---
title: "RM47 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Forty-Seven"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RM47
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/rm47/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rm47.json"
---

# RM47 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Forty-Seven

Medium density employee housing and ancillary facilities

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density employee housing and ancillary facilities
- **Main uses:** Apartment (employee housing only); Park and playground; Office
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 6,600 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20 percent
- **Maximum density:** Total floor area of all buildings and structures 4,450 m²; office use up to 45 m²
- **Maximum height:** Three storeys (principal use building)
- **Front setback:** 10 m from any parcel boundary
- **Other rules:** Parking: 0.95 stalls required per apartment dwelling unit

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 46](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=420) (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/rm47/_