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

901, defined as activity clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the home as a residence that shows no outside evidence of the business and does not change the home's residential character. 901(B) lists the conditions every home occupation must meet, including no outside storage, no alteration of the home's appearance, no more than one nonresident employee, and no client visits except for small tutoring or music lessons. 901(C)(6), alongside stables, kennels, animal boarding and animal breeding, with a carve-out for licensed dog fanciers and multiple pet or kennel permit holders, plus beauty parlors, restaurants, funeral homes, and vehicle or industrial repair shops.

Because a veterinary clinic cannot qualify as a home occupation, an operator must instead locate the practice on a parcel zoned to allow it as a standard business use and obtain whatever land use entitlement the city's zoning administration requires for that district. 303(A)(3)(a), unless the hospital also runs a separate boarding or breeding operation, but that exemption addresses pet-count permits, not where a clinic may be sited.