14.50(20).120 Projections into Yards.
(1) The following structures may be erected on or project into any required yard:
(a) fences and walls in conformance with the Provo City Code;
(b) landscape elements including trees, shrubs, agricultural crops, and other plants; and
(c) necessary appurtenances for utility service.
(2) The structures listed below may project into a minimum front or rear yard not more than ten (10) feet, and into a minimum side yard not more than two (2) feet:
(a) cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills, buttresses, covered open porches, patios, 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; and
(c) stairways, balconies, door stoops, fire escapes, awnings, and planter boxes or masonry planters.
(3) Eaves may project no more than two (2) feet over a rear or side property line provided that eaves are drained by a rain gutter into a stormwater collection area approved by the Provo City Public Works Department. No drainage shall be permitted to collect on a neighboring property.