Planning Applications

An application for Zoning By-law Amendment (File: D14-2024-013) has been received which proposes to rezone the subject lands from the Mixed Use 1 (MU1) and Mixed Use 1 Exception (MU1-3) Zones to a new site specific Mixed use 1 Exception Zone (MU1-XX) in order to facilitate a proposed 8-storey mixed use building consisting of 364 condominium residential units and 10 live/work units.

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 20, 2024 to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:30pm. Please see the below link to the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for more information: 

Notice of Application and Public Meeting 

Supporting Materials

• Cover Letter
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment and Schedule 
• Planning Justification Report including Urban Design Brief and Placemaking Brief 
• Stage 1-2 Archaeological Assessment (2006)
• Stage 1-2 Archaeological Assessment (2016)
• Proof of Entry into Public Register of Archaeological Reports (Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport) 
• Geotechnical Investigation 
• Hydro-geological Site Assessment 
• Servicing Calculations 
• Arborist Report & Tree Preservation Plan 
• Tree Preservation Plan 
• Architectural Drawings and Site Plan  
• Civil Drawings  
• Engineering/Servicing Cover Letter 
• Conceptual Rendering 
• Shadow Study 
• Stormwater Management Report 
• Traffic Impact and Parking Study 
• Wind Study 
• Noise Report Addendum

The purpose of the application is to facilitate a two-storey addition to the existing non-complying one-storey dwelling on the subject lands. The proposed addition is approximately 270.67m2 in gross floor area. The applicant is seeking a CPPS By-law Amendment under Section 4.17.2 of the CPPS By-law to permit an increase in the ground floor area of the existing non-complying dwelling by 198% where the By-law permits a maximum percentage increase in existing ground floor area of 50%. The applicant is also seeking a CPPS By-law Amendment to decrease the minimum required interior side yard setbacks of the dwelling addition from 3m to 1.23m on the north side and 1.22m on the south side. The location of the property (923 Adams Road) is shown on the image below. 

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2024 to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. 

The following table shows the application and site information: 

Supporting Materials: 

• Planning Justification Report
• Draft CPPS By-law Amendment 
• Landscape Drawings
• Site Plan and Architectural Drawings
• Lot Survey
• Grading Plan 
• Support Letters from Neighbours

Applications for Official Plan Amendment (D09-2024-005), Zoning By-law Amendment (D14-2023-010) and Redline Revision to a Draft Plan of Subdivision (D12-2021-002) have been received requesting to revise the Draft Approved Plan of Subdivision through a redline revision. The applications propose to convert the nine (9) draft approved single detached lots at the eastern portion of the subject lands to six (6) townhouse blocks consisting of twenty-five (25) townhouse dwelling units for a total of eighty-one (81) townhouse dwelling units within the development. The applications propose to re-designate the subject lands from 'Residential Low Density 2' to 'Residential Medium Density' to permit townhouses,  increase the permitted density, remove a site-specific policy that requires 21m rear yards and accommodation of accessory second dwelling units and re-zone a portion of the subject lands from 'Residential 1 Hold (R1(H))' to 'Residential Townhouse Exception Hold (RT-30(H)) to permit the additional townhouse units. 

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2024 to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:30pm. Please see the below link to the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for more information. 

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting 

Supporting Materials: 

• Cover Letter
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment
• Draft Official Plan Amendment 
• Redlined Draft Plan of Subdivision
• Planning Justification Report
• Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report
• Traffic Brief
• Urban Design Brief / Architectural Control Guidelines

Applications for Official Plan Amendment (File No. D09-2024-004), Zoning By-law Amendment (File No. D14-2023-002) and Draft Plan of Subdivision (File No. D12-2024-001) have been received to facilitate a plan of subdivision consisting of the development of employment/employment supportive uses through the creation of 12 employment use blocks, 2 employment supportive use blocks, 1 stormwater management block, a new public street, and a block to conserve natural heritage features on the northern portion of the property. The development is proposed to be accessed by a 26m ROW with one entrance from the 6th Line to the South, with a cul-de-sac at the northern end. Until municipal and sanitary services are available for the project (in accordance with the Innisfil Master Servicing Plan), each development block will provide a well and septic bed, and a dry hydrant for fire protection.

To facilitate the proposed draft plan of subdivision, the Official Plan Amendment (OPA) proposes to reduce the minimum lot area from 5 to 4 hectares for lands designated Employment Areas and not subject to an Employment Supportive Commercial Area Overlay. The OPA also proposes to add an Employment Supportive Commercial Area Overlay to Schedule B6 – Land Use: Innisfil Heights of the Official Plan to permit the development of employment supportive uses on lots of minimum 0.2 hectare. The Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) proposes to re-zone the subject lands from the “Agricultural (AG)” and ‘Environmental Protection (EP)’” Zones to site specific “Industrial General Exception (IG-X)”  and “Commercial Business Park Exception (CBP-X)” Zones and to rezone portions of the lands to ‘Open Space (OS)’ to permit the proposed SWM facility. 

