---
title: "RM65 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Sixty-Five"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RM65
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/rm65/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rm65.json"
---

# RM65 zone in Whistler: Residential Multiple Sixty-Five

Medium density employee housing residential development

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density employee housing residential development
- **Main uses:** Apartments; Apartments for employee housing; Duplex dwellings; Duplex dwellings for employee housing; Parks and playgrounds; Townhouses; Townhouses for employee housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** Parcel 1: 3,846 m²; Parcel 2: 5,134 m² (either may be up to 10 percent less if the other is increased)
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area of all buildings: parcel 1: 2,400 m²; parcel 2: 3,200 m². Per dwelling unit up to 175 m² (apartment or townhouse) or 233 m² (duplex)
- **Maximum height:** Apartments 18.0 m; Duplexes 8.2 m; Townhouses 10.7 m
- **Front setback:** 6 m from any parcel line
- **Rear setback:** 6 m from any parcel line
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m from any parcel line (a duplex or townhouse may be built with a party wall at a side parcel line)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m from any parcel line
- **Other rules:** Principal buildings at least 4 m apart; Maximum occupancy two persons per bedroom; Enclosed parking up to 50 m² per duplex unit and 40 m² per townhouse unit; Parking: duplexes at least 1.5 spaces per unit; townhouses and apartments need only 75 percent of normal parking

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 13, item 66](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=465) (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/rm65/_