Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanIMPLEMENTATIONproprietor carrying out the craft, trade guild or service resides within a dwelling unitlocated on the same lot.9.20.30 Home occupation: means an occupation for gain or support conducted entirely withina dwelling unit as a clearly incidental or secondary use to the residential use andprovided the proprietor carrying out the occupation resides within the dwelling unit.9.20.31 Hydrologic functions: means the functions of the hydrological cycle that include theoccurrence, circulation, distribution and chemical and physical properties of water onthe surface of the land, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere, andwater’s interaction with the environment including its relation to living things.9.20.32 Infrastructure: means physical structures (facilities and corridors) that form thefoundation for development. Infrastructure includes: sewage and water systems,septage treatment systems, waste management systems, electric power generationand transmission, communications/telecommunications, transit and transportationcorridors and facilities, oil and gas pipelines and associated facilities.9.20.33 Intensification: means the development of a property, site or area at a higher densitythan currently exists through:a) redevelopment, including the reuse of brownfield sites;b) the redevelopment of vacant and/or underutilized lots within previously developedareas:c) infill development; ord) the expansion or conversion of existing buildings.9. 20.34 Linkages: means areas that link natural heritage features as to allow the movement(e.g., dispersal, migration or daily movement) of plants and wildlife among them. Theycan occur across or along uplands, lowlands or slopes. It is critical that suchconnections provide all the conditions necessary to allow them to function as linkages.For example, this may include providing interior forest conditions for species thatrequire this habitat for movement, or it may include breeding or reproductive habitat forslow-moving species that require more than one generation to successfully move fromone natural feature to another.9.20.35 Natural Self-sustaining vegetation: means vegetation dominated by native plantspecies that can grow and persist without direct human management, protection, ortending.9.20.36 Negative impacts: meansa) degradation to the quality and quantity of water, sensitive surface water andgroundwater features, and their related hydrologic functions, due top single, multipleor successive development or site alteration activities;b) in regard to fish habitat, the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat,except where, in conjunction with the appropriate authorities, it has been authorizedunder the Fisheries Act, using the guiding principle of no net loss of productivecapacity; andc) in regard to other natural heritage features and areas, degradation that threatens thehealth and integrity of the natural features or ecological functions for which an area is138Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011