{"title":"RS7 zone in Whistler: Single Family Residential Seven","code":"RS7","slug":"rs7","name":"Single Family Residential Seven","group":"Residential","section":"Part 12, item 31","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Low-density detached residential dwellings and auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Low-density detached residential dwellings and auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use.","quotes":["The intent of this zone is to provide for the development of low-density detached","residential dwellings and for auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Detached dwelling","Park and playground"],"quotes":["(a) detached dwelling;","(c) park and playground; and"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Auxiliary residential dwelling unit (inside the principal building or an auxiliary building with parking; employee housing only)","Auxiliary uses"],"quotes":["(b) auxiliary residential dwelling unit, provided it is contained within the principal","further provided it is not occupied except as employee housing;","(d) auxiliary uses."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"596 square metres (parcels created by subdivision); minimum useable site area 400 square metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted area of any parcel created by subdivision is 596 square metres.","The minimum required useable site area is 400 square metres."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7.0 metres","quotes":["The minimum required frontage is 7.0 metres."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35 percent","quotes":["The maximum permitted site coverage is 35 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Detached dwelling: 279 square metres gross floor area or floor space ratio 0.35, whichever is lower","quotes":["The maximum permitted gross floor area of a detached dwelling is 279 square metres or","a floor space ratio of 0.35, whichever figure yields the lower floor area."]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 metres (building); 5 metres (garage)","quotes":["The maximum permitted height of a building is 7.6 metres.","the maximum permitted height of a garage"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted front setback is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted rear setback is 6.0 metres."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted side setback is 3.0 metres."]},"other":{"value":["Only one principal use building per parcel","Auxiliary residential dwelling unit between 32.5 and 75 square metres, maximum 2 bedrooms, one kitchen","Auxiliary parking use up to 55 square metres; auxiliary building with parking and auxiliary dwelling up to 130 square metres","Maximum 4 bedrooms in a detached dwelling"],"quotes":["The placing of more than one principal use building on a parcel is prohibited.","An auxiliary residential dwelling unit shall contain a gross floor area no greater than 75","square metres and no less than 32.5 square metres.","The maximum permitted floor area for auxiliary parking use contained in a principal or","auxiliary building containing both auxiliary parking use and an auxiliary residential","dwelling unit is 130 square metres.","The maximum permitted number of bedrooms in a detached dwelling is 4.","auxiliary building or structure is 55 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=261","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/rs7/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs7.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rs7.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}