---
title: "RM61 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Sixty-One"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RM61
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/rm61/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rm61.json"
---

# RM61 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Sixty-One

High density apartment employee housing development with associated uses

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** High density apartment employee housing development with associated uses
- **Main uses:** Apartments for employee housing; Child care facility; Local service commercial; Local personal service; Office; Parks and playgrounds; Restaurant; Retail; Neighbourhood Public House
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 2530 m² (parcel and site area)
- **Maximum density:** Total gross floor area 3,888 m²; 33 dwelling units; child care, local service commercial, local personal service, office, restaurant and public house each use up to 230 m²; retail up to 175 m²
- **Maximum height:** 16 m (principal use building)
- **Front setback:** 1.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.9 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.2 m
- **Other rules:** Off-street parking spaces are not required; Child care facility, local personal service, local service commercial, office, restaurant and retail are permitted on the ground floor only

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 62](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=456) (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/rm61/_