Provo, UT Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

100 bars any dwelling or public-assembly structure in the R1 zone from exceeding thirty-five feet, measured at each building facade, except that the front elevation is held to a stricter thirty-foot cap. Subsection (1) layers on a same-lot rule: no accessory structure can ever exceed the height of the main structure on that lot, regardless of what the underlying height limit would otherwise allow. 090(2) is exempted from these limits entirely. 030(10), which can approve exceeding the maximum height of a one-family dwelling only if the design suits the site better than strict compliance would, and only if the topography creates genuine practical difficulties, the design responds to those site conditions, and any impact on neighboring properties has been identified and reasonably mitigated.

Granting that exception comes at a real cost in yard space: the Board must also require additional setback for every foot of excess height, two additional feet of front yard for each foot over thirty feet at the front elevation, two additional feet of rear yard for each foot over thirty-five feet at the rear elevation, and one additional foot of side yard for each foot over thirty-five feet at the side elevation.