Draft Secondary Plan Policies - Town of Innisfil

PART A – THE PREAMBLE1. PurposeThe purpose of this amendment is to incorporate a new Secondary Plan for aportion of the Alcona Settlement Area into the Official Plan. This Secondary Planincludes a detailed land use schedule and establishes detailed policies for theSettlement Area. This amendment shall constitute an amendment to the May 2009Ontario Municipal Board approved Official Plan and shall be incorporated intoSection 15 of the Official Plan.2. LocationAmendment No. X applies to the lands generally bound by 20 th Sideroad to the west,the 9 th Line and the half concession line of Concession 9 to the north, the half lot lineof Lot 24 to the east, and the half concession line of Concession 8 to the south.3. BasisIn 2004 D.G. Pratt Construction Limited (“Pratt”) filed an application for an OfficialPlan Amendment for a new Secondary Plan Area north of Alcona called theLeonard’s Beach Secondary Plan Area. In 2004, Pratt appealed part of therequested Official Plan Amendment (the “Alcona North Amendment”), which wouldbring approximately 211 hectares of land into the Alcona urban boundary andredesignate those lands with appropriate land use designations.The Alcona North Amendment includes all of the lands north of Alcona that wereincluded in the Town’s Official Plan Amendment #1 which was approved by SimcoeCounty in October 2009 and is currently under appeal. Official Plan Amendment #1identifies Urban Settlement Expansion Areas both to the north and south of theAlcona Urban Settlement. These areas represent the locations intended toaccommodate the majority of the Town’s forecasted residential growth. The Towninitiated the Alcona North Secondary Plan in 2010 and an Open House was held inJuly 2011 and the Statutory Public Meeting was held in December 2011.The Alcona North Amendment also includes lands north of the 9 th Line that wereoutside of the limits identified in the Town’s Official Plan Amendment #1 and theAlcona North Secondary Plan.The preparation of a Secondary Plan for the Alcona North Amendment lands willaddress a number of matters including:1. Phasing according to infrastructure provision and population targets;2. Protection of all Natural Heritage Features including designation of a minimum30 metre vegetation protection zone;3. Delineation of lands for commercial uses in locations which provide focal pointsfor the surrounding neighbourhoods; and4. Delineation of lands for a range of residential densities.July 2013ii