{"title":"LR8 zone in Whistler: Leisure Recreation Eight","code":"LR8","slug":"lr8","name":"Leisure Recreation Eight","group":"Public","section":"Part 11, item 18","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for hostel use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for hostel use.","quotes":["The intent of this zone is to provide for hostel use."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Hostel","Park and Playground"],"quotes":["(c) hostel; and","(d) park and playground."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Auxiliary Buildings and Auxiliary Uses","One Auxiliary Residential Dwelling Unit (inside a hostel building)"],"quotes":["(a) auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses;","(b) one auxiliary residential dwelling unit provided it is contained within a hostel"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"7,500 square metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted parcel area is 7,500 square metres."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"68 metres (frontage)","quotes":["The minimum parcel frontage 68 metres."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"15 percent","quotes":["The maximum site coverage is 15 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Hostel building: maximum 1300 square metres of gross floor area","quotes":["The maximum permitted gross floor area for a hostel building is 1300 square metres."]},"max_height":{"value":"10 metres","quotes":["The maximum permitted height of a building is 10 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"12 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["The minimum permitted setback from all parcel boundaries is 12 metres."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"12 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["The minimum permitted setback from all parcel boundaries is 12 metres."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"12 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["The minimum permitted setback from all parcel boundaries is 12 metres."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"12 metres from all parcel boundaries","quotes":["The minimum permitted setback from all parcel boundaries is 12 metres."]},"other":{"value":["Only one principal building per parcel","Auxiliary residential dwelling unit: 35 to 90 square metres","Sleeping accommodation limited to 50 percent of the hostel building floor area"],"quotes":["A maximum of one principal building is permitted per parcel.","An auxiliary residential dwelling unit shall not contain a gross floor area greater than 90","square metres or less than 35 square metres, and in no case shall an auxiliary","to exceed 50 percent of the total floor area of a hostel building."]}},"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=184","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/lr8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/lr8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/lr8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}