Kill Devil Hills, NC Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

177(F). 073(F)(2)(c), with an appropriate setback from any incompatible use or zone, and any vacant adjoining parcel must be screened as though it were already developed as residential. ' An applicant must submit a written management plan addressing facility operations, aimed specifically at minimizing odor and noise, and must provide parking at a ratio of one space per 200 square feet of indoor area. Dare County Health Department approval is a mandatory precondition. Because the use is discretionary, the Planning Board reviews the application and makes a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners, and the Board of Commissioners holds final authority to impose any additional conditions it determines necessary to keep off-site and adjoining-property effects to a minimum.

177, that also governs dog day care facilities (subsection (E)), so a veterinary clinic proposing an attached boarding or day-care component would need to satisfy both sets of conditions separately rather than relying on one approval to cover the other.