---
title: "LR2 zone in Whistler: Leisure Recreation Two"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: LR2
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/lr2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/lr2.json"
---

# LR2 zone in Whistler: Leisure Recreation Two

Hostel use

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Hostel use
- **Main uses:** Hostel; Park and playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses; Auxiliary residential dwelling unit (inside a hostel building)
- **Minimum lot area:** 5,000 square metres
- **Minimum lot width:** 1/10th of parcel perimeter
- **Maximum lot coverage:** No regulations
- **Maximum density:** Maximum gross floor area 510 square metres; a hostel building must be at least 100 square metres
- **Maximum height:** 10 metres
- **Front setback:** 12 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Rear setback:** 12 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Interior side setback:** 12 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Street side setback:** 12 metres from all parcel boundaries
- **Other rules:** Auxiliary residential dwelling unit: 35 to 90 square metres, and no more than 35 percent of hostel floor area; At least 50 percent of sleeping floor area must be in dormitories; at least 5 square metres per bed; Maximum one principal building per parcel

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 11, item 3](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=163) (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/lr2/_