Broomfield, CO Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Section 17-22-030 lists small animal veterinary hospitals among the uses permitted only by special review in the B-2 General Business District, grouped with dairy processing, laundries and dry cleaning plants, and used car sales; the by-right list in section 17-22-020 covers general business uses but does not include veterinary care. Broomfield's mixed-use districts treat veterinary care differently: section 17-23-020(V) permits veterinarian clinics including overnight boarding by right in the MU-1 Suburban Mixed Use District, and section 17-23.1-020(CC) does the same for the MU-2 Employment Mixed Use District.

The Transitional Overlay Area District, applied to rural residential land along arterial streets, allows medical and veterinary clinics as a permitted office use under section 17-25.1-050(A)(1), subject to that overlay's 20% lot coverage cap, 10,000-square-foot building footprint limit, and 35-foot height ceiling. Industrial districts I-2 and I-3 permit animal hospitals only when sited at least 200 feet from residential-zoned property, under sections 17-26-020(A)(1) and 17-26.05-020(A)(2). A veterinary business owner choosing a Broomfield location therefore needs to confirm the underlying zone district before signing a lease: B-2 requires a discretionary special-review hearing, while MU-1, MU-2, and the transitional overlay allow the use outright, and I-2/I-3 impose the 200-foot residential buffer.