Zoning Information
The real estate market in Whistler is unparalleled. With a bed unit cap, phenomenal growth and buyers and sellers from around the world, there are many different real estate opportunities in Whistler that just don’t exist in other markets and will continue to create upward pressure on pricing.
The bed unit cap was created to put a cap on the number of people the resort could comfortably handle. Once this count is reached, the number is presently 52,500, there can be no new housing created. Currently the number of bed units is more than 46,000 and the remainder is allocated. The main village of Whistler is almost built out, as is Village North. The majority of remaining bed units are located at Creekside, Whistler’s original village, and are slated as condominium units. There are also some bed units allocated for single-family lots, the majority south of the main village.
In normal market conditions, as a municipality grows rezoning takes place that changes land use from single family to multifamily, such as to apartments or duplexes, increasing the number of properties available. Based on Whistler’s bed unit cap this cannot happen.
There are over twenty-five different types of residential zoning in the Whistler area. Some of these zonings allow the use of the property for the purposes of short term rental and some prohibit it.
Individual properties that permit usage as tourist accommodation may also have covenants registered against the title which determine the amount and type of personal and public usage of the property. These are generally referred to as Phase One and Phase Two properties are found, for the most part, in the Whistler Village and the Blackcomb Benchlands.
Pemberton Zoning Map
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