---
title: "RM38 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Thirty-Eight"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RM38
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/rm38/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rm38.json"
---

# RM38 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Thirty-Eight

Medium density employee residential use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density employee residential use.
- **Main uses:** Apartment (only if no dwelling unit is occupied except as employee housing); Park and playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 6,500 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20%
- **Maximum density:** Maximum 2,125 m² gross floor area of all buildings and no more than 18 dwellings on the parcel
- **Maximum height:** 12 m (principal use building)
- **Other rules:** Maximum dwelling unit floor area 40 m² (as written in the bylaw); Maximum 3 bedrooms in a dwelling unit; Auxiliary residential dwelling unit is prohibited

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 37](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=407) (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/rm38/_