{"title":"RS5 zone in Whistler: Single Family Residential Five","code":"RS5","slug":"rs5","name":"Single Family Residential Five","group":"Residential","section":"Part 12, item 15","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for low density detached dwelling employee residential use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for low density detached dwelling employee residential use.","quotes":["The intent of this zone is to provide for low density detached dwelling employee"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Detached Dwelling (occupied only as employee housing)","Park and Playground"],"quotes":["(a) detached dwelling provided no dwelling is occupied except as employee housing;","(d) park and playground."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Auxiliary Residential Dwelling Unit (inside the principal residential building)","Auxiliary Buildings and Auxiliary Uses"],"quotes":["(b) auxiliary residential dwelling unit provided it is contained within the principal","(c) auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses; and"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"445 square metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted parcel area is 445 square metres."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7 metres (frontage)","quotes":["The minimum permitted frontage is 7 metres."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35 percent","quotes":["The maximum permitted site coverage is 35 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Detached dwelling: 170 square metres of gross floor area or floor space ratio of 0.35, whichever is lower","quotes":["The maximum permitted gross floor area of a detached dwelling is 170 square metres or","a floor space ratio of 0.35, whichever figure is lower."]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The maximum permitted height of a building is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted front setback is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted rear setback is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted side setback is 3 metres."]},"other":{"value":["Only one principal building per parcel or strata lot","Maximum 4 bedrooms in a detached dwelling","Auxiliary residential dwelling unit: 32.5 to 58 square metres, up to two bedrooms"],"quotes":["The placing of more than one principal building on a parcel or strata lot is prohibited.","The maximum permitted number of bedrooms in a detached dwelling is 4.","(17) An auxiliary residential dwelling unit shall contain a gross floor area no greater than 58","square metres and no less than 32.5 square metres."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026)","url":"https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The consolidation is printed by authority of the Corporate Officer under section 139 of the Community Charter. Zones marked deleted in the bylaw (RM8, RM32, RR3, TP1 to TP3, CR3, CR5, CR6, LNP, LNL) are not listed."},"source_url":"https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=224","place":{"path":"ca/bc/whistler","name":"Whistler","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}