Burleson, TX Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

The only place Appendix B, the City of Burleson zoning ordinance, addresses grooming is the pair of kennel definitions in § 50. KENNEL (INDOOR) is a facility for the boarding, grooming, and/or training of small domesticated household animals for commercial purposes. Accessory uses include indoor or outdoor areas for periodic activity, but outdoor runs are not included. KENNEL (OUTDOOR) uses the same words and adds that an accessory use would include outdoor runs. A grooming shop has to fit one of those two uses, and a shop with no outdoor runs fits the indoor version.

The district use lists decide where it can go. In the C commercial district, § 78-110 places Kennel (indoor) under Specific use permit, which is an ordinance amendment requiring a site plan, a public hearing, a recommendation from the planning and zoning commission and action by the city council. The I industrial district names Kennel (indoor) in both its primary uses list (§ 79-105) and its specific use permit list (§ 79-110). The A agricultural district lists Kennel (outdoor) under its § 52-110 specific use permit list. The NS, GR and CC district lists do not name Kennel (indoor). Properties inside the Old Town and IH35 overlay districts also answer to the overlay use lists in Article IV.

Because Kennel (indoor) in the C district is a specific use permit use, § 130-105 applies. The council can impose conditions it deems necessary to protect public health, safety or general welfare, and those conditions must be met before the building official issues a certificate of occupancy. The permit is not a permanent change in zoning, and the property reverts to the original district if the premises is voluntarily vacated for six months or more. The C district also sets a 20 feet minimum front yard and ten feet minimum rear and side yards where the lot is adjacent to a residential district (§ 78-120).