---
title: "RS3 zone in Whistler: Residential Single Family Three"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RS3
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/rs3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs3.json"
---

# RS3 zone in Whistler: Residential Single Family Three

Provide for detached residential dwellings.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for detached residential dwellings.
- **Main uses:** Detached single family residential dwellings; Park
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary Residential Dwelling Unit (up to 90 square metres of gross floor area)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Strata Plan VR2482: maximum gross floor area is set for each strata lot in a table in the bylaw
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio of 0.35
- **Maximum height:** 10.6 metres
- **Front setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3 metres
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Front 5 metres for an auxiliary residential dwelling unit in an auxiliary building for garage or carport use; 2 metres in some cases
- **Other rules:** Extra 56 square metres of floor area allowed for employee housing with an employee housing agreement; Auxiliary building with both parking and an auxiliary residential dwelling unit: maximum 110 square metres; with only the dwelling unit: maximum 90 square metres; A parcel cannot have both an auxiliary building with a dwelling unit and an auxiliary building with parking use

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 5](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=206) (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/rs3/_