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 STRUCTUREObjectives:1. To protect specialty crop and prime agricultural areas for long-term use foragriculture.2. To encourage and provide for a broad range <strong>of</strong> agricultural uses and rural uses.3. To direct development to the Urban and Village Settlements, but where rural landuses cannot be located in these settlements to direct such uses to the Rural Areadesignation.Policies:2.8.1 The Countryside shall be delineated predominantly into three designations on the LandUse Schedule B. These designations shall include Specialty Crop Area, AgricultureArea and Rural Area as per sections 3.2.1, 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 respectively. As well, otherdesignations in the Countryside include Shoreline Residential Area, ShorelineCommercial Area, Rural Industrial, Highway Commercial Area, Extractive Industrial Areaand Parks and Open Space.2.8.2 The <strong>Town</strong> shall direct development to Urban and Village Settlements, except wherenecessary for development related to the management or use <strong>of</strong> resources, resourcebased recreational activities and rural land uses that cannot be located in Urban andVillage Settlements. In this respect, Rural, non-agricultural uses shall be limited and onlypermitted pursuant to the general direction <strong>of</strong> this Section and the Rural Area land usepolicies <strong>of</strong> Section 3.2.8.3 The <strong>Town</strong> shall avoid matters <strong>of</strong> incompatibility which may arise between farmingoperations and the Urban and Village Settlements through compliance with the minimumdistance separation formulae, buffering in urban areas abutting farm operations, andproviding means to minimize traffic conflicts on <strong>Town</strong> roads.2.8.4 The <strong>Town</strong> shall encourage a broad range <strong>of</strong> agriculture uses within the Countrysideincluding permitting those related to farming as <strong>of</strong> right in the land use designations andzoning by-law.2.8.5 Home industries, home occupations, farm gate sales, fruit and vegetable markets andother activities which produce value-added agricultural products from the farm operationshall be permitted throughout the Countryside in order to assist the farming communitysupplement their incomes as per the policies <strong>of</strong> this plan.2.8.6 New rural commercial, rural industrial or institutional uses, may be permitted in theCountryside Area through an <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Amendment, provided it is demonstrated that:i) the proposed use is a rural land use that cannot be located in Village or UrbanSettlements; orii) the proposed use is related to the management or use <strong>of</strong> resources or resourcebasedrecreation; andiii) the propose site is not within a Specialty Crop designation; andiv) if in the Agricultural Area designation, the proposed use shall be limited and meet therequirements <strong>of</strong> Sections 2.8.8 and 3.2.2.8.21Adopted July 26, 2006 <strong>Approved</strong> by <strong>OMB</strong> May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011