Los Banos, CA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- LBMC § 6-1.7004, commercial animal establishments
- License
- City business license required before operating
- Inspection
- Animal Control Officer approval required
- State law
- Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Act, Pet Store Animal Care Act
- Standards
- Sanitation, ventilation, escape-prevention, space
- Enforcement
- Citation or license denial/revocation
Summary
Los Banos requires anyone operating a grooming parlor, pet shop, kennel or similar animal business to hold a City business license, pass an Animal Control Officer inspection, and comply with California's Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act and Pet Store Animal Care Act. Facilities must meet sanitation, housing, ventilation and escape-prevention standards.
(a) Every person who owns, conducts, or operates a pet shop, pet store, pet dealer, commercial kennel, private kennel, boarding kennel, grooming parlor, animal menagerie, or animal shelter shall comply with all provisions of the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act (California Health and Safety Code Section 122125 et seq.), the Pet Store Animal Care Act (California Health and Safety Code Section 122350 et seq.), any similar laws that may be subsequently enacted, and all applicable provisions of this chapter. (b) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association to erect, establish, or maintain any commercial animal establishment, commercial kennel, or pet shop without first obtaining a business license from the City.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4356507; v3 updated 2025-03-05).
Full Breakdown
, and any similar state laws later enacted, on top of the chapter's own rules. Subsection (b) makes it unlawful to erect, establish, or maintain a commercial animal establishment, commercial kennel, or pet shop, which by definition includes a grooming parlor, without first obtaining a City business license; the license issues only after the Animal Control Officer inspects and approves the facility's conditions. Once licensed, a grooming parlor must keep housing facilities structurally sound and in good repair, maintain clean and sanitary animal areas, supply adequate food and water, prevent animal escape, protect the public from the animals and the animals from the public, provide ventilation that removes odors and controls drafts, and size animal rooms, cages, and runs adequately for the animals kept in them. 7004.
Violations & Fines
Operating a grooming parlor or other commercial animal establishment in Los Banos without a City business license, or failing an Animal Control Officer inspection under § 6-1.7004, is grounds for denial or revocation of the license and for issuance of a citation. Uncorrected sanitation, housing, or ventilation violations found on inspection must be fixed within the time the Officer specifies or the business risks losing its license.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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