Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil
Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil
Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil
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<strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Innisfil</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>MUNICIPAL 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 <strong>of</strong> keeping with the physical character <strong>of</strong> thoseneighbourhoods.2.3.4 The <strong>Town</strong> shall target for approximately 20 per cent <strong>of</strong> new dwelling units to beprovided through intensification after 2015.Non Decision ins<strong>of</strong>ar as it applies to the bolded text.2.3.5 In order to achieve the employment objective <strong>of</strong> one job for every two residents,an employment target <strong>of</strong> 27,750 will need to be achieved by 2026. It is anticipatedthat approximately 60 per cent <strong>of</strong> jobs will occur on traditional employment lands andenough lands must be designated to achieve that target. The remainder <strong>of</strong> 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 ins<strong>of</strong>ar as it applies to the bolded text.Appeal # 5 ins<strong>of</strong>ar as it relates to the non decision.2.3.6 The Simcoe Area Growth <strong>Plan</strong> and the <strong>Town</strong>’s Growth Management Strategy shall beincorporated into this <strong>Plan</strong> by subsequent <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> amendment and shall update thetargets set out in this Section and, where necessary and justified, the boundaries <strong>of</strong>settlements.2.3.7 Amendments to the growth projections or to settlement boundaries shall only beconsidered on a comprehensive basis at the time <strong>of</strong> the 5 year review or othercomprehensive review, unless otherwise set out in this <strong>Plan</strong>. Such reviews shall includean update <strong>of</strong> the Growth Management study forecasts and analyses.2.3.8 An update <strong>of</strong> the Growth Management Study undertaken during the 5 year review shallconsider the following matters:(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)Statistical records <strong>of</strong> housing unit completions in previous years.Statistical records <strong>of</strong> the amount <strong>of</strong> vacant employment land absorbed inprevious years.Comparison <strong>of</strong> employment verses population to determine the <strong>Town</strong>’s successin moving towards its employment target.Comparison <strong>of</strong> these actual development trends to those forecast in the <strong>Innisfil</strong>Growth Management Study, Population and Employment Forecast, November2005 and any County or Provincial forecast for the area.Determination <strong>of</strong> the amount <strong>of</strong> undeveloped land, including residential and7Adopted July 26, 2006 <strong>Approved</strong> by <strong>OMB</strong> May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011