Newport Beach, CA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

48 (Standards for Specific Land Uses), separate from animal boarding/kennels and veterinary hospitals. 050(B) requires a grooming facility to be entirely enclosed, soundproofed, and air-conditioned, and it flatly prohibits boarding animals, maintaining outside runs or cages, keeping outside trash containers, or generating offensive odors. 050(C)) is allowed as an accessory activity within those businesses' own enclosure requirements. Before opening, an operator must confirm whether the applicable zoning district's land use table calls for a minor use permit (MUP) or conditional use permit (CUP), since Table 2-5 (Commercial District Land Uses) assigns different permit levels to Animal Grooming depending on the specific commercial or mixed-use district.

The permit review authority evaluates noise containment, odor control, and enclosure adequacy as part of that discretionary approval. 040, which instead govern private residential animal-keeping setbacks and enclosures.