---
title: "LR8 zone in Whistler: Leisure Recreation Eight"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: LR8
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/lr8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/lr8.json"
---

# LR8 zone in Whistler: Leisure Recreation Eight

Provide for hostel use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for hostel use.
- **Main uses:** Hostel; Park and Playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary Buildings and Auxiliary Uses; One Auxiliary Residential Dwelling Unit (inside a hostel building)
- **Minimum lot area:** 7,500 square metres
- **Minimum lot width:** 68 metres (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 15 percent
- **Maximum density:** Hostel building: maximum 1300 square metres of gross floor area
- **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:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 11, item 18](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=184) (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/lr8/_