---
title: "RM51 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Fifty-One"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RM51
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/rm51/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rm51.json"
---

# RM51 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Fifty-One

Medium density employee residential use

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density employee residential use
- **Main uses:** Apartment (employee housing only); Townhouse (employee housing only); Park and playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 4,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 7 m (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20 percent
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area 3,050 m², plus up to 20 m² more per residential building for common auxiliary uses
- **Maximum height:** 17 m (principal use building)
- **Front setback:** 6 m from any parcel boundary
- **Rear setback:** 6 m from any parcel boundary
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m from any parcel boundary, except 3 m at the north side
- **Street side setback:** 6 m from any parcel boundary, except 3 m at the north side
- **Other rules:** Parking required is 75 percent of the amount in Table 6A of Part 6

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 51](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=428) (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/rm51/_