Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanIMPLEMENTATIONG2: Very rare; usually between 5 and 20 occurrences in the overall range or with manyindividuals in fewer occurrences; or because of some factor(s) making it vulnerable toextinction.G3: Rare to uncommon; usually between 20 and 100 occurrences; may have feweroccurrences, but with a large number of individuals in some populations; may besusceptible to large-scale disturbances.S1: Extremely rare in Ontario; usually 5 or fewer occurrences in the province or veryfew remaining individuals; often especially vulnerable to extirpation.S2: Very rare in Ontario; usually between 5 and 20 occurrences in the province or withmany individuals in fewer occurrences; often susceptible to extirpation.S3: Rare to uncommon in Ontario; usually between 20 and 100 occurrences in theprovince; may have fewer occurrences, but with a large number of individuals in somepopulations; may be susceptible to large-scale disturbances. Most species with an S3rank are assigned to the watch list, unless they have a relatively high global rank.9.20.24 Garden suite: means a one-unit detached residential structure containing bathroomand kitchen facilities that is ancillary to an existing residential structure and that isdesigned to be portable.9.20.25 Ground water feature: refers to water-related features in the earth’s subsurface,including recharge/discharge areas, water tables, aquifers and unsaturated zones thatcan be defined by surface and subsurface hydrogeologic investigations.9.20.26 Group Home: means a supervised single housekeeping unit in a residential dwellingfor the accommodation of not more than 6 persons, exclusive of staff, who by reasonof their emotional, mental, social or physical condition or legal status require a groupliving arrangement for their well-being and;i) the members of the group are referred by a hospital, court, government agency,recognized social service agency or health professional; andii)such facility is licensed and/or approved under provincial statues and incompliance with municipal by-laws.9.20.27 Hazardous site: means property or lands that could be unsafe for development andsite alteration due to naturally occurring hazards. These may include unstable soils(sensitive marine clays [leda], organic soils) or unstable bedrock (karst topography).9. 20.28 Heritage attributes: means the principal features, characteristics, context andappearance that contribute to the cultural heritage significance of a protected heritageproperty.9.20.29 Home industry: means a craft, trade, guild or service, excluding an automobile bodyshop, conducted entirely within an accessory building on the lot as a clearly incidentalor secondary use to the residential use or farm use of the property and provided the137Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011