Planning Applications

The purpose of the application is to expand the existing non-complying two-storey dwelling by constructing a waterfront addition with a second-storey balcony above, adding a front attached garage, converting the existing attached garage into additional living space, and converting the existing waterfront deck into a covered patio. The proposal also includes constructing a new detached garage in the front yard and undertaking repairs to the existing non-complying boathouse. The applicant is seeking a CPPS By-law Amendment under Section 4.17.3 of the CPPS By-law to decrease the existing non-complying waterfront yard setback from 23.97m to 23.32m of the proposed waterfront dwelling addition, and under Section 4.17.4 to increase maximum height of an existing non-complying boathouse from 3.2m to 3.35m. The applicant is also seeking a CPPS By-law Amendment under Section 5.1.2 b) to decrease the minimum interior side yard setbacks from 6m to 2.9m on the west side for the waterfront dwelling addition, to decrease minimum interior side yard setback from 6m to 1.5m on the east side for the conversion of the existing attached garage into a dwelling addition, and to decrease minimum interior side yard setback from 4m to 1.32m on the east side for the proposed attached garage. A key map of the property location is shown in the image below. 

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

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting

The following table shows the application and site information

Supporting Materials: 

• Planning Justification Report
• Development Standards Table
• Site Plan, Landscape Plan & Architectural Drawings
• Lot Grading Plan
• Boathouse Alteration Plan
• Supporting Letter

The purpose of the application is to facilitate an addition to the existing non-complying two-storey dwelling on the subject lands. The proposed addition is approximately 87.82m2 in ground floor area and 168.46m2 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 88.4% where the By-law permits a maximum percentage increase in existing ground floor area of 50%. A key map of the property location is shown in the image below. 

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

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting 

The following table shows the application and site information

Supporting Materials: 

• Planning Justification Report
• Development Standards Table
• Site Plan, Landscape Plan & Architectural Drawings
• Lot Grading Plan 
• Site Photos

The purpose of the applications is to permit an in-water boathouse and associated dock area. The applicant is seeking a Class 1 Permit to permit an in-water boathouse with an increased maximum length under Section 5.2.2 of the CPPS By-law and to permit an increased cumulative dock area under Section 5.2.3 of the CPPS By-law. The applicant is also seeking a CPPS By-law Amendment to permit an increased maximum lot coverage for all accessory structures on the lot (Section 5.2.1 c) of the By-law), an increased maximum boathouse height, an increased maximum boathouse width, and an increased maximum boathouse projection (Section 5.2.2 of the By-law).  

 The proposed Class 1 variances are listed below: 

• Increased maximum length of an in-water boathouse from 10m to 14.38m 
• Increased maximum cumulative dock area from 50m2 to 96.5m2 

The proposed variances that require a CPPS By-law Amendment are listed below:

• Increased maximum lot coverage for all detached accessory structures on the lot from 160m2 to 458m2
• Increased maximum height of an in-water boathouse from 5.4m to 9.5m 
• Increased maximum width of an in-water boathouse from 13.5m to 17.37m 
• Increased maximum projection of an in-water boathouse from 15m to 18.48m 

The following table shows the application and site information:

Update

The Public Meeting for the proposed CPPS By-law Amendment was held on Wednesday June 19, 2024 in the Council Chambers. Please use the following links to access the Public Meeting Minutes from June 19, 2024 and the Public Meeting Staff Report DSR-081-24. 

• Public Meeting Minutes
• Public Meeting Staff Report DSR-081-24

The application will be returning to Council on Wednesday January 29, 2025 for a decision at the regularly scheduled Council Meeting. The Staff Recommendation Report will be posted with the January 29, 2025 Council Agenda on the Town's Council and Committee Meeting Portal on January 22, 2025. Updated supporting materials can be accessed from the below links. 

Updated Supporting Materials: 

• Revised Submission Cover Letter
• Revised Site Plan and Architectural Drawings
• Revised Draft CPPS By-law Amendment
• Arborist Report
• Planning Justification Report Addendum
• Updated Planning Justification Report
• Tree Preservation Plan 
• Compensation and Planting Plan
• Bridge Drawings

First Submission Supporting Materials:

• Cover Letter
• Draft CPPS By-law Amendment
• Site Plan & Architectural Drawing Set
• Planning Justification Report

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

The Town has initiated an amendment to the Zoning By-law (D14-2024-008) respecting revised refreshment vehicle provisions applicable to any refreshment vehicle license within the Town of Innisfil. The amendment proposes changes that will effectively move the refreshment vehicle provisions from the zoning by-law to a licencing by-law. In doing so, the number of refreshment vehicles permitted is proposed to increase from ten (10) to twenty-five (25). Additionally, a provision is proposed which will prohibit refreshment vehicles within 30 metres of any restaurants, on an adjacent property, unless approval from that property owner is obtained.  

The proposed amendment is a textual amendment, and the provisions apply to all licenced refreshment vehicles located within the Town of Innisfil. 

A Public Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday June 19, 2024 to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:30pm. Please see the below link to the Notice of Town Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment and additional materials for more information.

Notice of Town Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment and Public Meeting

Additional Materials:

• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment 
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment (with redline revisions)
• Draft Refreshment Vehicle Licensing By-law