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title: "CL3 zone in Whistler: Commercial Local Three"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: CL3
bylaw: Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/cl3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/cl3.json"
---

# CL3 zone in Whistler: Commercial Local Three

Small commercial uses and auxiliary employee housing next to a residential area

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Small commercial uses and auxiliary employee housing next to a residential area
- **Main uses:** Restaurant and licensed establishments; Office; Personal services; Retail (The second storey of a principal building cannot be used for retail or restaurant uses.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses; Employee housing dwelling units auxiliary to other CL3 uses (Only in the building nearest Lake Placid Drive and the Sea to Sky Highway intersection, and not on the first storey.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,500 square metres
- **Minimum lot width:** 1/10th of parcel perimeter
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 27 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 0.48; total gross floor area 1,515 square metres, of which at most 263 square metres for employee housing
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 metres
- **Front setback:** 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Rear setback:** 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Interior side setback:** 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Street side setback:** 5.0 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Other rules:** Maximum of two principal buildings per parcel

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 9, item 6](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=99) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Whistler: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/cl3/_