Millcreek, PA Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Millcreek Township Code § 145-11 defines VETERINARY CLINIC as a Structure or Use for the treatment, housing, and indoor boarding of domestic animals being treated, including horses, cattle, dogs, cats, rabbits, and fowl. The definition points to the separate term Kennel, Accessory, which means interior housing only for animals under treatment and no outdoor operations or boarding for compensation. A clinic in Millcreek Township therefore keeps its patients inside the building and cannot run an outdoor boarding operation as an accessory to the clinic.

Where it is allowed: the Permitted Uses list for the C1 Corridor Commercial District (§ 145-18) and the list for the MU-2 Corridor Mixed Use District (§ 145-22) each name Veterinary Clinic. Section 145-11 defines a Permitted Use as a Use permitted by right, so no hearing before the Board of Supervisors or the Zoning Hearing Board is needed in those two districts. Both districts also list Kennel, Accessory among the accessory uses permitted by right. No other district's use list in Chapter 145 names Veterinary Clinic.

A commercial kennel is a different use with its own rules. Section 145-11 defines KENNEL as a use under which four or more domestic animals or pets six months or older are groomed, bred, trained and/or boarded for compensation, and § 145-60 attaches separate standards: licensing under the Pennsylvania Dog Law, an exterior fenced area at least 150 feet from any Principal Structure on adjacent Lots, outdoor exercise areas at least 50 feet from any Property Line, a fence of at least five feet in height with a self-latching gate, and exercise only between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Parking is set by Table VII-1 in § 145-92, which requires 2.5 spaces for every 1 treatment room. Under § 145-92 B, a fraction of 0.5 or more rounds up and a fraction under 0.5 rounds down.