14.34.140 Flag Lots | Provo City Code

14.34.140 Flag Lots.

The policy of Provo City is to discourage flag lots. Flag lots shall be prohibited unless the following requirements are met:

(1) The flag lot is located in an A1, RA, or R1 zone.

(2) The applicant provides written and illustratory evidence showing property development with and without the proposed flag lot which demonstrates:

(a) the flag lot will result in more efficient use of land;

(b) the design of the flag lot is appropriate to and compatible with the configuration of the overall subdivision and adjacent property;

(c) no other viable subdivision design alternatives exist that will allow for a conventional lot, including consideration of:

(i) the current, proposed, or alternative zoning;

(ii) the possibility of incorporating the subject property with adjacent property to achieve a more unified development of the area and eliminate the need for a flag lot;

(iii) alternative street designs and improvements; and

(iv) any other reasonable means that would render a flag lot unnecessary;

(d) the flag lot is infill to the development of the general area; and

(e) access to the flag lot is provided through the pole portion of the lot, which portion of the lot is not located in a primary conservation area as defined in Section 15.03.010, Provo City Code

(3) Each flag lot meets the following minimum design standards:

(a) the lot has at least twenty (20) feet of frontage on a dedicated public street which frontage serves as access only to the subject lot;

(b) the flag pole portion of the lot is least twenty (20) feet wide and not more than two hundred (200) feet long;

(d) the minimum square footage of the flag portion or body of the lot is the same as required in the applicable zone;

(e) front, rear, and side yard setback requirements of the flag portion or body of the lot is the same as required in the applicable zone;

(f) no accessory building is located on the flag pole portion of the lot except aesthetic entry features such as archways, decorative mail boxes, raised landscape beds or similar structures; and

(g) each flag lot has a hard surfaced driveway at least twelve (12) feet wide from the street to the required parking area. When the flag pole portions of two (2) flag lots are side by side, a common curb cut and a driveway at least twenty (20) feet wide shall be required from the street to the required parking area. Unpaved areas of the flag pole portion of a flag lot shall be landscaped.

(4) The Planning Commission, prior to conditionally approving a flag lot as part of a preliminary or final subdivision plat, finds that the applicant has provided sufficient evidence allowing for the creation of the flag lot and that such lot meets the minimum design standards set forth in this Section.

(5) In addition to the above minimum requirements, the Planning Commission may, as part of a preliminary or final subdivision plat approval, impose additional conditions on flag lots including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) fencing and screening requirements;

(b) location and height of the dwelling;

(d) additional off-street parking and/or backup space designed in accordance with standards set forth in Chapter 14.37, Provo City Code.

(6) Required improvements and applicable conditions of approval for a flag lot shall be bonded for pursuant to Section 15.03.080, Provo City Code, when a building permit is issued for construction on the lot.