---
title: "RS-E2 zone in Whistler: Residential Single Estate Two"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RS-E2
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-e2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs-e2.json"
---

# RS-E2 zone in Whistler: Residential Single Estate Two

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:** One detached dwelling; Park and playground; School (on the school parcel)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** One auxiliary building for parking use; One other auxiliary building; One auxiliary residential dwelling unit (inside the principal building or an auxiliary building also used for parking)
- **Minimum lot area:** As shown on the Key Plan for this zone (may vary by up to 5%)
- **Minimum lot width:** 24 metres (highway frontage of a parcel created by subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35 percent
- **Maximum density:** Detached dwelling (including any auxiliary residential dwelling unit): 465 square metres maximum, 250 square metres minimum; may be increased up to 697 square metres with a registered covenant on another undeveloped parcel
- **Maximum height:** 8 metres (detached dwelling)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 metres (auxiliary building); 7 metres (auxiliary building used for both parking and an auxiliary residential dwelling unit)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3 metres (detached dwelling 325 square metres or less); 6 metres (detached dwelling over 325 square metres); 3 metres (auxiliary building)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** side 3 metres (auxiliary building)
- **Other rules:** Auxiliary residential dwelling unit between 40 and 75 square metres (up to 112 square metres if employee housing covenant); not to be used for tourist accommodation; Auxiliary parking building up to 50 square metres plus any auxiliary residential dwelling unit; other auxiliary building up to 35 square metres; Within a bare land strata: dwellings at least 7.6 metres from the plan boundary and internal access road, 6 metres from other dwellings; School permitted on the school parcel (at least 0.75 hectares), set back 7.6 metres from parcel lines, with no floor area, height or coverage limits

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 35](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=270) (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-e2/_