---
title: "RM59 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Fifty-Nine"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RM59
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/rm59/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rm59.json"
---

# RM59 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Fifty-Nine

Low and medium density residential development for employee or market housing

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Low and medium density residential development for employee or market housing
- **Main uses:** Apartments; Apartments for employee housing; Detached dwellings; Duplexes; Duplexes for employee housing; Parks and playgrounds; Townhouses; Townhouses for employee housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and uses; Auxiliary residential dwelling units
- **Minimum lot area:** Apartment 2910 m²; Townhouse 2910 m²; Duplex 800 m²; Detached dwelling 450 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18.0 m frontage for a dwelling unit with an auxiliary residential dwelling unit
- **Maximum density:** All buildings 1400 m² and FSR 0.6; detached dwelling 325 m²; duplex 233 m² per unit; townhouse 175 m² per unit; auxiliary residential unit 56 m²
- **Maximum height:** Apartments 18.0 m; Townhouses 10.7 m; Duplexes 8.2 m; Detached dwellings 7.6 m
- **Front setback:** Apartment 6.0 m; Townhouse 5.5 m; Duplex 5.5 m; Detached dwelling 5.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m for all uses
- **Interior side setback:** Apartment 6.0 m; Townhouse 4.0 m; Duplex 3.0 m (none if built with a party wall at the side parcel line); Detached dwelling 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Parking: apartments and townhouses 75% of Part 6 requirements; duplexes and detached dwellings 2 per unit; auxiliary residential unit 1 per unit; Maximum occupancy two persons per bedroom; Enclosed parking up to 50 m² per duplex or detached dwelling unit and 40 m² per townhouse unit

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 60](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=452) (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/rm59/_