Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanLAND USE POLICIESconservation management uses may also be permitted in accordance with Section3.1.1.4.General Policies:3.7.4 Development, including the creation of new lots, shall not be permitted in areasidentified as susceptible to flood hazard or erosion hazard as defined by the provincialpolicy statement and regulated by the conservation authorities. Development shallgenerally be directed to areas outside of hazardous sites such as areas of unstablesoils, organic soils or wetlands.3.7.5 In many cases, the Hazard Land lines shown on the Schedules are an approximationof the potential hazard. To determine if a property is actually susceptible to a naturalhazard, such as flood, erosion or wave uprush, the applicable conservation authorityshould be contacted and a site specific natural hazard study may be required.3.7.6 Some lots, buildings and structures are located within the flooding and erosion hazardlimits as identified by the conservation authorities. Expansions and redevelopment ofexisting uses within these hazard areas may be permitted, subject to the writtenapproval of the applicable Conservation Authority and provided:i) no part of the building is located within a floodway;ii) buildings are appropriately floodproofed to the flooding hazard elevation or anotherflooding hazard standard approved by the Minister of Natural Resourcesiii) development and site alteration is carried out in accordance with floodproofingstandards, protection works standards, and access standards;iv) vehicles and people have a way of safely entering and exiting the area during timesof flooding, erosion and other emergencies;v) new hazards are not created and existing hazards are not aggravated; andvi) no adverse environmental impacts will result.In general, any development permitted will be subject to provincial and watershedstandards and procedures for a hazard land development.”3.7.7 Approvals for any development within lands designated Hazard Land also require theprior written approval of the applicable conservation authority.3.7.8 In cases where there is a discrepancy with the flood lines shown on the land useschedules and the lines mapped / approved by the Conservation Authority, the linesshown on the Authority's maps shall be used.3.7.9 Areas of steep slopes can be a constraint to development. These are generally slopesexceeding 15%. Areas of steep slopes shall be identified through Secondary Planstudies and the constraints to development assessed. Development will not permittedon areas of steep slopes unless a geotechnical analysis has demonstrated, to thesatisfaction of the Town in consultation with the applicable conservation authority, thatthe slopes are stable and safe and development is feasible.3.7.10 The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority and Nottawasaga ValleyConservation Authority administer Ontario Regulations 179/06 and 172/06respectively, under the Conservation Authorities Act. These regulated areas includesuch areas as floodplains, erosion areas, wetlands, shorelines, watercourses and aregenerally illustrated in Appendix 3. A permit is required from the applicable76Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011