{"title":"TA17 zone in Whistler: Tourist Accommodation Seventeen","code":"TA17","slug":"ta17","name":"Tourist Accommodation Seventeen","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 15, item 17","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Site sensitive residential townhouse development, commercial tourist accommodation and employee housing, with parks and riparian protection uses","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Site sensitive residential townhouse development, commercial tourist accommodation and employee housing, with parks and riparian protection uses","quotes":["The TA17 Zone is primarily intended to provide for site sensitive residential townhouse","development, commercial tourist accommodation, and employee housing, together with","parks and riparian protection uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Employee housing in townhouses (at locations on the Key Plan)","Tourist accommodation in townhouses (at locations on the Key Plan)","Residential use in townhouses (at locations on the Key Plan)","Nature conservation park","Community park (one washroom building and one additional amenity structure)"],"quotes":["The following uses are permitted and all other uses are prohibited:","(a) Employee housing contained in townhouses, but only at the locations and within","(b) Tourist accommodation contained in townhouses, but only at the locations and","(c) Residential use contained in townhouses, but only at the locations and within the","(f) Nature conservation park","(g) Community park, including one washroom building and one additional amenity"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Caretaker's residence in one of the employee housing townhouses","Amenity building (check-in facility for tourist accommodation, pool changing and pool related uses)","Two auxiliary buildings","Auxiliary uses"],"quotes":["(d) Caretaker’s residence in one of the employee housing townhouses","(e) Amenity building for use as check-in facility for tourist accommodation uses and","(h) Two Auxiliary buildings","(i) Auxiliary uses"]},"max_density":{"value":"Base: twenty-one employee housing units (combined no more than 2000 square metres); 2 tourist accommodation units (no more than 363 square metres combined); 2 residential townhouse units (no more than 363 square metres combined); amenity building no more than 40 square metres; 250 square metres of buildings in the community park. If park, trail, housing and other conditions are met: a further 9 tourist accommodation units (no more than 1633 square metres combined) and a further 9 residential townhouse units (no more than 1633 square metres combined)","quotes":["Twenty-one employee housing dwelling units, having combined a gross floor","area of no more than 2000 square metres;","area of no more than 40","Two tourist accommodation dwelling units, having a combined gross floor area of","no more than 363 square metres;","Two residential townhouse dwelling units, having a combined gross floor area of","square metres;","(e) 250 square metres for the permitted buildings in the community park. (Bylaw No. 2423)","(a) A further nine tourist accommodation dwelling units, having a combined gross","floor area of no more than 1633 square metres;","(b) A further nine residential townhouse dwelling units, having a combined gross","floor area of no more than 1633 square metres."]},"max_height":{"value":"11 metres (any building or structure)","quotes":["The maximum permitted height of any building or structure is 11 metres."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 metres from any parcel boundary; 6.1 metres from a parcel boundary abutting a highway or private road within the TA17 Zone","quotes":["All buildings and structures in the TA17 Zone shall be set back a minimum of 7.6 metres","boundary abutting a highway or private road within the TA17 Zone is 6.1 metres and the"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 metres from any parcel boundary; 20 metres from the parcel line of Strata Plan BCS556","quotes":["All buildings and structures in the TA17 Zone shall be set back a minimum of 7.6 metres","minimum setback from the parcel line of Strata Plan BCS556 that forms part of the","boundary of the TA17 Zone is 20 metres."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.6 metres from any parcel boundary; 20 metres from the parcel line of Strata Plan BCS556","quotes":["All buildings and structures in the TA17 Zone shall be set back a minimum of 7.6 metres","minimum setback from the parcel line of Strata Plan BCS556 that forms part of the","boundary of the TA17 Zone is 20 metres."]},"other":{"value":["Siting of all buildings must follow the Key Plan for the TA17 Zone","Employee units must be at least 56 square metres and cannot be used for tourist accommodation; one may be used by a caretaker","Maximum floor area for auxiliary parking is 25 square metres per employee unit and 35 square metres per market unit","Townhouses used as tourist accommodation may be used for residential use when not in tourist accommodation use"],"quotes":["The siting of all buildings and structures in the TA17 Zone shall be in accordance with","An employee unit shall contain an area not less than 56 square metres.","One employee unit may be used for a caretaker for the lands.","An employee unit shall not be used for tourist accommodation and all other uses are","is 25","square metres for each employee unit and 35 square metres for each market unit.","tourist accommodations in the TA17 Zone may be used for"]}},"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=543","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/ta17/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/ta17.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/ta17.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/index.json"}}