Bloomington, IN Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

030(d)(4), available under Table 03-1 (Allowed Use Table) as a permitted or conditional use in the City of Bloomington's mixed-use and employment districts. 030(d)(2) plus two additional district-specific rules. 030(d)(4)(A) bars outdoor kennel facilities outright in the MN, MM, and MD zoning districts, the districts closest to Bloomington's mixed residential and neighborhood-commercial character, regardless of how the indoor portion of the clinic is licensed. 050(b), meaning the Board of Zoning Appeals reviews the specific site rather than the use being permitted by right. 030(d)(2) applies, it adds its own construction and buffering requirements: the boarding area has to be fully enclosed with solid-core doors and no operable windows and be sufficiently insulated so noise or odor cannot be detected off premises, no outdoor animal run may sit within two hundred feet of an adjacent residential district or use unless the operator owns or occupies that adjoining property, and the kennel's perimeter fence has to run at least twelve inches underground, stand eight feet tall, use at minimum eleven-gauge chain link, and sit back twenty feet from any adjoining property line.