Waukegan, IL Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Zoning category
- 'Personal Services Establishment' (UDO § 13.02)
- Named use
- 'Animal grooming establishments' listed by name
- Parking cap
- 3 spaces per 1,000 sq ft of GFA
- Bicycle parking
- 1 short-term space per 1,000 sq ft GFA
- Kept separate from
- 'Animal Boarding, Hospital, or Shelter' use
Summary
Waukegan classifies pet groomers under 'Personal Services Establishment,' the same zoning category as barbershops and dry cleaners, expressly naming 'animal grooming establishments' in its definition. The use is capped at 3 off-street parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area and is kept legally separate from animal boarding or shelter uses.
Personal Services Establishment: An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services of a personal nature. "Personal Service Establishment" includes facilities that sell products and goods in an incidental manner to the establishment's provision of services. "Personal Service Establishment" uses may include, but are not limited to, dry cleaners, barbershops, beauty salons, animal day care establishments, animal grooming establishments, express shipping services (e.g. UPS, FedEx, DHL), electronics repair, shoe repair shops, and tailor shops... "Personal Services Establishment" does not include "Adult Entertainment Establishment," "Animal Boarding, Hospital, or Shelter" or "Tattoo Parlor."
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 113).
Full Breakdown
02-1 lists Personal Services Establishment as an allowed principal use across Waukegan's business and light-industrial zoning districts, reviewed either as a permitted by-right use or, in at least one district, as a conditional use requiring City approval. 03-1 sets no minimum parking requirement for the category but caps parking at 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, with 1 additional short-term bicycle parking space required for every 1,000 square feet of floor area. 3. licensing, health, and safety requirements,' so state animal-welfare and business-licensing rules apply on top of the zoning classification.
Violations & Fines
A pet grooming business operating in a district where Personal Services Establishment is not listed, or exceeding the 3-space-per-1,000-square-foot parking cap in Table 10.03-1, is an unpermitted or noncompliant zoning use subject to Waukegan's standard code-enforcement and permit-denial process, the same treatment given any other Unified Development Ordinance violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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