Marietta, GA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

Marietta's zoning ordinance does not list animal grooming shops as a permitted or special use in any of its single-family, office or general commercial districts; the use only appears in the city's two industrial zones. 27(B)(5) permits animal grooming shops outright in the HI, Heavy Industrial district, but ties the use to a 100-foot buffer: both the structure itself and the grooming activity it houses have to be located at least 100 feet from any property zoned for residential purposes. 26(B)(6), so a groomer has 2 industrially zoned options citywide, HI or LI, and both carry the identical residential setback.

Because the 100-foot line is measured to any residentially zoned property rather than only occupied houses, a groomer near HI or LI land that borders an R-1 through R-4 district still has to hold that distance even if the neighboring residential lot is vacant. The rule does not require the grooming building itself to be soundproofed or odor-controlled the way the adjoining veterinary and kennel use does; it is purely a distance-based buffer. A groomer that wants to locate closer to residential Marietta, in a commercial corridor for example, is outside what this ordinance allows and would need a use not listed in that district's permitted-use table.