Innisfil Official Plan OMB Approved - Town of Innisfil

Town of Innisfil Official PlanLAND USE POLICIESvii)For applications on lands current designated Agricultural Area, the applicant shallfurther demonstrate that the rehabilitation of the site will be carried out wherebysubstantially the same areas and same average soil quality for agriculture arerestored.3.8.4 When considering a rezoning to permit the establishment of a new extractive operation orexpansion of an existing operation in an Extractive Industrial Area designation, the Townshall require that:i) Extractive operations shall generally be restricted to areas not exposed to thepublic;ii) Excavation of sand and gravel shall be 122 metres from the property line of landsdesignated or used for residential use;iii) Extraction of sand and gravel shall be setback up to 122 metres from landsdesignated for uses other than residential at the discretion of the Town;iv) Extraction of quarry stone or the processing of sand, gravel or stone shall besetback 213 metres from the property line of lands designated for residential use;v) Extraction of quarry stone or the processing of sand, gravel or stone shall besetback up to 213 metres from the property line of lands designated for uses otherthan residential;vi) No excavations shall take place within 30 metres of a right-of-way and within 15metres of a property line;3.8.5 Development agreements shall not conflict with any of the license requirements of theAggregate Resources Act. An agreement shall be entered into between the Town andthe proponent prior to the required rezoning and shall address:i) Arrangements for the specific rehabilitation of the subject lands after use, or instages during use;ii) A guarantee that the operation of the subject extractive industry will continue to beconducted in accordance with the latest and highest standards of sand and gravelindustry;iii) Routes to be used by gravel trucks;iv) Timing of blasting operations;v) Arrangements for a tree screen and/or berming to provide an effective visual bufferand noise mitigation between any proposed excavations and any road, includingunopened road allowances, and any abutting Urban Settlement, Village Settlementor area designated in the Official Plan for Estate Residential, Parks and OpenSpace, commercial or resort uses;vi) Provision that no new excavation or other processing shall take place until suchscreening has been established effectively; andvii) Provision that no polluted water from washing or screening operations shall bedischarged into any creek or watercourse.3.8.6 All pit and quarry uses must satisfy the requirements of the Ministry of the Environmentrelated to water supply and disposal of liquid waste.79Adopted July 26, 2006 Approved by OMB May 2009, March 2010 & April 8, 2011