Rock Island County, IL Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

113(O) of the Rock Island County Code of Ordinances lists 'Kennels, animal hospitals, veterinary clinics' among the special uses in the AG-2 General Agricultural District, meaning none of these uses can open by right; each requires Zoning Board of Appeals authorization through the special use process. 057, which requires a filing fee set by the County Board (rezoning and special-use fees for AG, SE, R, or PUD districts start at $400 for parcels of five acres or less, rising with acreage), plus payment for any newspaper notice publication and any applicable Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act or Natural Areas Preservation Act consultation fees.

110, exists to protect the agricultural economy and open space of rural areas while allowing limited non-farm development, so the Zoning Board weighs a veterinary use against that agricultural-protection purpose at a public hearing before granting or denying the permit. 093(P), underscoring that animal-care businesses are treated as a conditional, not automatic, land use across the county's agricultural zones. 048(D)(24), which sets parking at two spaces per treatment room, but that schedule does not itself authorize the use; the district-by-district permitted- and special-use lists control whether the clinic can locate there at all.