---
title: "RS12 zone in Whistler: Residential Single Family Twelve"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RS12
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/rs12/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs12.json"
---

# RS12 zone in Whistler: Residential Single Family Twelve

Low or medium density residential development for market housing and employee housing.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Low or medium density residential development for market housing and employee housing.
- **Main uses:** Detached dwellings; Duplexes; Employee housing; Townhouses; Parks and playgrounds
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and uses; Auxiliary residential dwelling units in detached dwelling units
- **Minimum lot area:** Detached dwelling 625 m²; duplex 300 m²; townhouse 1400 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 18.0 m (detached dwelling with an auxiliary residential dwelling unit)
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 0.5; 3875 square metres gross floor area for all buildings in the zone; detached dwelling 325 square metres; duplex 233 square metres per dwelling unit; townhouse 200 square metres per dwelling unit
- **Maximum height:** Detached dwelling 8.0 m; duplex 8.5 m; townhouse 10.7 m
- **Front setback:** 10.0 m from Cloudburst Drive; 5.5 m from an internal strata road; 7.5 m from the parcels at 1310 and 1380 Cloudburst Drive (all uses)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (no setback needed from a side parcel line with a duplex party wall)
- **Other rules:** Auxiliary residential dwelling unit between 32.5 and 90 square metres, only within a detached dwelling; Enclosed parking up to 55 m² (detached), 50 m² per dwelling unit (duplex and townhouse)

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 51](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=309) (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/rs12/_