Midwest City, OK Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted use (§ 4.4.8)
- All operations inside enclosed building
- General use (§ 4.4.9)
- Outdoor storage and animal runs allowed
- Minimum outdoor run area
- 500 sq ft, per § 4.10.3
- A-1 Agricultural District
- Special Use Permit required
- Commercial/industrial districts
- Permitted by right (C-1–I-3)
Summary
Midwest City's zoning ordinance splits animal kennels and veterinary clinics into two use classes: Restricted, which must operate entirely inside an enclosed building, and General, which allows outdoor animal runs if a 500-square-foot minimum outdoor area is provided.
Kennel and veterinary services for small domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, or other household pets, with all operations and storage conducted within an enclosed building. ... Kennel and veterinary services for domestic animals, with incidental outdoor storage and runs permitted. ... A minimum outdoor area of five hundred (500) square feet shall be used for animal runs.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21).
Full Breakdown
Appendix A of the Midwest City Code of Ordinances (the Zoning Ordinance) creates two veterinary/kennel use classifications. Use Unit 4.4.8, 'Kennels and Veterinary, Restricted,' covers animal hospitals, boarding and breeding kennels, pet motels and training centers that keep all operations and animal storage inside an enclosed building. Use Unit 4.4.9, 'Kennels and Veterinary, General,' covers the same uses when outdoor storage and animal runs are part of the operation; Section 4.10.3 requires at least 500 square feet of outdoor area for those runs. Table 4.9-1's Use Chart requires a Special Use Permit for either classification in the A-1 Agricultural District, and lists it as a permitted use in the city's C-1 through I-3 commercial and industrial districts.
Violations & Fines
Locating a kennel or veterinary clinic in a zoning district where Table 4.9-1 doesn't list it as permitted, or running outdoor animal runs without the required 500-square-foot minimum area, is a zoning code violation subject to the ordinance's enforcement provisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
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