Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanMUNICIPAL STRUCTUREthe Greater Golden Horseshoe. Core Commercial Areas within the Urban Settlementsare recognized and planned for as intensification corridors subject to the policiescontained within the secondary plans for those areas. New and updated secondaryplans shall identify additional opportunities for infill and intensification and designatesuch areas as intensification areas with appropriate minimum and maximum densities.Such studies shall also protect and maintain stable residential neighbourhoods from infilland intensification which is out of keeping with the physical character of thoseneighbourhoods.2.3.4 The Town shall target for approximately 20 per cent of new dwelling units to beprovided through intensification after 2015.Non Decision insofar as it applies to the bolded text.2.3.5 In order to achieve the employment objective of one job for every two residents,an employment target of 27,750 will need to be achieved by 2026. It is anticipatedthat approximately 60 per cent of jobs will occur on traditional employment lands andenough lands must be designated to achieve that target. The remainder of theemployment will be located in the living areas through commercial, institutional andgovernment related jobs and in the Countryside through agricultural and rural relatedjobs.Non Decision insofar as it applies to the bolded text.Appeal # 5 insofar as it relates to the non decision.2.3.6 The Simcoe Area Growth Plan and the Town’s Growth Management Strategy shall beincorporated into this Plan by subsequent Official Plan amendment and shall update thetargets set out in this Section and, where necessary and justified, the boundaries ofsettlements.2.3.7 Amendments to the growth projections or to settlement boundaries shall only beconsidered on a comprehensive basis at the time of the 5 year review or othercomprehensive review, unless otherwise set out in this Plan. Such reviews shall includean update of the Growth Management study forecasts and analyses.2.3.8 An update of the Growth Management Study undertaken during the 5 year review shallconsider the following matters:(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)Statistical records of housing unit completions in previous years.Statistical records of the amount of vacant employment land absorbed inprevious years.Comparison of employment verses population to determine the Town’s successin moving towards its employment target.Comparison of these actual development trends to those forecast in the InnisfilGrowth Management Study, Population and Employment Forecast, November2005 and any County or Provincial forecast for the area.Determination of the amount of undeveloped land, including residential and7Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011