Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanCOOKSTOWN SECONDARY PLAN11.7 INSTITUTIONAL AREA11.7.1 The Institutional Area designation shall mean the predominant use of lands sodesignated on Schedule “B2” shall be for the administration and public service useswhich may include a school, post office, pump house, works department, cemetery,clinic, nursing home, private club, park, recreational complex, museum, library andplaces of worship.11.7.2 It shall be the policy of Council that all new Institutional uses shall have sufficient lotarea to accommodate the parking requirements generated by the use.11.7.3 Where an institutional use is proposed adjacent to a residential use, additionalsetbacks may be specified in the zoning by-law or a zoning bylaw amendment andsuitable landscaping and visual buffers may be required to be provided by thelandowner if the proposed development is in a site plan control area or a consent orsubdivision is needed prior to development.11.7.4 New institutional buildings should be designed so as to blend in with the surroundingresidential uses.11.7.5 Services and facilities provided by the Municipality or other private or public agenciesinvolved in the provision of parks and public works, public utilities or similar servicesmay be permitted in any designation subject to the provisions of the implementingZoning bylaw. Where permitted, such uses should be designated so as to blend withand be in harmony with surrounding land uses.11.7.6 All development within this designation shall be subject to Site Plan Control inaccordance with the policies of Section 9.4 of this Plan.11.8 NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA AND HAZARD LAND AREA11.8.1 In the area designated Natural Environmental Area on Schedule B2, the policies ofSection 3.1 shall apply as well as the following11.8.2 In the lands identified as Hazard Land Area on Schedule B2, the policies of Section 3shall apply as well as the following.11.8.3 Neither a building nor the placing or removal of fill of any kinds, whether originating onthe site or elsewhere shall be permitted in areas identified as being subject to periodicflooding or within the Development, Interference with Wetlands & Alteration toShorelines & Watercourse Regulation Area (Ontario Regulation 179/06) as delineatedin Appendix 3, except in accordance with the recommendations of the NottawasagaValley Conservation Authority. Also, no building nor the placing or removal ofsignificant amounts of fill shall be permitted in areas having poor drainage without theconsent of the Town.11.8.4 There is no public obligation to either redesignate or purchase any lands that haveexisting or potential physical limitations or hazardous characteristics, especially wheresuch factors would be difficult or costly to overcome. Similarly, such lands shall not be188Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011