Floyd County, GA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code splits pet grooming into two use-table entries. Table 3-2, the nonresidential district table, lists "Kennel, Pet Grooming" as a use permitted by right with limitations (the diamond symbol) in the C-C Community Commercial and H-C Heavy Commercial zoning districts, and it is not permitted in the N-O-C, O-I, UMU, C-B-C, L-I or H-I districts. Table 3-1, covering the county's residential and agricultural zones, lists a broader combined use, "Kennel, Pet Grooming or Training," permitted with limitations only in the A-R Agricultural Residential and S-R Suburban Residential districts; it is absent from HT-R, LT-R, D-R and M-R.

25, Veterinary or Kennels, for the applicable siting standards: structures and grooming or kenneling activities must sit at least 100 feet from any property zoned or used for residential purposes, no animals may be caged outdoors in an O-I or C-C district, and a noncommercial kennel housing three or more animals on residential land needs a lot of at least one acre. Because grooming is grouped with kennel and boarding uses for zoning purposes, a groomer that also boards or trains animals is treated the same as a kennel and must clear the 100-foot residential buffer regardless of district.

The Rome-Floyd County Planning Department and Building Inspection Department administer the ULDC use tables and issue the zoning sign-off needed before a building permit is pulled for a new grooming shop.