---
title: "RS5 zone in Whistler: Single Family Residential Five"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RS5
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/rs5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs5.json"
---

# RS5 zone in Whistler: Single Family Residential Five

Provide for low density detached dwelling employee residential use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for low density detached dwelling employee residential use.
- **Main uses:** Detached Dwelling (occupied only as employee housing); Park and Playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary Residential Dwelling Unit (inside the principal residential building); Auxiliary Buildings and Auxiliary Uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 445 square metres
- **Minimum lot width:** 7 metres (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35 percent
- **Maximum density:** Detached dwelling: 170 square metres of gross floor area or floor space ratio of 0.35, whichever is lower
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 metres
- **Front setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3 metres
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 15](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=224) (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/rs5/_