Collierville, TN Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Collierville Code of Ordinances § 151.024(H) sets the special conditions for animal hospitals and clinics in MPO zone districts, the Medical-Professional Office district. The use table in § 151.021 carries footnote 25, which sends animal hospitals and clinics in MPO districts to these standards, and § 151.024 itself is titled Specific Provisions for Conditional Uses.

Condition one is compatibility. The location, size and design of the facility must fit the development within the surrounding area and reduce the impact upon it. Condition two limits boarding. No animal stays overnight except in conjunction with surgery or treatment, and that boarding is for a short term duration not to exceed one week. Condition three is containment. All veterinary and associated services, including the boarding of animals, are confined to the inside of the facility within special insulated and sound proof rooms, so sound control is a building design requirement, not a neighbor complaint after the fact. Condition four is process. The site plan goes to the Planning Commission first, and the Commission takes the conditions above and any other pertinent factors into account.

The definition of VETERINARY HOSPITAL in § 151.003 follows the same logic: a place where animals are given medical care and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital use. Boarding sits behind the medical use, not in front of it.

The general conditional use criteria in § 151.024(A) apply as well. The proposed use must conform to the zoning district and to the footnotes of § 151.021, be consistent with the overall character of existing development in the immediate vicinity, not materially adversely affect other property, be consistent with the policies of the Collierville Land Use Plan, not adversely affect a known archaeological, environmental, historical or cultural resource, and be adequately served by public utilities and infrastructure.