---
title: "RTA11 zone in Whistler: Residential/Tourist Accommodation Eleven"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: RTA11
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/rta11/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rta11.json"
---

# RTA11 zone in Whistler: Residential/Tourist Accommodation Eleven

Provide for low-density detached residential dwellings which are also available for tourist accommodation, and for auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for low-density detached residential dwellings which are also available for tourist accommodation, and for auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee use.
- **Main uses:** Detached Dwelling; Park and Playground
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary Residential Dwelling Unit (inside the principal residential building or an auxiliary building with parking use, employee housing only); Auxiliary Uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,010 square metres (parcel created by subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 metres (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30 percent
- **Maximum density:** 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)
- **Maximum height:** 8.2 metres (garage: 5 metres)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Garage: 5 metres
- **Front setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 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
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Side 3.0 metres for an auxiliary building containing parking use (which may also contain an auxiliary residential dwelling unit)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 12, item 21](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=238) (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/rta11/_