Spokane Valley, WA Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

65 SVMC. The first condition restricts clinics in the NC zone to small-animal patients only, tying to the NC zone's purpose of small-scale neighborhood retail and office uses, so livestock or large-animal handling doesn't fit that district's scale. The second condition flatly bans burning refuse or dead animals on the premises, foreclosing on-site incineration as a disposal method regardless of zone. The third condition requires the operator to demonstrate compliance with WAC 173-60-040, the state's maximum permissible environmental noise levels for a commercial noise source, at the permit-application stage, meaning a noisy kennel or outdoor run has to be designed to stay under those state limits before the City signs off.

The fourth condition requires all run areas, the outdoor spaces where animals exercise or are held, to be both physically enclosed and staffed with supervision whenever animals are present, so a clinic cannot leave animals unattended in an open-air run. 050's permitted-uses matrix flags animal clinics as a supplemental use requiring these extra standards.