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title: "TA17 zone in Whistler: Tourist Accommodation Seventeen"
place: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/whistler
zone: TA17
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/ta17/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/whistler/zoning/ta17.json"
---

# TA17 zone in Whistler: Tourist Accommodation Seventeen

Site sensitive residential townhouse development, commercial tourist accommodation and employee housing, with parks and riparian protection uses

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Site sensitive residential townhouse development, commercial tourist accommodation and employee housing, with parks and riparian protection uses
- **Main uses:** 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)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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
- **Maximum density:** 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)
- **Maximum height:** 11 metres (any building or structure)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 metres from any parcel boundary; 6.1 metres from a parcel boundary abutting a highway or private road within the TA17 Zone
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 metres from any parcel boundary; 20 metres from the parcel line of Strata Plan BCS556
- **Interior side setback:** 7.6 metres from any parcel boundary; 20 metres from the parcel line of Strata Plan BCS556
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (consolidation dated August 8, 2026), s. Part 15, item 17](https://www.whistler.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-_and_Parking_Bylaw_303_2015_2026-08-07.pdf#page=543) (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/ta17/_