Waynesville, MO Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Section 405.120's list of uses permitted in the A-1 Agricultural District includes 'veterinary hospitals or the keeping of small animals,' placing them alongside farming, dairy operations, roadside stands and grain elevators as by-right agricultural-district uses rather than uses requiring a conditional-use permit. The condition attached is a setback: any building or enclosure that houses the animals must sit at least one hundred (100) feet from all property lines of the lot, a buffer distinct from the 100-foot residential-district buffer the same section applies to livestock and poultry buildings, since this setback runs from every property line rather than only from R-1 through R-4 districts.

A veterinary hospital sited outside the A-1 district, such as in one of Waynesville's residential or commercial zoning districts, falls instead under whatever use table governs that district under Title IV of the Municipal Code, so the 100-foot rule described here applies specifically to A-1 Agricultural land. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission reviews site plans for A-1 uses, and the Board of Adjustment hears any request to vary the setback or to locate a use the district's table does not otherwise permit. Because § 405.120 sets no dollar penalty of its own, a violation of the district's use and setback rules is sentenced under the Municipal Code's general penalty clause, § 100.020, which applies the city's current Uniform Fine Schedule for Municipal Offenses plus court costs in Waynesville Municipal Court.