Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanMUNICIPAL STRUCTUREopportunities for intensification. Opportunities are largely limited to infill on previouslyundeveloped sites, severance of large lots, accessory dwelling units and low-rise, multistoreymixed use intensification in the core commercial area of Alcona. Facilitatingopportunities for infill and intensification will require a balance to ensure that adjacentresidents are not unduly impacted and the existing character of residentialneighbourhoods are protected.Goals:To accommodate future housing demands while maintaining the character ofestablished neighbourhoods.Objectives:1) To maintain at a minimum a 10 year supply of residential designated land in orderto ensure that housing prices remain affordable.2) To provide a range of lot sizes and densities, housing types, and tenure, providedthe scale and massing of development is in keeping with the character of theTown.3) To encourage residential intensification throughout the community as appropriateopportunities arise through infill, redevelopment, conversion or other methods ofresidential and mixed-use intensification which are in keeping with the scale andcharacter of the surrounding residential area.Policies:2.10.1 Council shall encourage the development industry to provide housing which includes avariety of dwelling unit types in terms of density, tenure, unit size and price includingspecial needs housing.2.10.2 The Town shall maintain at all times a 10 year supply of residentially designated lands.In this context, designated means in approved Secondary Plans where applicable.2.10.3 Council shall endeavour to maintain at all times a 3 year supply of housing units onlands suitably zoned to facilitate residential intensification and redevelopment and inregistered, or draft approved plans of subdivision. The Town shall also endeavour toensure sufficient servicing capacity to accommodate this housing.2.10.4 The Town shall permit and facilitate all forms of residential intensification andredevelopment through the review of site specific applications and studies undertakenthrough the completion of Secondary Plans.2.10.5 In considering applications for infill and intensification, the Town shall consider theimpact on adjacent residential uses including overlook and shadowing, the character ofthe surrounding area and the need for a transition in heights and densities adjacent toexisting residential uses.2.10.6 In order to properly facilitate infill and intensification, the Town shall review and updatethe Alcona and Cookstown Secondary Plans to identify and facilitate opportunities for23Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011