---
title: "RM13 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Thirteen"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RM13
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/rm13/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rm13.json"
---

# RM13 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Thirteen

Medium density employee residential use with associated employee services and auxiliary uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density employee residential use with associated employee services and auxiliary uses.
- **Main uses:** Apartment (only if no dwelling unit is occupied except as employee housing); Park and playground; Employee services
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 2.5 hectares
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 21%
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio .90 per parcel
- **Maximum height:** 13.7 m (14.6 m for the building labelled BLDG 8 on the key plan)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m from all parcel boundaries
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 m from all parcel boundaries
- **Interior side setback:** 7.6 m from all parcel boundaries
- **Street side setback:** 7.6 m from all parcel boundaries
- **Other rules:** Employee services in BLDG 1 to BLDG 7 combined: maximum 300 m² floor area; BLDG 8: at least 100 m² of ground floor must be used or available for employee services; BLDG 8 ground floor may also have up to two respite dwelling units (70 m² combined) and up to four employee housing units (160 m² combined)

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 13](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=362) (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/rm13/_