{"title":"RTA8 zone in Whistler: Two Family Residential/Tourist Accommodation Eight","code":"RTA8","slug":"rta8","name":"Two Family Residential/Tourist Accommodation Eight","group":"Residential","section":"Part 12, item 19","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide a low density area for detached and duplex residential dwellings which are also available for tourist accommodation, with different uses and regulations by location within the zone.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide a low density area for detached and duplex residential dwellings which are also available for tourist accommodation, with different uses and regulations by location within the zone.","quotes":["The intent of this zone is to provide a low density area for detached and duplex","residential dwellings which are also available for tourist accommodation and to provide","for different uses and regulations by location within the zone."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Detached Dwelling (area crosshatched on Key Plan A)","Park and Playground (area crosshatched on Key Plan A)","Duplex Dwelling (area marked in diagonal black lines on Key Plan A)"],"note":"Which uses are allowed depends on the location shown on Key Plan A.","quotes":["The following uses are permitted on that area crosshatched on Key Plan A:","(a) detached dwelling;","(c) park and playground; and","The following uses are permitted on that area marked in diagonal black lines on Key","(a) duplex dwelling; and"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Auxiliary Residential Dwelling Unit (both areas)","Auxiliary Parking Use (crosshatched area)"],"quotes":["(b) auxiliary residential dwelling unit;","(d) auxiliary parking use."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"400 square metres (parcel created by subdivision)","quotes":["The minimum area of any parcel created by subdivision must not be less than 400"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"20 percent","quotes":["The maximum site coverage is 20 percent."]},"max_density":{"value":"Detached dwelling: 730 square metres of gross floor area in Area A, 650 square metres in Area B, otherwise the lower of 465 square metres or floor space ratio of 0.30; duplex dwelling: the lower of 450 square metres or floor space ratio of 0.40","note":"Areas A and B are shown on Key Plan B.","quotes":["On that area marked Area","detached dwelling is 730 square metres.","detached dwelling is 650 square metres.","area of a detached dwelling is the lower of 465 square metres or the gross floor area","determined by applying a floor space ratio of 0.30.","The maximum permitted gross floor area of a duplex dwelling is the lower of 450 square","metres or the gross floor area determined by applying a floor space ratio of 0.40."]},"max_height":{"value":"10.6 metres","quotes":["The maximum permitted height of a building is 10.6 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 metres","quotes":["The minimum permitted front setback is 7.6 metres."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 metres (from all other parcel boundaries)","quotes":["The minimum permitted setback from all other parcel boundaries is 3.0 metres, provided"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 metres (from all other parcel boundaries)","quotes":["The minimum permitted setback from all other parcel boundaries is 3.0 metres, provided"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 metres (from all other parcel boundaries)","quotes":["The minimum permitted setback from all other parcel boundaries is 3.0 metres, provided"]},"other":{"value":["Buildings with a dwelling unit must be 9.1 metres from other buildings with a dwelling unit, even across a parcel boundary","Detached and duplex dwellings may host up to 10 guests as temporary accommodation when not lived in","Auxiliary residential dwelling unit: no more than 75 square metres, not for tourist accommodation"],"quotes":["building containing a dwelling unit must be separated from every other","building containing a dwelling unit by a minimum of 9.1 metres despite any intervening","10 guests during periods when such dwellings are not occupied for residential use.","The gross floor area of an auxiliary residential dwelling unit must not exceed 75 square","(17) An auxiliary residential dwelling unit shall not be used for tourist accommodation."]}},"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=232","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/rta8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rta8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/rta8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}