Yucaipa, CA Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Section 84.0210(g) of the Yucaipa Development Code places veterinary services for large and small animals in item (5) of the agricultural support services classification, beside animal husbandry services, horseshoeing and agricultural processing. The classification covers uses supportive of the farm community which are fully compatible with agricultural uses, and the section adds that such services do not adversely affect surrounding properties, groundwater, or infrastructure.

Each district that lists agricultural support services as a conditional use permit item carries veterinary care with it: Rural Living (§ 84.0320(b)(3)), General Commercial (§ 84.0350), Service Commercial (§ 84.0355), Community Industrial (§ 84.0370), Floodway (§ 84.0385), and the Additional Agriculture overlay (§ 85.040120(b)(2)). Section 83.030110(c) names Agricultural Support Service as a type of Conditional Use Permit authorization, and § 83.030135 requires findings before approval: appropriate size and scale with no conflict with adjacent properties, use incidental and subordinate to existing agricultural uses in the vicinity, compatible methods of operation, safe and practical solid waste, sewage and wastewater disposal that will not affect underground water supplies, no detraction from the agricultural character of the area, and no substantial adverse effect on infrastructure including groundwater supply.

Three neighboring rules matter. Section 6.12.010 defines a kennel as a place where five or more dogs over four months of age are kept and excludes veterinary hospitals keeping animals in the course of medical treatment; § 6.16.010 gives veterinary hospitals the same exclusion from the definition of a cattery, a place where five or more cats are kept. Section 87.0615 sets five parking spaces for each doctor or dentist for medical offices, clinics, veterinary hospitals. Classification questions go to the Planning Agency, which under § 84.0205(c) maintains the listing of typical land uses and under § 81.0125 resolves ambiguity in the code.