Oklahoma City, OK Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

8: "Grooming of dogs, cats and small domestic animals. " This is one of the Commercial and Office Use Unit Classifications set out in Section 59-8300, which covers services other than those classified as civic uses. Where a groomer can open depends on the district-specific use tables in Article VI. 1 (Office and Commercial Districts) lists grooming as Permitted (P), meaning no special approval is required, in the RC Rural Commercial, NB Neighborhood Business, C-1 Neighborhood Commercial, C-2 Shopping Center, C-3 Community Commercial and C-4 General Commercial districts.

It is not an allowed use at all in the O-1 Limited Office or O-2 General Office districts, reserved for administrative and professional uses. 1 (Downtown Design District) lists grooming as Permitted in the DBD Downtown Business District and DTD-2 Downtown Transitional District, and permitted subject to a footnote condition in DTD-1. In the Neighborhood Conservation District table, grooming is permitted only on Tracts 4G and 5, not Tracts 1 through 3. 1 lists grooming as Permitted outright. 11), an operator who also boards animals overnight rather than just washing and clipping them may fall under the Kennel and Veterinary use units instead, which carry different, often more restrictive district permissions, including Special Permit review in several commercial zones where plain grooming is Permitted outright.