Mount Pleasant, SC Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Mount Pleasant's zoning code gives veterinary practices their own narrow definition rather than folding them into the broader pet-services categories. 1681 defines "veterinary clinic" as an establishment for the care, observation, and/or treatment of animals, where animals may be boarded indoors during their convalescence, meaning recovery from treatment. That boarding allowance is deliberately limited: the same section defines "animal boarding facility or daycare" as a commercial establishment whose primary service is caring for pets for any length of time, and that definition specifically excludes veterinary clinics, just as it excludes pet care services (groomers).

The zoning code's nonresidential use tables carry "veterinary clinic," "pet care service" and "animal boarding facility or daycare" as separate line items, so a business cannot rely on a veterinary-clinic use approval to also run a general boarding kennel, a grooming shop, or a shelter for strays; each is its own defined use requiring its own classification and, where the district calls for it, its own conditional-use or site plan review. The Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Department applies these definitions when reviewing site plans and business license applications for animal-related businesses in town. 99.