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title: "TA15 zone in Whistler: Tourist Accommodation Fifteen"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: TA15
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/ta15/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/ta15.json"
---

# TA15 zone in Whistler: Tourist Accommodation Fifteen

Commercial tourist accommodation and ancillary facilities in the Blackcomb Benchlands Area

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Commercial tourist accommodation and ancillary facilities in the Blackcomb Benchlands Area
- **Main uses:** Employee housing; Hotel; Inn; Lodge; Park and playground; Parking
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Auxiliary uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 10,000 square metres
- **Maximum density:** Maximum gross floor area of all buildings 28,950 square metres, plus an additional 1,660 square metres for employee housing and underground corridors connecting it to other uses; bicycle storage excluded from gross floor area
- **Maximum height:** Nine storeys, and the highest point of the roof must not exceed an elevation of 701 metres Geodetic Survey of Canada (GSC)
- **Front setback:** 2.5 metres for any part of a building at grade to 10 metres in height; 5 metres above 10 metres up to 15 metres; 7.5 metres above 15 metres in height (from any parcel boundary, except a boundary shared by parcels developed as a single site)
- **Rear setback:** 2.5 metres for any part of a building at grade to 10 metres in height; 5 metres above 10 metres up to 15 metres; 7.5 metres above 15 metres in height (from any parcel boundary, except a boundary shared by parcels developed as a single site)
- **Interior side setback:** 2.5 metres for any part of a building at grade to 10 metres in height; 5 metres above 10 metres up to 15 metres; 7.5 metres above 15 metres in height (from any parcel boundary, except a boundary shared by parcels developed as a single site)
- **Street side setback:** 2.5 metres for any part of a building at grade to 10 metres in height; 5 metres above 10 metres up to 15 metres; 7.5 metres above 15 metres in height (from any parcel boundary, except a boundary shared by parcels developed as a single site)

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 15, item 15](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=539) (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/ta15/_