Camarillo, CA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

Camarillo treats pet grooming as a service use that needs the same planned development permit as any other retail-service business, plus a fixed environmental duty once it opens. Grooming, whether run from a storefront or a mobile van, is listed as a permitted use only under an approved planned development permit in the CMU village-commercial zone, the C-2 general commercial zone, the C-N neighborhood commercial zone and the COT (Old Town) zone; it is not a by-right use in any of them, so a new groomer files for planning commission review, or director-level review for minor changes, before opening.

Once operating, the business carries off-street parking sized under the city's parking table for animal-care uses: one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area, the same standard applied to veterinary clinics and animal day care (Sec. 100). 050 lists the discharges banned from entering the city's storm drain system, and item H bans discharges "from stationary or mobile pet grooming facilities," alongside trash-container leachate and pesticide or animal-waste spills. 030. 160 a notice of violation or cease-and-desist order can require immediate cleanup, and the city may bill the responsible party for its abatement costs. Wash-water has to be captured and disposed of through the sanitary sewer or hauled off, not hosed into a driveway drain or street gutter.