§ 33-5.3.20. Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals.

(a)

All areas where animals are housed shall be totally contained within an interior space.

(b)

There shall be no exercise runs, yards, pens or other facilities for the care or housing of animals in any exterior space.

(c)

The structure where animals are kept or housed shall be insulated or soundproofed, including windows and doors, in order to minimize or reduce sounds emanating from within the structure and shall comply with section 20-102, Noise, in Article V, Offenses against public peace, of Chapter 20, Offenses and miscellaneous provisions, of this Code.

(d)

There shall be no openings facing adjacent residentially zoned property other than the main entrance to the hospital.

(e)

There shall be an air ventilation system capable of filtering out objectionable odors associated with an animal hospital. Such filtered air shall be vented into the atmosphere above the roofline or parapet.

(f)

Overnight boarding of animals is permitted for veterinary care and as an accessory use for non-veterinary purposes, provided that in no case shall the area used for boarding exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area of the primary structure.

(g)

The maximum area of the structure or structures in which the animal hospital or veterinary clinic is located shall be twenty-five (25,000) square feet.

(h)

The site shall be landscaped in conformance with Article XXVI, Commercial Parkway Overlay Zone (CPZ), section 40-476, Landscape and buffer requirements, in Chapter 40, Zoning, of this Code. Where landscaping is required by both a zoning district and this specific use, the landscaping requirements of the zoning district shall apply.

(i)

For animal hospitals and veterinary clinics not meeting the criteria outlined above due to site related or other hardships, requests for approval of veterinary clinics and animal hospitals shall be processed pursuant to section 33-2.24. Conditional use in Article 2. Procedures of this UDC.

(Ord. No. 24989 , § V, 8-12-15; Ord. No. 25020 , § IX, 10-7-15; Ord. No. 25405 , § 33, 8-9-17; Ord. No. 25411 , §§ 10, 15, 8-23-17)

Editor's note

See the editor's note to § 33-5.3.11.