Simi Valley, CA Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Table 2-5 of Simi Valley Municipal Code § 9-26.030 sets the permit level for every use in the commercial and industrial districts. Its legend defines the symbols: P is a permitted use, CUP means a Conditional Use Permit is required, and a dash means the use is not allowed. The row for "Veterinary clinics, animal" prints, in the order of the column headings (MU, CO, CN, CR, CC, CPD, CI, BP, LI, GI): dash, CUP, CUP, dash, dash, P, dash, CUP, dash, dash. Read against those headings, a clinic needs a CUP in the CO (Commercial Office) and CN (Commercial Neighborhood) districts, is a permitted use in the CPD (Commercial Planned Development) district, and needs a CUP in the BP column. Table note (9) marks the MU and BP headings as Overlay Districts, and § 9-26.030(B) adds that allowable land uses in the RCC and BP districts are determined by the applicable Specific Plan. The MU, CR, CC, CI, LI and GI columns print a dash.

Section 9-80.020 decides what counts as a clinic. A veterinary clinic or animal hospital is an office and indoor medical treatment facility used by veterinarians, covering both large and small animal clinics. The same definition carves out boarding: a kennel or boarding operation is a commercial facility for keeping, boarding, or maintaining four or more dogs four months of age or older, or four or more cats. The glossary separately defines "Kennel" as "A facility designed for boarding services for domestic animals." Table 2-5 gives kennels their own row, with a CUP printed only in the last column (GI) and dashes in the other nine, so a clinic that adds boarding at that scale is judged as a different use with a different map of allowed districts.

Because every clinic is indoor medical space, § 9-26.060(A)(1) fits the use: all uses in commercial districts are conducted within a completely enclosed building unless Table 2-5 lists them as outdoor, safety or health requires otherwise, or a Planned Development Permit or CUP specifically approves it.

Where a CUP is required, § 9-52.070 governs. A use that needs both a Planned Development Permit and a CUP is combined into a single CUP, and no Building or Grading Permit can issue until the CUP is approved. The review authority holds a public hearing, with notice under Chapter 9-74, and records its findings.