---
title: "RT8 zone in Whistler: Residential Two Family Eight"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RT8
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/rt8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rt8.json"
---

# RT8 zone in Whistler: Residential Two Family Eight

Medium density employee housing and ancillary facilities.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Medium density employee housing and ancillary facilities.
- **Main uses:** Duplex dwelling (employee housing only); Park and playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40 percent
- **Maximum density:** Maximum 6 duplexes; each duplex maximum 315 square metres gross floor area
- **Maximum height:** 7.6 metres
- **Front setback:** 2.3 metres from any parcel boundary and 4.5 metres from a strata road
- **Rear setback:** 2.3 metres from any parcel boundary
- **Interior side setback:** 2.3 metres from any parcel boundary
- **Street side setback:** 2.3 metres from any parcel boundary
- **Other rules:** 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)

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 32](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=264) (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/rt8/_