Oyster Bay, NY Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

4 defines VETERINARY OFFICE or CLINIC as an establishment used for the medical and surgical treatment of domestic animals, excluding the overnight boarding of animals. That exclusion matters because the code defines two related but separate use categories in the same section: an ANIMAL HOSPITAL is a building for the medical and surgical care of sick or injured animals that does include overnight boarding connected to that primary care, while an ANIMAL BOARDING FACILITY is defined as an establishment, other than an animal hospital or veterinary office or clinic, principally used for overnight boarding.

A use that boards animals overnight without providing primary medical or surgical care therefore falls outside the veterinary-office definition and is regulated as a boarding facility instead, which the town's use schedules treat as a distinct category subject to its own permitted-use listing. 1, the Schedule of Use Regulations for the Hicksville Downtown Subdistricts, with a PP designation, meaning Permitted Principal Use, so a veterinary office may be established without a special permit within that table's coverage. The Town's broader Schedule of Use Regulations for Residence and Nonresidence Districts town-wide, which would show how veterinary offices are treated outside the Hicksville Downtown Subdistricts, is maintained as Attachments 16 and 17 to Chapter 246 rather than printed in the code body.