Anaheim, CA Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Anaheim Municipal Code Sec. 270 (Veterinary Services and Animal Boarding) sets the supplemental operating conditions that apply on top of whatever zone allows the use. Citywide use tables list "Animal-Boarding" and "Animal-Grooming" as "P/C" (permitted subject to conditions) across the zones where they are allowed, cross-referencing this section, rather than as an outright permitted use anywhere in the city. Before a building permit issues, the applicant must show on the plans that mechanical equipment designed to reduce odor emissions from the interior space is installed and screened from view.

Operating conditions include posting a sign in the lobby asking clients to report animal waste outdoors so staff can remove it, keeping waste bags available at all times, requiring cats be transported in a carrier and dogs on a leash, and requiring all patients to wait indoors rather than in an outdoor queue. All animal holding rooms must be sound insulated in the walls and ceiling, and the demising wall separating the tenant space from neighbors must also be sound insulated. C. C. 020 (Prohibition on Illicit Connections and Prohibited Discharges), which requires preventing washdown of impervious surfaces from leaving the site, performing a weekly minimum washdown routine, and avoiding sanitizer or spray use on windy days or ahead of rain so runoff cannot carry pollutants offsite.

Trash from boarding/day-care operations must be kept in approved enclosures, with the Community Preservation Division of the Planning Department deciding whether more bins or more frequent pickup is needed; the business owner pays for any increase.