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Clearfield adopts supportive-housing overlay with limits on height and density

Clearfield City Council · January 28, 2026
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Summary

Clearfield City Council unanimously adopted a Supportive Housing (SH) overlay zone to allow county-supported supportive housing on C1 parcels, setting a 60-unit cap, 16-units-per-acre density limit, a 35-foot/two-story maximum, and requiring a development agreement and 24/7 on-site management.

Clearfield City Council on a unanimous vote adopted a new Supportive Housing (SH) overlay ordinance intended to allow permanent supportive and transitional housing on certain C1 parcels while imposing development standards intended to protect adjacent neighborhoods.

Tyson, a city staff presenter, told the council the ordinance is a local zoning tool to enable Davis County and other partners to locate supportive housing in Clearfield if they choose. He said the county has been acting under state planning guidance ("Utah's Plan to Address Homelessness") and that the county currently faces a state-driven requirement to provide roughly 60 beds of permanent supportive…

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