RR1: Rural Resource One

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One house a lot (s. 1(18)), of 46.5 to 465 m² (s. 1(3), (15)), with one auxiliary home inside it of 32.5 to 80 m² with at most one bedroom, one bathroom, one kitchen and one living room (s. 1(2)(b), (16)-(17))

Main uses

A house with an auxiliary home in it, agriculture, cemetery, church (up to 400 m²), indoor and outdoor recreation, outdoor recreation equipment rental, park and playground, school, storage of explosives (s. 1(2), (5))

Exceptions (1)

• A storage and works yard on one lot the bylaw names

Listed in s. 1(2)(k) of the bylaw.

Smallest lot for a subdivision

40 ha (s. 1(9)); the zone sets no frontage

Lot coverage

No limit (s. 1(10)); buildings other than houses and schools up to 2,000 m² and 0.25 times the lot area, a golf course clubhouse 2,000 m² (s. 1(4), (6)); accessory buildings 56 m² (Part 5, s. 3(3))

Height limit

A house 7.6 m, other main buildings 14 m (s. 1(7)-(8)); accessory buildings 5 m (Part 5, s. 3(4))

Setbacks

10 m from every lot line (s. 1(11)); recreation buildings 30 m, and 50 m from a Residential zone next door (s. 1(12)); utility, resource use and sewage treatment buildings 60 m (s. 1(13))

The zone is for resource uses and other development that fits with them and with the resort (s. 1(1)).

Short-term rental (tourist accommodation) isn't a use this zone lists; ask the Resort Municipality of Whistler before renting a home short term.

The bylaw's small-scale multi-unit housing rules give three or four homes only on lots of 4,050 m² or less in zones whose smallest new lot is under 4,050 m², so not here (Part 5, s. 35(5)); whether the rest of that section (an auxiliary home in an accessory building, s. 35(3)) reaches this zone, which allows uses other than homes, is unclear: ask the Municipality.

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the Resort Municipality of Whistler's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Part 14, Section 1 of Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-05); zone map: Open Government Licence – Resort Municipality of Whistler.