Springfield, OR Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Table 3.2.320, Permitted Uses, in Springfield Development Code section 3.2.320 lists the commercial-district permission for 'Animal Hospital, Animal Clinic, or Kennel' across the City's four commercial land use districts: Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Community Commercial (CC), Major Retail Commercial (MRC) and General Office (GO). The table marks the use 'N' (Not Allowed) in NC, 'P*' (Permitted subject to cited code standards) in CC, and 'N' in both MRC and GO, with the applicable code standard cross-referenced as SDC 4.7.110. That means a veterinary use, defined elsewhere in the code's definitions chapter as an Animal Clinic providing out-patient veterinary services with no overnight boarding, or an Animal Hospital offering medical or surgical treatment with short-term boarding incidental to the hospital use, can locate only in the Community Commercial District among Springfield's commercial districts, and only through the Site Plan Review process Table 3.2.320's introductory text requires for every permitted use it lists.

Separately, Springfield Development Code section 4.7.365(D)(6) bars a veterinary use, including care, grooming and boarding, from operating as a home business in any residential dwelling, reinforcing that veterinary care in Springfield belongs in the Community Commercial District rather than a home-based or residential setting. Together the table and the home-business prohibition confine the use to a single commercial district and exclude it from every residential setting citywide.