Noblesville, IN Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

Section 90.47 of the Noblesville Code of Ordinances covers veterinary hospitals, clinics and grooming salons together. Subsection (A) requires that all animals at these facilities be housed humanely and in accordance with the applicable standards, rules and regulations of the State of Indiana, where any exist. Subsection (B) then puts a recordkeeping duty directly on grooming salon owner/operators, alongside veterinarians and kennel operators: each must keep the records the state's applicable statutes or regulations require. Noblesville's own code does not add a city license or a separate set of local recordkeeping forms for groomers; it incorporates whatever the state already demands and makes compliance with those state requirements a city code obligation as well, so a Noblesville grooming salon answers to both the state licensing body and city code enforcement for the same paperwork.

Backing that up, § 90.50 gives animal control officers and police officers authority to inspect any building or premises, including a grooming salon, whenever there is reasonable cause to believe this chapter or state law is being violated, provided the officer follows the law on entering private property; if there is reasonable cause to believe an animal is being kept in hazardous or unsafe conditions requiring immediate inspection, the officer must first present credentials and explain the reason for entry before compelling access. Chapter 90's general enforcement clause also allows revocation of any permit tied to a violation of the chapter.