Broken Arrow, OK Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Street access
- Principal entrance/exit on arterial street
- Large-animal clinics
- Minimum 5-acre parcel required
- Covers
- Hospitals, kennels, training schools, clinics
- Governing section
- Zoning Ordinance Sec. 2-3-4.A
Summary
Broken Arrow requires animal hospitals, training schools, kennels, and veterinary clinics to front an arterial street, with large-animal clinics needing at least five acres, under the city's Zoning Ordinance commercial-use standards.
Animal hospitals, animal training school, kennel, and veterinary clinic. All such uses shall have their principal entrance and exit on an arterial street and if serving large animals shall be located on land no less than five acres.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43).
Full Breakdown
Under Sec. 2-3-4.A of Broken Arrow's Zoning Ordinance (Appendix A, adopted May 20, 2025), animal hospitals, animal training schools, kennels, and veterinary clinics must have their principal entrance and exit on an arterial street. Any such use serving large animals must additionally sit on a parcel of at least five acres. The standard is a use-specific condition layered on top of whatever commercial or agricultural zoning district otherwise permits the use, enforced by the Community Development Department during site plan and conditional use review within Broken Arrow's city limits in Tulsa County.
Violations & Fines
A veterinary clinic, animal hospital, kennel, or training school sited without arterial street frontage, or a large-animal clinic on a parcel under five acres, fails Sec. 2-3-4.A and can be denied site plan approval.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a small-animal veterinary clinic need five acres in Broken Arrow?
Can a vet clinic front a local residential street instead?
Sources & Official References
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