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Council directs staff to pursue downtown-specific plan amendment to allow limited, daytime veterinary clinic services
Summary
The council gave direction to pursue an amendment to the downtown specific plan to permit limited veterinary clinic services by minor use permit (no overnight boarding) to enable the SPCA to operate mobile spay/neuter clinics and limited wellness services at a proposed Kidder Street site.
Ariana Mora, senior planner, summarized a proposed amendment to the Downtown Specific Plan that would allow limited veterinary clinic services in the downtown core by minor use permit while continuing to prohibit animal boarding and overnight stays in that zone. The animal-welfare nonprofit SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) requested confirmation because it has identified a 970-square-foot leased office at 155 Kidder Street. The SPCA’s model would pair a mobile spay/neuter vehicle parked outside the leased office with same-day recovery and pickup in the office; surgeries would…
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