a) activities that create or maintain infrastructure authorized under an environmentalassessment process; orb) works subject to the Drainage Act.9.20.16 Domestic sewage: means sewage originating from human body waste, toilet waste,waste from showers and tubs, liquid and waterborne kitchen and sink waste andlaundry waste. The sewage may originate from offices, factories, institutions or otherplaces of employment and restaurants. Domestic sewage shall not include plant orchemical effluent of any type used in a manufacturing process. Food wasteassociated with the manufacturing or processing of food other than for sale inrestaurants (such as slaughter houses, canning plants, meat packing plants and thelike) shall not be included in the definition of domestic sewage.9.20.17 Employment Area: means areas designated in an official plan for clusters of businessand economic activities including, but not limited to, manufacturing, warehousing,offices, and associated retail and ancillary facilities.9.20.18 Fish Habitat: as defined in the Fisheries Act, c. F-14, means spawning grounds andnursery, rearing, food supply, and migration areas on which fish depend directly orindirectly in order to carry out their life processes.9. 20.19 Flood fringe: for river, stream and small inland lake systems, means the outer portionof the flood plain between the floodway and the flooding hazard limit. Depths andvelocities of flooding are generally less severe in the flood fringe than thoseexperienced in the floodway.135Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011