{"title":"RTA11 zone in Whistler: Residential/Tourist Accommodation Eleven","code":"RTA11","slug":"rta11","name":"Residential/Tourist Accommodation Eleven","group":"Residential","section":"Part 12, item 21","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for low-density detached residential dwellings which are also available for tourist accommodation, and for auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for low-density detached residential dwellings which are also available for tourist accommodation, and for 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 which are also available for tourist accommodation, 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 residential building or an auxiliary building with parking use, employee housing only)","Auxiliary Uses"],"quotes":["(b) auxiliary residential dwelling unit, provided it is contained within the principal","dwelling unit is 160 square metres.","(d) auxiliary uses."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,010 square metres (parcel created by subdivision)","quotes":["The minimum permitted area of any parcel created by subdivision is 1,010 square"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 metres (frontage)","quotes":["The minimum required frontage is 15 metres."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30 percent","quotes":["The maximum permitted site coverage is 30 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Detached dwelling gross floor area by parcel size: 371 square metres (parcel 1399 square metres or less); 465 square metres (1400 to 2499); 700 square metres (2500 or more)","quotes":["1399 or less 371","1400 to 2499 465","2500 or more 700"]},"max_height":{"value":"8.2 metres (garage: 5 metres)","quotes":["The maximum permitted height of a building is 8.2 metres."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Garage: 5 metres","quotes":["the maximum permitted height of a garage","is 5 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted front setback is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted rear setback is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Principal building: 4.0 metres (parcel 1399 square metres or less); 6.0 metres (parcel more than 1399 square metres); 3.0 metres from a ski or trail access right of way","quotes":["1399 or less 4.0 metres","More than 1399 6.0 metres","Notwithstanding subsections (13) to (16), the minimum permitted setback from a right of","way for a principal building is 3.0 metres wherever the building is adjacent to a right of"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Side 3.0 metres for an auxiliary building containing parking use (which may also contain an auxiliary residential dwelling unit)","quotes":["The minimum permitted side setback for an auxiliary building containing parking use","(and which building may also contain an auxiliary residential dwelling unit) is 3.0 metres."]},"other":{"value":["Minimum usable site area depends on parcel size: 554, 694 or 1045 square metres","Only one principal building per parcel","Detached dwellings may host up to 10 guests as temporary accommodation when not lived in","Auxiliary residential dwelling unit: 32.5 to 80 square metres, up to 2 bedrooms, one kitchen"],"quotes":["1399 or less 554","1400 to 2499 694","2500 or more 1045","The placing of more than one principal use building on a parcel is prohibited.","may be used for the temporary accommodation of not more than 10 guests during","square metres and no less than 32.5 square metres.","(24) An auxiliary residential dwelling unit shall contain a gross floor area no greater than 80"]}},"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=238","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/rta11/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rta11.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rta11.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}