{"title":"RT8 zone in Whistler: Residential Two Family Eight","code":"RT8","slug":"rt8","name":"Residential Two Family Eight","group":"Residential","section":"Part 12, item 32","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Medium density employee housing and ancillary facilities.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Medium density employee housing and ancillary facilities.","quotes":["The intent of this zone is to provide for medium density employee housing and"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Duplex dwelling (employee housing only)","Park and playground"],"quotes":["(a) duplex dwelling provided no dwelling unit in the duplex is occupied except as","employee housing;","(b) park and playground; and"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses"],"quotes":["(c) auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40 percent","quotes":["The maximum permitted site coverage is 40 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Maximum 6 duplexes; each duplex maximum 315 square metres gross floor area","quotes":["The maximum number of duplexes is six.","dwelling exceed 315 square metres."]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The maximum permitted height of a building is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"2.3 metres from any parcel boundary and 4.5 metres from a strata road","quotes":["No building or structure shall be located within 2.3 metres of any parcel boundary and","4.5 metres from a strata road."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"2.3 metres from any parcel boundary","quotes":["No building or structure shall be located within 2.3 metres of any parcel boundary and"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.3 metres from any parcel boundary","quotes":["No building or structure shall be located within 2.3 metres of any parcel boundary and"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"2.3 metres from any parcel boundary","quotes":["No building or structure shall be located within 2.3 metres of any parcel boundary and"]},"other":{"value":["No fence except at a rear property line","Total floor area of duplexes on a bare land strata limited to 0.50 times the strata plan area (excluding access routes)"],"quotes":["No fence shall be erected on any parcel except at a rear property line.","by 0.50, and in no case shall the maximum gross floor area of a duplex"]}},"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=264","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/rt8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rt8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rt8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}