Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanLEFROY SECONDARY PLANthrough inclusion of entrance elements, windows, articulated wall areas and roofexpression. Projections of canopies, roof overhangs, window bays and otherarchitectural elements are encouraged in order to create diverse and activestreetscapes. Where blank exposed walls are unavoidable, screening throughlandscaping will be required.j) Building entrances should be visibly well defined and accessible to pedestriansand the handicapped, as provided for in the Building and Fire Codes.k) Where townhousing is proposed, a mix of long and short townhouse blocks, witha maximum of 8 units in a block, on public and private streets shall beencouraged to provide variety to the streetscape. The massing of longtownhouse blocks should be broken up with a variation of lengths and facades sothat a single monotonous elevation is not created. The zoning by-law shallcontain standards controlling this circumstance.l) Design of buildings should emphasize the building, not the car or parking areas.m) In low-density residential designations, attached garages facing the front yardshall be designed to be proportional and not dominate the building façade.Projecting garages should be avoided. The implementing Zoning By-law shallcontain provisions restricting the extent of garage protrusions.n) Building design shall have regard for minimizing impact on the naturalgroundwater system by limiting the depth of excavation for foundationsparticularly in low lying areas with high groundwater table.o) Heritage buildings and structures shall be preserved. The design of new infilldevelopment adjacent to heritage buildings, and the adaptive reuse of heritagestructures shall incorporate the principles of heritage conservation. Design ofthese developments shall be sensitive to the existing heritage structures.p) Residential density and massing at settlement edges shall be appropriate to thecharacteristics of adjacent lands and to the detailed design of the edge conditionto ensure smooth transitions. Where the edge of new development abutsexisting neighbourhoods, density, massing and lot frontages shall respond to thecharacter of the existing condition.iii) Parking and Accessa) The linking of parking areas, driveways and access points should be encouragedto minimize the number of access points to arterial roads subject to applicablemunicipal by-laws. Mutual entrances will be encouraged and clearly identified.b) Offset intersections will be discouraged. Where possible, driveways and accesspoints on opposite sides of the major street should be aligned.c) Appropriate parking provision shall be made to accommodate the handicapped.228Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011