Kitsap County, WA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

040, the same section covering commercial pet facilities and animal welfare facilities. Subsection (a) requires a grooming parlor to be licensed annually, or no less than thirty calendar days before it opens, and subsection (b) sets the license to expire one calendar year from issuance. License fees, and an additional fee for late renewal, are set annually by resolution of the board of county commissioners under subsections (c) and (d). An applicant must give the animal control authority the owner's and facility's name, address, and phone number, describe the operation, and provide written proof from the county's department of community development that the location conforms to zoning, per subsection (e).

010, may not confine more than one animal per cage unless the owner requests it, must be structurally sound with sealed, moisture- and odor-resistant walls, ceilings and floors in grooming and containment areas, and must be cleaned and sanitized regularly. Subsection (j) authorizes the animal control authority to inspect existing or proposed parlors during regular business hours as part of licensing or to check compliance. 070 for repeated violations. These standards apply only to grooming parlors located in unincorporated Kitsap County.