(a) Accessory buildings such as garages, carports, equipment storage and supply storage buildings which are customarily used in conjunction with and incidental to a principal use or structure permitted in the SC3 zone; and

(b) Storage of materials used for construction of a building, including a contractor’s temporary office, provided that such use be located on the building site or immediately adjacent thereto, and provided further that such use shall be permitted only during the construction period and thirty (30) days thereafter.

(a) The accessory building is located more than ten (10) feet from any main residential building on an adjacent property;

(b) The accessory building has no openings on the side which is contiguous to the property line, and the wall of said building adjacent to the property line has a two (2) hour fire retardant rating; and

(c) The accessory building has facilities for the discharge of all drainage onto the lot or parcel on which it is erected;

(a) The proposed setback is visually compatible with neighboring development and does not cause an undue burden or harm to the adjacent property;

(b) The proposed setback does not violate a necessary clear vision area, as defined elsewhere in this Title, or an existing or needed utility easement;

(c) The proposed setback does not cause a violation of the International Building Code or the Fire Code; and

(d) The building facade adjacent to the street is animated with building entrances and/or glazing equal to a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the wall area on the first floor and is to be articulated with projections or offsets of a minimum of twelve (12) inches at a maximum spacing of thirty (30) feet along the entire face of the building.

(e) That a reduction in setbacks is in the best interest of Provo City.

(a) Fences and walls in conformance with the Provo City Code and other City codes and ordinances;

(b) Landscape elements, including trees, shrubs, and other plants; and

(c) Necessary appurtenances for utility services.

(a) Cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills, buttresses, or other similar architectural features;

(b) Fireplace structures and bays, provided they are not wider than eight (8) feet and are generally parallel to the wall of which they are a part;

(c) Stairways, balconies, door stoops, fire escapes, awnings, and planter boxes or masonry planters not exceeding twenty-four (24) inches in height; and

(d) Carports and loading docks in a side yard or rear yard, provided that such a structure is not more than one (1) story in height and is entirely open on at least three (3) sides, except for necessary supporting columns and customary architectural features.

(a) An innovative landscaping design is submitted that is superior to the landscaping that would result from application of the minimum standards;

(b) A minimum six (6) foot wide landscape buffer is provided along the entire length of the encroaching parking lot edge;

(c) Landscape buffer shall consist of berms, shrubs, vegetative groundcover, or a combination thereof, achieving a minimum height of thirty (30) inches;

(d) Landscape buffer shall achieve ninety percent (90%) screening at plant maturity without extending over the adjacent sidewalk. Decorative walls may be incorporated as part of the buffer area, but shall not be used exclusively;

(e) The perimeter buffer shall include one (1) shade tree per thirty (30) feet along the entire length of the parking area, excluding necessary driveway access. Required street trees shall not be used in meeting this requirement; and

(f) Parking structures which do not include habitable floor space shall not be located closer to the street than the average of all other structures on the same block face and shall include additional landscape buffering at a rate of one (1) foot of width for each two (2) feet of structure height, up to the minimum building setback required by this Chapter.

(a) Parking structures which front a public or private street shall have a minimum habitable main floor depth of thirty (30) feet along the entire street frontage other than for permitted side yards and driveway approaches; and

(b) A minimum of one (1) pedestrian entrance to a commercial space, lobby, or residential unit shall be provided for every one hundred (100) feet of habitable building street frontage.

(a) No wall, fence, or opaque hedge or screening material higher than thirty-six (36) inches shall be maintained within a required front yard in an SC3 zone.

(b) A decorative masonry wall, at least six (6) feet in height, shall be erected along all property lines which lie adjacent to a residential zone. In the case where there is mutual agreement between the property owners of the commercial zone and the adjacent residential zone, the masonry wall requirement may be modified to allow other suitable materials. A signed agreement must be submitted to the Planning Commission or its designee, indicating this agreement. In the case where there is not mutual agreement, the masonry wall will be required.

(a) In any new project consisting of twenty (20) or more residential units, an area equivalent to ten percent (10%) of the residential gross floor area must be developed as residential amenities in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 14.34.330, Provo City Code.

(b) In any new project consisting of twenty (20) or more residential units, the open space must be massed or accumulated to be functional as a recreational amenity or gathering space. Landscaping within the required setback shall not be calculated towards meeting this provision.

(c) Any amenity required under this Section must be contained within, or immediately adjacent to, the residential portion of the development.