---
title: "LR1 zone in Whistler: Leisure Recreation One"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: LR1
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/lr1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/lr1.json"
---

# LR1 zone in Whistler: Leisure Recreation One

An outdoor recreation school and tourist accommodation facilities

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** An outdoor recreation school and tourist accommodation facilities
- **Main uses:** Indoor and outdoor recreation; School (instruction in outdoor recreation activities only)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses; Auxiliary detached dwelling, auxiliary duplex dwelling and auxiliary townhouse; Auxiliary hostel
- **Minimum lot area:** 4,000 square metres
- **Minimum lot width:** 1/10th of parcel perimeter
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 25 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 0.40
- **Maximum height:** 10.75 metres
- **Front setback:** 5 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Rear setback:** 5 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Interior side setback:** 5 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Street side setback:** 5 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Other rules:** At least 70 percent of building floor area must be used for a school and auxiliary hostel; Auxiliary hostel maximum 610 square metres; all auxiliary dwelling units combined maximum 375 square metres; Maximum 3 auxiliary residential dwellings and one auxiliary hostel per parcel

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 11, item 2](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=161) (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/lr1/_