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title: "RTA-C1 zone in Whistler: Comprehensive Residential/Tourist Accommodation One"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RTA-C1
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/rta-c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rta-c1.json"
---

# RTA-C1 zone in Whistler: Comprehensive Residential/Tourist Accommodation One

Low-density detached residential dwellings also available for tourist accommodation, and auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Low-density detached residential dwellings also available for tourist accommodation, and auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use.
- **Main uses:** Detached dwelling; Park and playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary buildings and auxiliary uses; Auxiliary residential dwelling unit (employee housing only)
- **Minimum lot width:** 8 metres (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35 percent
- **Maximum density:** No more than 14 separate parcels; detached dwelling gross floor area set by lot (280 to 390 square metres); up to 90 square metres more for an auxiliary residential dwelling unit with a housing agreement
- **Maximum height:** 8 metres (building); 5 metres (garage)
- **Front setback:** 3 metres from any parcel boundary; 7.6 metres from a strata plan parcel boundary
- **Rear setback:** 3 metres from any parcel boundary; 7.6 metres from a strata plan parcel boundary
- **Interior side setback:** 3 metres from any parcel boundary; 7.6 metres from a strata plan parcel boundary
- **Street side setback:** 3 metres from any parcel boundary; 7.6 metres from a strata plan parcel boundary
- **Other rules:** Detached dwellings may be used for tourist stays of up to eight guests when not lived in; Auxiliary residential dwelling unit up to 90 square metres (not over 40 percent of the detached dwelling), up to three bedrooms; not to be used for tourist accommodation; Auxiliary parking use up to 80 square metres (90 with a housing agreement); Not both an auxiliary dwelling building and an auxiliary parking building on one parcel

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 40](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=286) (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/rta-c1/_