Stedman, NC Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

21, which lists the minimum spaces required for dozens of named uses. The table's entry for 'Veterinary clinics' requires four spaces for each veterinarian practicing on the premises, calculated per doctor rather than per square foot of the building the way a retail store or office is measured elsewhere in the same table. 23 sets a minimum size of eight feet in width and twenty feet in length, with at least six feet six inches of vertical clearance, growing to twenty-three feet in length for parallel parking.

24 requires each space to open onto an aisle or driveway designed for safe, efficient access, and where three or more spaces are required, as a veterinary clinic with even a single veterinarian likely would need, vehicles must be able to exit by forward motion rather than backing into traffic. 25 requires any lighting used to illuminate the parking area to be directed away from residential districts and public streets, a standard that reaches a veterinary clinic's parking lot the same as any other commercial site.

3. The ordinance does not list veterinary clinics in a permitted-use table by district; its specific veterinary-clinic language is limited to this parking standard. 34: a misdemeanor with a fine up to $50 or thirty days in jail, each day a separate offense.