Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanMUNICIPAL STRUCTUREObjectives:1. To protect specialty crop and prime agricultural areas for long-term use foragriculture.2. To encourage and provide for a broad range of 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 Town shall direct development to Urban and Village Settlements, except wherenecessary for development related to the management or use of 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 of this Section and the Rural Area land usepolicies of Section 3.2.8.3 The Town shall avoid matters of 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 Town roads.2.8.4 The Town shall encourage a broad range of agriculture uses within the Countrysideincluding permitting those related to farming as of 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 of this plan.2.8.6 New rural commercial, rural industrial or institutional uses, may be permitted in theCountryside Area through an Official Plan 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 of 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 of Sections 2.8.8 and 3.2.2.8.21Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011