Port Orange, FL Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

' That distinction matters because the code regulates the two uses on separate tracks. In the city's Agricultural (A) and Agricultural Preservation (AP) districts, Chapter 18, Section 3, 'Special requirements for special exception uses,' lists veterinary clinics at subsection (24) and imposes two conditions before the planning commission and city council can approve the special exception: the proposed site must front on an arterial roadway, and if the clinic includes any boarding facilities for animals staying overnight beyond medical necessity, those facilities must independently comply with the kennel requirements in Chapter 18, Section 4, with the applicant filing a separate application for that boarding component.

A special exception in Port Orange is heard under Chapter 18, Section 2, which allows the use only where it is controlled as to number, area, location or relation to the surrounding area so it will not be injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare; it is not an as-of-right approval and can be denied or conditioned. Property owners considering a veterinary practice on agriculturally zoned land in Port Orange should budget for the special exception public hearing process before assuming the arterial-frontage requirement and any boarding component are satisfied.