Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanALCONA URBAN SETTLEMENTe) Specific environmental characteristics and constraints to the area and surroundingcontext.f) Development of a servicing strategy prior to incremental approval of individualapplications.Goals:To encourage future growth in the Secondary Plan Area to occur with a view tominimizing adverse environmental impact.To ensure that future growth in the Secondary Plan Area does not constitute afinancial burden to the municipality, and that development occurs within thefinancial and physical capability of the municipality.To provide for the delivery of affordable housing in accordance with the ProvincialPolicy Statement.Objectives:1) To further the general goals and principals of the Official Plan, and specific goals ofthe Alcona Secondary Plan by providing a more detailed framework for futuredevelopment, and setting forth detailed land use arrangements and policies,servicing policies, implementation policies, development criteria and principles toguide future development in the Alcona Secondary Plan Area.2) To develop a predominantly residential community in the Alcona Secondary PlanArea.3) To provide a range of housing types and densities to cater to differing needs withinthe municipality, and to enable the delivery of affordable housing in keeping withthe Provincial Policy Statement.4) To ensure the availability of and easy and convenient access to communityfacilities such as parks, recreational facilities, commercial centres and institutionalfacilities.5) To ensure that future development takes into account specific environmentalcharacteristics of the area and surrounding context, and that development occurswith minimal impact to the environment.6) To protect and conserve significant wooded areas.7) To ensure that the drainage and stormwater management system in the AlconaSecondary Plan Area is designed and constructed in accordance with soundenvironmental and engineering practices, having regard to downstream impacts.8) To ensure that adequate water supply, sewage collection, electrical supply andstormwater drainage systems are provided to the residents of the AlconaSecondary Plan Area.9) To integrate future development within the Secondary Plan Area with surroundingdevelopment, both existing and proposed.10) To develop land use policies for the Alcona Secondary Plan Area that arecompatible with existing and committed land uses abutting the Secondary PlanArea.149Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011