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. Please see the below link to the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for more information:  

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting

 Supporting Materials:

• Cover Letter
• Planning Justification Report
• Draft Plan of Subdivision 
• Environmental Impact Study 
• Restoration Buffer Planning Plan
• Arborist Report
• Tree Preservation Plan
• Preliminary Noise Assessment
• Traffic Impact Study
• Stages 1 & 2 Archaeological Assessment
• Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management 
• Salt Management Plan 
• SWM Operations & Maintenance Manual
• Preliminary Hydrogeological Assessment including Water Balance
• Geotechnical Investigation
• Phase One Environmental Site Assessment
• Phase Two Environmental Site Assessment
• D-4 Guideline Assessment
• Plan of Survey (Topo including contours)
• Parcel Abstract

The Town has initiated minor amendments to the Town’s Zoning and CPPS By-laws to correct contradictory definitions.

In 2022 the Town of Innisfil adopted By-Law No.’s 046-22 and 047-22 under Section 34(18) of the Planning Act. These amendments added a new ‘Short-Term

Accommodation’ definition and strengthened the Town’s existing by-laws to re-affirm that operators of short-term accommodation and bed and breakfasts must reside at the property. To maintain the Town’s original intent, a minor correction is required to address contradictions in the definitions of “Short Term Accommodation” and “Bed and Breakfast”.

This amendment applies to all properties in the Town of Innisfil, except for the Friday Harbour resort.

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall (Council Chambers).

Notice of Public Meeting

UPDATE:

The Zoning By-law Amendment and CPPS By-law Amendment was adopted by Council on September 18, 2024. Please see the below links to the Staff Recommendation Reports considered by Council on June 26, 2024 and September 18, 2024 as well as the Notice of Passing. 

• Staff Recommendation Report DSR-101-24 (June 26, 2024) 
• Staff Recommendation Report DSR-128-24 (September 18, 2024)
• Notice of Passing (Zoning By-law 077-24 & CPPS By-law 078-24) 

Supporting Materials

• Draft Redline revisions to Zoning By-law and CPPS By-law XXX-24
• Draft CPPS By-law Amendment XXX-24
• Draft STA Zoning By-law Amendment XXX-24

Applications for Official Plan Amendment (D09-2024-001), Zoning By-law Amendment (D14-2024-006) and Draft Plan of Subdivision (D12-2022-001) have been received to facilitate a proposed 343 unit residential subdivision consisting of 190 single detached lots, 153 townhouse lots, a stormwater management facility, two public park blocks and a large open space block, and would be accessed by municipal roads with an entrance from Victoria Street and Southview Avenue. The development is proposed to be fully serviced by future municipal water and sanitary services. The applications propose to permit townhouses, allow a maximum permitted density of 25 units per net hectare, and realign the Hazard Land Overlay.  The subject lands are proposed to be re-zoned from the current Future Development (FD) and Environmental Protection (EP) Zones to Residential 2 Exception Hold (R2-XX(H)) zone, Residential 3 Exception Hold Zones (R3-XY(H) and R3-XX(H)), Residential Townhouse Exception Hold Zones (RT-XY(H) and RT-XX(H)), Open Space Zone (OS) and Environmental Protection Exception Zone (EP-XX) to facilitate the proposed subdivision.

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:00pm. Please see the below link to the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for more information: 

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting

Supporting Materials:

• Cover Letter
• Draft Official Plan Amendment 
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment
• Draft Plan of Subdivision 
• Planning Justification Report
• Public Engagement Strategy 
• Placemaking and Urban Design Brief
• Trails Concept Plan 
• Environmental Impact Study 
• Floodplain Analysis
• Arborist Report
• Tree Inventory and Preservation Plans 
• Hydrogeological Assessment
• Noise Impact Study 
• Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment
• Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment 
• Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report
• Traffic Impact Study 
• Stage 1-2 Archaeological Assessment
• Proof of Archaeological Register 
• Preliminary Geotechnical Investigation 
• Updated Geotechnical Investigation 
• Topographic and Boundary Survey 
• Top of Bank Demarcation Mapping
• Parcel Register

An application for Zoning By-law Amendment (File: D14-2024-010) has been received which proposes to rezone the subject lands from the Commercial Neighbourhood Exception Hold (CN-4(H)), Future Development (FD) and Future Development Exception (FD-3) Zones to a new site-specific Commercial Neighbourhood Zone (CN-XX) in order to facilitate a proposed commercial development consisting of nine (9) commercial buildings and associated on-site parking.

