Lake Havasu City, AZ Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

Division g. of § 14.03.03E.2 lists twelve uses the city treats as categorically incompatible with residential neighborhoods, no matter how the applicant proposes to limit hours, clients, or noise. Pet grooming sits eighth on that list (division g.viii), grouped with veterinary uses, large appliance repair, automotive and equipment repair, medical and dental offices, and restaurants; the common thread the purpose clause in division a. identifies is protecting residential areas from the traffic, noise, and nuisance that a walk-in service trade generates. Because pet grooming is named outright, the Zoning Administrator has no authority to approve it through the zoning compliance determination process division h. sets up for uses not on the prohibited list; the 25% floor-area cap, the family-only staffing rule, and the one-caller-at-a-time customer limit that govern permitted home occupations never come into play for a use barred at the threshold.

A resident who wants to legally groom animals for pay in Lake Havasu City has to locate the operation on commercially or appropriately zoned property and obtain the applicable business license instead of a home occupation zoning clearance. City inspectors and code enforcement officers retain inspection authority over any business operating in the city, including one operating in violation of the home-occupation limits, under division l.i.