Glen Cove, NY Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Under § 280-66F(8), veterinary hospitals, boarding and care of small animals, and pet shops are special uses permitted at the discretion of the Planning Board in Glen Cove's B-2 Peripheral Commercial District, not permitted principal uses; the nearly identical B-3 Shopping Center District provision at § 280-67G(3) labels the same use animal hospital or veterinary office. Both versions limit on-site care to household pets such as dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, rabbits, gerbils and hamsters, and expressly bar caring for domesticated farm animals like horses, goats, chickens, cattle and pigs, or wild animals such as squirrels, chipmunks and deer, on site.

The B-2 version further requires that all services be conducted in a completely enclosed building, that noise from animals not create a nuisance, with the applicant required to demonstrate noise controls, and that no on-site cremation occur; dead animals, animal waste, blood and tissue must be treated as hazardous material and removed by a licensed contract hauler, with proof of that hauling contract filed with the Zoning Inspector before a certificate of occupancy issues. The B-3 counterpart adds that overnight boarding is allowed only when necessary for medical observation.

Because it is a discretionary special permit, the Planning Board can revoke approval after a public hearing if these conditions are violated, forcing the operator to reapply or abandon the use. Any Planning Board special permit action for a veterinary use is also subject to environmental review under SEQRA (ECL Article 8) as part of the same discretionary approval.