Texas City, TX Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Texas City Code of Ordinances § 160.032(B)(8) lists veterinary clinics among the principal uses in District O-P, Office-Professional, on one condition: all activities are conducted within a totally enclosed building. The district purpose in division (A) reinforces the point: uses provide a service rather than sell products, should not have an adverse effect on adjacent residential areas nor create excessive amounts of traffic, and all uses are to be conducted within an enclosed building. Outdoor runs, kennels and exercise yards are not part of what the district lists.

District D, Neighborhood Service, reaches the same use by reference. Section 160.033(B)(1) allows any use permitted in the O-P District, subject to the regulations of District D. Those regulations set a 35 foot maximum height, 40% maximum lot coverage by structures and 90% with driveways and parking, a 25 foot minimum front yard, a 6,000 square foot minimum lot area, and a 12 foot minimum distance between detached structures. The rear yard is 10 feet, 15 feet if adjacent to any district zoned for residential uses, and the side yard is 10 feet, 15 feet adjacent to a residential district and 25 feet adjacent to a street.

The O-P table in § 160.032(D) is close: 35 foot height, 40% coverage by structures, 90% with driveways and parking, a 25 foot front yard, a 6,000 square foot lot, a 15 foot rear yard (15 feet or 10% of depth of lot, whichever is greater, next to residential) and a 10 foot side yard (15 feet next to residential).

Division (F) requires screening under § 160.084 along side and rear lot lines adjacent to any district zoned for residential uses. Division (H) requires each exterior facade elevation for all floors to have a minimum of 80% brick, stone or masonry exclusive of doors, windows and window walls, unless the Planning Board approves otherwise under § 160.087. Off-street parking follows § 160.081 and landscaping follows § 160.088. Signs advertising services provided on the same premises are an accessory use. The Building Official issues the permit under § 160.111 and enforces under § 160.109.