---
title: "RLW-1 zone in Whistler: Residential Live Work-One"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RLW-1
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/rlw-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rlw-1.json"
---

# RLW-1 zone in Whistler: Residential Live Work-One

Live work units with associated uses

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Live work units with associated uses
- **Main uses:** Apartments; Apartments for employee housing; Child Care Facility; Live Work Units; Live work units for employee housing; Local service commercial; Local personal service; Parks and playgrounds; Professional office; Restaurant; Schools; Townhouses; Townhouses for employee housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** Parcel 1: 1580 m²; Parcel 2: 1460 m²; Parcel 3: 1430 m²; Parcel 4: 709 m² (parcels as shown in the Key Plan)
- **Maximum density:** Total gross floor area: parcels 1, 2 and 3: 1669 m² each; parcel 4: 975 m². Commercial limits: parcels 1, 2, 3: 195 m² local service commercial/personal service/restaurant and 60 m² professional office; parcel 4: 100 m² and 40 m²
- **Maximum height:** Apartments 18.0 m; Child Care Facility 12.0 m; Live Work Units 12.0 m; School 12.0 m; Townhouses 10.7 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 4.0 m
- **Other rules:** Local Personal Service, Local Service Commercial, Restaurant and Professional Office are permitted on the ground floor only; Townhouse enclosed parking up to 40 m² per dwelling unit; Parking: apartments need only 75 percent of normal Part 6 parking; other uses at least 75 percent of CC1 zone parking

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 59](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=448) (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/rlw-1/_