Baldwin Park, CA Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

020 sets the permitted-use table for the city's commercial and industrial zones. 020 the controlling list of what is allowed where; subsection (B) explains that a "CUP" marking means the use needs a conditional use permit because of its location, operation or design; and subsection (C) makes clear that any use not listed in the table is prohibited unless the Zoning Administrator finds it similar to and no more detrimental than a listed use. 020 lists "Veterinary services (clinic and hospital)" with a dash in the C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) and F-C (Freeway Commercial) columns, meaning the use is not allowed there at all, and "CUP" in the C-2 (General Commercial), I-C (Industrial Commercial) and I (Industrial) columns.

210, Administrative Procedures, which can include public notice, a hearing before the Planning Commission, and conditions addressing noise, odor, animal-waste handling, boarding hours and outdoor kennel runs. 140(D) separately confirms these use restrictions do not prohibit animals kept at a lawfully permitted kennel, pet shop or veterinary hospital, so a licensed clinic is not bound by the household pet-count limits that apply to a residential lot. Because the use is absent altogether from the table in the two excluded commercial zones, opening one there would require a zone change or variance rather than a CUP.