General Contractor in Clearfield, Utah

Title 11, Chapter 19 of the Clearfield City Code, amended by Ordinance 2025-23 on November 25, 2025, sets conditions that include these, in its own order.

• The owner shown on the Davis County tax assessment rolls living full time on the property, in the primary dwelling or the ADU
• ADU occupants limited to a single family as Section 11-3-3 defines it
• ADUs that meet the chapter's requirements and development standards, allowed in all single-family and agricultural zones
• One ADU per lot
• The home's address number for the ADU, called Unit B, posted where it is visible on the street side of the house
• A kitchen, living area, sleeping area, and full bathroom separate from the primary dwelling
• The building and fire codes in effect when the ADU is constructed, created, or remodeled, with every required permit
• One meter for each water, gas, and electric service, in the owner's name, and no separate meters for the ADU
• No sale or subdivision of the ADU apart from the home or lot
• Registration of the ADU with the Community Development Department in addition to the building permit, and a business license when the ADU is rented, with the registration requiring a site plan; floor plans labeled by room use; every correction the Chief Building Official or a designee identifies; and photos of the code's life safety items, including the carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, and water heater earthquake strapping
• Home occupations in an ADU restricted to a home office that creates no customer traffic, and none established without the property owner's express written permission and the city business license official's approval
• An internal ADU that has architecture, colors, and materials similar to the home's; is never built from portable storage containers; meets the zone's setbacks for the primary dwelling; and is located over an attached garage without disrupting required covered parking, in the basement or another interior conversion, or in an addition connected inside to the house without altering its single-family character
• A separate entrance for an internal ADU on any side or the rear of the house, or at the front when it is below grade and keeps the single-family look
• The same appearance rules for a detached ADU, which sits in the rear yard
• A single-story detached ADU with no living space above or below that level, up to 12 feet tall with a flat roof or 18 feet with a pitched roof and never taller than the house, or, over a detached garage, up to 25 feet or the home's height, whichever is less
• Detached ADU setbacks of 10 feet at the rear (20 feet for a unit above a detached garage), 10 feet at each side, 20 feet on a corner lot's street side, and 10 feet from the home
• A detached ADU covering no more than half the home's footprint, with a total floor area of 200 to 1,000 square feet
• Where a lot holds a detached ADU, coverage by all buildings and structures of no more than 20 percent at 43,560 square feet or more, 30 percent from 15,000 to 43,559 square feet, and 40 percent at 14,999 square feet or less
• At least one off-street parking space for the ADU beyond the home's required spaces, which may be covered parking, a garage, or an approved driveway, but never gravel or crushed rock

Utah's ADU statutes apply in Clearfield as well, as our ADU page explains.

Sources: Clearfield City Ordinance 2025-23; Chapter 19 as adopted, city copy; City Council Minutes, November 25, 2025; Declaration of Owner Occupancy; Utah Code 10-21-101. Chapter 19 sets no minimum lot size for an ADU. We check your property's setbacks and coverage against these standards during preconstruction.