Millcreek, PA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

Chapter 145, the Zoning Chapter of the Millcreek Township Code adopted by the Board of Supervisors, defines a PET GROOMING ESTABLISHMENT in § 145-11 as a business activity operated and conducted within an enclosed premises that includes and is limited to the grooming and washing of pets or domestic animals. It cannot include any training or boarding of animals or any outdoor activities. The enclosed-premises limit is the working rule for a salon: a groomer who adds boarding or outdoor runs has moved beyond the definition.

The definitions also separate groomers from kennels. A KENNEL is a use of land and structures in which four or more domestic animals or pets six months or older are groomed, bred, trained or boarded for compensation, and § 145-11 states that a use meeting the definition of pet grooming establishment is not intended to be a kennel. A KENNEL, ACCESSORY is a use accessory to a veterinary clinic, animal day care or pet grooming establishment that includes interior housing only for animals under treatment, with no outdoor operations or boarding for compensation.

Where a grooming business can locate is set district by district. The C1 Corridor Commercial District, intended for local retail, office and service uses that meet the needs of nearby residential neighborhoods, lists Pet Grooming Establishment among its permitted uses in § 145-18. The same use appears in the permitted-use lists of the C2 Regional Commercial District (§ 145-19), the MU-1 Neighborhood Mixed Use District (§ 145-21) and the MU-2 Corridor Mixed Use District (§ 145-22).

Parking is fixed by Table VII-1 in § 145-92: one space for each grooming station, with a minimum of three spaces. Fractions of 0.5 or more round up when the computation produces a fractional number. The Zoning Officer enforces Chapter 145 under § 145-105.