Baltimore County, MD Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Baltimore County Zoning Regulations Section 101 draws a hard line between the two animal-treatment uses the code covers. A 'veterinarian's office' is an office maintained by a veterinarian for the treatment of animals in which no animal is kept overnight, while a 'veterinarium' is a building or portion of a building used primarily for treatment of animals by a veterinarian where overnight care is allowed, and every area used for treatment or housing of the animals must be odorproofed and soundproofed. 3 allows either only where the Zoning Commissioner grants a special exception, and only on a lot of two acres or more, with no part of the use closer than 100 feet to the nearest property line.

5 lets the Zoning Commissioner attach further conditions to that special exception, such as larger buffers, odor or noise mitigation, animal-waste disposal requirements, or limits on the number and breeds of animals, to keep the use from harming the surrounding neighborhood. R. 4. A veterinarian's office or veterinarium proposed outside a residential zone is reviewed under the standard use table for its business, office, or manufacturing zone rather than under the two-acre, 100-foot special-exception standard.