Spokane County, WA Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

230, item 3. Treatment rooms, cages, yards or runs must be maintained within a completely enclosed building, and the applicant must demonstrate compliance with the commercial noise standard set by WAC 173-60-040. The facility's exterior design must be compatible with the surrounding rural surroundings, and boarding of animals not currently under treatment is barred entirely, inside or outside the clinic building, with the clinic required to operate without producing objectionable odors or noise beyond its walls. Off-street parking areas cannot be located in the front or flanking street yard and cannot be illuminated, a restriction aimed at keeping the rural streetscape dark and low-key at night.

230(2) permits it as a limited use in Community Commercial, Regional Commercial and LDA Commercial with its own no-outside-runs and no-boarding conditions, while it is not permitted at all in Neighborhood Commercial. 404 beyond the baseline standards listed in the code.