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:00pm. Please see the below link to the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for more information: 

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting

Supporting Materials:

• Cover Letter
• Conceptual Site Plan
• Conceptual Architectural Drawings 
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment 
• Planning Justification Report including Placemaking and Urban Design Brief
• Topographic Survey
• Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report
• Hydrogeological and Water Balance Assessment
• Arborist Report
• Traffic Impact Study 
• Stage 1-2 Archaeological Assessment

Applications for Official Plan Amendment (File No. D09-2023-003), Zoning By-law Amendment (File No. D14-2023-005) and Draft Plan of Subdivision (File No. D12-2023-004) have been received to facilitate a proposed 314 unit residential subdivision consisting of 184 single detached freehold lots, 130 townhouse land lease lots, a 14.13 hectare environmental protection block, a 1.38 hectare stormwater management pond block, a 0.10 hectare sanitary pump station block, two parkland blocks consisting of a combined 0.69 hectares, a 5.02 hectare future development block in the north portion of the subject lands, a 0.35 hectare enhanced right of way block along Lockhart Road and a 0.25 hectare drainage block. The development is proposed to be accessed by a modified grid street network consisting of 18m wide public roads with two entrances from Lockhart Road across from Middlemass Street and Crescent Road to the south. Full municipal services are proposed to service the development. 

The Official Plan Amendment proposes to re-designate the subject lands from 'Retirement Residential Area', 'Key Natural Heritage Features and Key Hydrologic Features', and 'Residential Low Density 1' to 'Residential Low Density 2', 'Key Natural Heritage Features and Key Hydrologic Features', and 'Residential Low Density 1', with a 'Hazard Land Overlay'. The Zoning By-law Amendment proposes to re-zone the lands to a site-specific Residential 3 Exception (R3-XX) Zone and Future Development Exception (FD-XX) Zone as well as Open Space (OS) and Environmental Protection (EP) Zones to facilitate the proposed subdivision.

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 21, 2024 to be held in Council Chambers at 6:30pm. Please see the below link to the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for more information: 

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting

Supporting Materials:

• Cover Letter
• Draft Official Plan Amendment 
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment
• Draft Plan of Subdivision 
• Planning Justification Report and Placemaking Brief
• Functional Servicing & Stormwater Management Report (including Plans)
• Traffic Impact Study 
• Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment
• Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment
• Environmental Noise Assessment
• Baseline Hydrogeological Assessment
• Stage 1-2 Archaeological Assessment
• Natural Hazard Study Memo
• Architectural/Urban Design Guidelines
• Environmental Impact Study 
• Arborist Report (including Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan) 
• Preliminary Geotechnical Investigation 
• Topographic Survey 

Official Plan Amendment (File: D09-2024-002) and Zoning By-law Amendment (File: D14-2024-001) Applications have been received to facilitate proposed development within the Hotel and Conference Facility and Beach Precincts of Friday Harbour Resort, and to permit resort amenities within the Environmental Protection Area designation of the lands, including a racquet academy, sports zone, forest canopy walk, spa and forest school. The amendments propose to permit an increase in height for the hotel to 15 storeys, a reduction of hotel units to 200, an increase in height in the Beach Precinct to up to 14 storeys, an increase in overall Resort Residential units to 3,500 and an increase in overall combined Resort Residential and Resort Hotel units to 3,700 units. The Zoning Amendment proposes to establish site-specific standards to facilitate development of the Beach Precinct and Hotel and Conference Facility and permit the proposed racquet academy and forest amenities within areas of the Environmental Protection Area (EPA) and Rural Open Space (ROS) zones

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 19, 2024 to be held in Council Chambers at 6:30pm. Please see the below link to the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for more information: 

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting

Supporting Materials:

• Cover Letter
• Draft Official Plan Amendment 
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment & Schedule 
• Planning Opinion Report 
• Consolidated OPA 17 Secondary Plan
• Consolidated Zoning By-law 029-05
• Concept Plan and Architectural Drawings (Hotel and Conference Facility) 
• Concept Plan and Architectural Drawings (Beach Precinct)
• Concept Plan (Resort Amenities) 
• Concept Plan (Racquet Academy) 
• Unit Allocation Map 
• Code Compliance Letter
• Resort Amenity Study
• Commercial Needs Assessment
• Economic and Fiscal Impact Report
• Stage 3 Archaeological Study
• Environmental Noise Report 
• Edge Management Plan, Tree Canopy Removal and Planting Plan
• Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Review Letter
• Transportation and Parking Assessment
• Urban Design Study
• Functional Servicing Report
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
• Environmental Impact Study 
• Natural Heritage Assessment