Washington County, OR Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Section 375-10, Table A of the Community Development Code sets the permitted and prohibited use table for the county's Transit Oriented Districts: TO:RC (Regional Center), TO:BUS, TO:EMP, and the residential tiers TO:R9-12, TO:R12-18, TO:R18-24, TO:R24-40, TO:R40-80 and TO:R80-120. Under the 'Office Uses' heading, the table lists 'Veterinary Offices Without Outdoor Kennels' as a Type II use in TO:RC, TO:BUS and TO:EMP, and marks it 'N,' not permitted, in every one of the six residential TO districts. That places veterinary offices in the same procedural track as professional offices, medical offices and clinics, financial and insurance offices and administrative offices in this table, all Type II in the three commercial/employment districts and barred from the residential tiers.

Kennels themselves are treated far more restrictively: the same table lists 'Kennels' as not permitted ('N') in any Transit Oriented District, so an outdoor kennel use is not an option here even where a veterinary office is allowed. 2 may appeal the decision under Section 209. Section 375-10 further ties development standards for the Transit Oriented Districts back to Article IV, including the Significant Natural Resources standards of Section 422, so a veterinary office proposal in a TO district must also clear those generally applicable standards, and Section 375-9 and 375-8 supply the applicable density and dimensional tables that govern the site plan for the underlying use.