Draft Secondary Plan Policies - Town of Innisfil

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iii) or various combinations of the above measures to achieve the 20%flow controltarget.d) Replacement or improvement of the culverts crossing Sandy Trail and Somers Boulevardshould be investigated and recommended work completed prior to development in theSecondary Plan Area.e) A Functional Servicing Study shall be prepared in support of each draft plan of subdivisionin accordance with the study requirements set out n Section 15.9.2. Such study shallinclude a detailed stormwater management plan implementing the recommendations of theAlcona North Master Drainage Plan.f) In addition to the Best Management Practices of Section 7.2.4, reduction of stormwaterrunoff volume and pollutant loadings is encouraged through:i) Implementation of a hierarchy of source, lot-level, conveyance and end-of-pipecontrols;ii) Implementation of innovative stormwater management measures; andiii) Incorporation of alternative community design and stormwater techniques throughsite plan design, lot grading, ditches and curbing, road widths, road and drivewaysurfaces, and the use of open space as temporary detention ponds.15.8 URBAN DESIGN POLICIESa) Plans of subdivision shall conform to the relevant design policies of Section 5 and theadditional policies of this Section.b) Urban design guidelines shall be prepared for the Alcona North Secondary Plan prior todraft plan approval of the first draft plan within the Secondary Plan Area. The urbandesign guidelines shall be based on the policies of Section 5 as well as the additionalpolicies of this Section.15.8.1 Neighbourhood Structurea) In addition to the Neighbourhood Structure policies of Section 5.2.1, the following policiesshall also apply.b) New development should emphasize a walkable and pedestrian-friendly scale.c) Subdivision design shall be sensitive to the topography and natural landscape byincorporating strong visual and physical links to natural features.d) Preservation of significant vegetation including tree lines and hedgerows along lot lines orstreets shall be encouraged where possible and feasible.January 2012 15
e) Residential development adjacent to arterial roads shall be designed to be sensitive to therural character of adjacent areas and provide a suitable transition from urban areas to rurallands.g) Residential development adjacent to the existing community area should be sensitive tophysical character and provide a suitable transition.15.8.2 Site and Building Designa) In addition to the Site Planning and Built Form policies of Sections 5.6.2 and 5.6.3, thefollowing policies shall also apply.b) Diversity of housing and lot type shall be applied within neighbourhoods, and distributed in abalanced fashion to avoid the predominance of a single house or lot type. As well, a varietyof housing elevations shall be encouraged within each residential block to provide aninteresting streetscape.c) The distribution of lot and housing types in neighbourhoods will be configured to createsmooth transitions and avoid abrupt massing changes within streetscapes, and unsuitablerelationships with existing residential areas.d) Building design shall screen views of mechanical equipment from the street through roofdesign or the use of other architectural features such as parapets or screens.e) For commercial, and institutional facades, large exposed blank walls should be avoided. Allvisible sides of a building should be treated in a similar fashion to the front of the building. Ahigh quality of architectural design shall be promoted through inclusion of entranceelements, windows, articulated wall areas and roof expression. Where blank exposed wallsare unavoidable, screening through landscaping will be required.f) Building entrances should be visibly well defined and accessible to pedestrians and thedisabled, as provided for in the Building and Fire Codes.g) Where townhousing is proposed, a mix of long and short townhouse blocks, with amaximum of 8 units in a block, on public and private streets shall be encouraged to providevariety to the streetscape. The massing of long townhouse blocks should be broken up witha variation of lengths and facades so that a single monotonous elevation is not created.The zoning by-law shall contain standards controlling this circumstance.h) Design of buildings should emphasize the building, not the car or parking areas. In low andmedium density residential areas, the implementing Zoning By-law shall contain provisionsrestricting the extent of garage protrusions.i) Residential density and massing at settlement edges shall be appropriate to thecharacteristics of adjacent lands and to the detailed design of the edge condition to ensuresmooth transitions. Where the edge of new development abuts existing neighbourhoods,density, massing and lot frontages shall respond to the character of the existing condition.January 2012 16
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