Draft Secondary Plan Policies - Town of Innisfil

e) The maximum height of street townhouse buildings shall not exceed two and a half (2.5)storeys. A basement or a walk-out condition is not considered a storey. Stackedtownhouse buildings shall not exceed a height of three and a half (3.5) storeys.f) It is intended that sites containing residential medium density housing be developed withhigh standards of residential amenity and visual aesthetics as per Sections 5 and 15.8 andsubject to Architectural Control as per Section 5.9.2.2.g) Residential Medium Density housing shall provide adequate open space, landscaped areas,and recreation facilities for their occupants.h) Adequate on-site parking shall be provided for residents and visitors, subject to the urbandesign provisions of this Secondary Plan. Common parking areas, where provided, shall beappropriately screened with consideration given to safety and visual impact on thesurrounding land and roadways.15.3.5 Neighbourhood Commerciala) Within the Neighbourhood Commercial designation shown on Schedule B16 – Land Use,lands shall be developed in accordance with the policies of Section 3.4.2 and the additionalpolicies of this Section.b) In addition to the uses permitted by Section 3.4.2.1 for Neighbourhood Commercial Areas,the following uses shall also be permitted:i) Live/work and residential uses on the upper storeys of office and retail and servicecommercial uses.ii)iii)Auto services including a gas bar but excluding an auto body shop.Places of worship.c) The retail and service commercial uses shall provide for a maximum of 15,000 sq. m. offloor space. This floor space shall be phased in tangent with the phasing of populationgrowth. Despite this maximum floor space, a detailed concept plan and market demand andimpact study shall be submitted to the satisfaction of the Town with any application forrezoning for commercial use within this designation. The purpose of the market demandand impact study is to identify the phasing and timing of development in order to ensure thatcommercial uses develop in accordance with the timing of population growth within theAlcona North Secondary Plan Area. The Study is not intended to be a retail demandanalysis, nor is it intended to ultimately restrict the uses permitted by the Official Plan.d) The maximum height of mixed commercial/ residential uses including live/work buildingsshall not exceed three and a half (3.5) stories. In the context of this policy, a storey shall notinclude a basement or a walkout basement.e) On-street parking should also be considered in addition to on-site parking. The on-siteparking requirements will be reduced for the corresponding on-street parking provided.f) Development in this designation should be integrated into the street network of theneighbourhood. Smaller buildings should be located up to and oriented to the street toJanuary 2012 5