---
title: "RS-9 zone in Whistler: Single Family Residential Nine"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RS-9
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/rs-9/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs-9.json"
---

# RS-9 zone in Whistler: Single Family Residential Nine

Low density detached residential dwellings and auxiliary residential dwelling units.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Low density detached residential dwellings and auxiliary residential dwelling units.
- **Main uses:** Detached dwelling; Boat storage facility; Park and playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses; Auxiliary residential dwelling unit (inside the principal residential building or garage building, serviced by a community sewer system)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35 percent
- **Maximum density:** Maximum gross floor area set per parcel in the Table 1 'Max GFA' column (table not in the text); boat storage facility 114 square metres
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 metres (5.0 metres on Strata Lot 2); 5 metres (garage)
- **Front setback:** Set per parcel in the Table 1 'Front/Side/Rear' column (table not in the text); open balcony, porch, canopy or sunshade may be 4 metres from a front parcel boundary
- **Rear setback:** Set per parcel in the Table 1 'Front/Side/Rear' column (table not in the text)
- **Interior side setback:** Set per parcel in the Table 1 'Front/Side/Rear' column (table not in the text)
- **Other rules:** Only one principal building and one auxiliary residential dwelling unit per parcel; Auxiliary residential dwelling unit between 32.5 and 75 square metres, maximum 2 bedrooms; not to be used for temporary accommodation of paying guests; Minimum detached dwelling floor area 46.5 square metres; maximum 4 bedrooms (not counting the auxiliary unit); Auxiliary parking use up to 70 square metres

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 39](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=283) (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/rs-9/_