Provo, UT Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

080 sets the R1 zone's yard requirements, measured from the property line unless otherwise noted. The front yard must be twenty-three feet from the back of curb or fourteen feet behind the sidewalk or property line, whichever produces the greater setback, but garages and carports need a deeper setback still: twenty feet behind a sidewalk, or twenty-six feet behind the back of curb where no sidewalk exists. The rear yard minimum is twenty feet, though up to one hundred square feet of the primary building may push five feet further back on lots averaging 113 feet deep or less, provided that extension is no more than one story or fifteen feet tall.

Every lot also needs a combined front-and-rear yard of at least fifty feet on lots deeper than 113 feet, or forty feet on shallower lots. Side yards must be at least ten feet each, with the two sides totaling a minimum of twenty feet combined; buildings over thirty-five feet tall approved through a conditional use permit need an extra foot of side setback for every two feet of height above thirty-five feet. Corner lots must apply the front-yard standard to the street-side yard as well.

Accessory buildings sitting outside the main dwelling's buildable area get their own setback regime under Subsection (6): no closer to the front property line than the main house, at least three feet from any property line, and no taller than twelve feet within ten feet of a property line.