Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanLEFROY SECONDARY PLANc) In Residential Low Density 1 and 2 areas, the design and location of driveways,parking areas and garages shall minimize their impact on streetscapes.d) Development at corner locations shall be sited near the street line of bothfrontages, subject to sight triangle requirements, to reinforce its importance toboth streetscapes and the potential for creation of neighbourhood landmarks.Similarly development at other focal locations, such as adjacent to public openspace or the entrances to pedestrian links shall be sited to reinforce the publicfrontages.e) Site planning for commercial developments shall reinforce the street edge,minimize the impact of parking areas, and promote direct pedestrian connectionsand streetscapes.ii) Building Designa) Diversity of housing and lot type shall be applied within neighbourhoods, anddistributed in a balanced fashion to avoid the predominance of a single house orlot type. As well, a variety of housing elevations shall be encouraged within eachresidential block to provide an interesting streetscape.b) The distribution of lot and housing types in neighbourhoods will be configured tocreate smooth transitions and avoid abrupt massing changes withinstreetscapes, and unsuitable relationships with existing communities.c) Buildings should be designed to contribute to a desirable community character interms of conceptual design massing.d) Building design should attempt to maintain and complement the village characterof Lefroy and adjacent or nearby existing buildings using building height, massingand scale of architectural features.e) Development shall promote a high quality of built form, materials andarchitectural design to project a positive image of the community.f) The design of built form shall be encouraged to incorporate principles ofsustainable development, energy and resource efficiency as per Section 13.4.3.g) Building design shall screen views of mechanical equipment from the streetthrough roof design or the use of other architectural features such as parapets orscreens.h) Residential facades should be designed to achieve the objective of “eyes on thestreet” through the inclusion of elements such as main entrances, porticoes,porches, windows and balconies.i) For commercial and institutional facades, large exposed blank walls should beavoided. All visible sides of a building should be treated in a similar fashion to thefront of the building. A high quality of architectural design shall be promoted227Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011