Taylorsville, UT Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

City Code § 8.01.008 defines a grooming parlor as any commercial establishment maintained to offer cosmetic services for animals for a fee, and § 8.01.004 folds 'animal grooming parlor' directly into the defined list of 'commercial animal establishments' alongside pet shops, catteries, kennels and riding stables. Under § 8.04.008, it is unlawful to operate any such establishment, including a grooming parlor, until it passes a division inspection verifying compliance with Title 8 and obtains a business license from the Community Development Department; the operation must also comply with all zoning requirements and cannot become a nuisance, keep boarded animals other than caged or under an operator's control, or sell animals too young or weak to be sold safely.

Section 8.04.003 subjects licensed establishments to periodic inspections, with any violation documented on an inspection form that sets a correction deadline; failing to correct within that window under § 8.04.004 can trigger immediate suspension of the permit and/or a citation. A permit or business license can be suspended or revoked under § 8.04.005 for falsifying an application, a material change in operating conditions, violating any Title 8, noise, or land-use ordinance, or a cruelty-to-animals conviction, and an inspector who finds conditions posing an immediate hazard may order animals seized and the establishment closed on the spot.

A permittee aggrieved by a suspension can petition the director within twenty (20) days under § 8.04.006, and then the mayor or the mayor's designee within another twenty (20) days if still dissatisfied.