{"title":"CL3 zone in Whistler: Commercial Local Three","code":"CL3","slug":"cl3","name":"Commercial Local Three","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 9, item 6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Small commercial uses and auxiliary employee housing next to a residential area","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Small commercial uses and auxiliary employee housing next to a residential area","quotes":["(1) The intent of this zone is to provide for small commercial uses and auxiliary employee"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Restaurant and licensed establishments","Office","Personal services","Retail"],"note":"The second storey of a principal building cannot be used for retail or restaurant uses.","quotes":["(c) restaurant and establishments licenced for the sale and consumption of alcoholic","(d) office;","(e) personal services; and","(f) retail."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses","Employee housing dwelling units auxiliary to other CL3 uses"],"note":"Only in the building nearest Lake Placid Drive and the Sea to Sky Highway intersection, and not on the first storey.","quotes":["(a) auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses;","(b) residential dwelling units for employee housing, auxiliary to other uses located in"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,500 square metres","quotes":["(9) The minimum permitted parcel area is 2,500 square metres. The minimum frontage is"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"1/10th of parcel perimeter","quotes":["1/10th of parcel perimeter. (Bylaw No. 775)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"27 percent","quotes":["(10) The maximum permitted site coverage is 27 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 0.48; total gross floor area 1,515 square metres, of which at most 263 square metres for employee housing","quotes":["(6) The maximum permitted floor space ratio is 0.48.","is 1,515 square metres, of which not more than 263 square metres shall be for"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["(8) The maximum permitted height of a building is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["(11) The minimum permitted setback is 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["(11) The minimum permitted setback is 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["(11) The minimum permitted setback is 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["(11) The minimum permitted setback is 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries."]},"other":{"value":["Maximum of two principal buildings per parcel"],"quotes":["(13) A maximum of two principal buildings on a parcel are allowed."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026)","url":"https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The consolidation is printed by authority of the Corporate Officer under section 139 of the Community Charter. Zones marked deleted in the bylaw (RM8, RM32, RR3, TP1 to TP3, CR3, CR5, CR6, LNP, LNL) are not listed."},"source_url":"https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=99","place":{"path":"ca/bc/whistler","name":"Whistler","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/cl3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/cl3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/cl3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}