Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanCOOKSTOWN SECONDARY PLAN11SECTION ELEVEN: COOKSTOWNSECONDARY PLANIntent:The Ministry of Municipal Affairs approved, as modified, the Official Plan for the Villageof Cookstown on January 15, 1993. The Official Plan for the Village of Cookstown ,inclusive of Schedules as approved and modified by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs,forms the Cookstown Secondary Plan.Goals:a) To maintain Cookstown’s role as a local centre in the Simcoe-Georgian Area,providing for the day-to-day needs of residents and the surrounding agriculturalcommunity.b) To direct new development to suitable areas within Cookstown.c) To ensure that new development is adequately provided with municipal services.d) To ensure that existing municipal servicing and community facility deficiencies arealleviated.e) To preserve the architectural heritage of Cookstown.Objectives:1) To limit development in areas where suitable soils for private waste disposal onreasonably sized lots do not exist.2) To limit the total population of Cookstown until additional water supply becomesavailable.3) To determine a servicing policy for alleviating present deficiencies.4) To define areas for further urban development and the type of developmentpermitted in each.5) To define a policy for commercial development in Cookstown.6) To establish a policy for open space acquisition.11.1 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIESa) It is the policy of Council that all development in Cookstown takes place inaccordance with the land use designations on Schedule B2 and the policies of thisplan.b) It is the policy of Council that lands designated Rural on Schedule B2 bemaintained in their present use until such time as municipal water supply andsewage disposal facilities are provided to serve all or parts of the Rural area.173Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011