Dana Point / Coastal Orange County
Monarch Bay Plaza at Pacific Coast Highway and Crown Valley Parkway is the one place we could confirm pet tenants: Monarch Bay Pet Supply at 32880 PCH and OC Happy Tails Dog Grooming in a small cottage building behind Salt Creek Grille. Neither Petco nor PetSmart lists a Dana Point store, and VCA's hospital list shows its nearest hospital in Laguna Niguel, so we found no national pet anchor in the city. The zoning points veterinary and boarding users to the CC/P and CC/V districts or to Doheny Village, since animal hospitals are prohibited in NC and V/RC and kennels are prohibited in V/RC.
Population
32,790
Median HHI
$141,520
Median age
47.4
Homeownership
62.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
Primary retail corridors
Pacific Coast Highway · Del Prado Avenue · Crown Valley Parkway · Golden Lantern · Street of the Green Lantern
Specific shopping centers in Dana Point that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.
Pacific Coast Highway at Crown Valley Parkway
Anchors / key tenants: Gelson's Market, CVS Pharmacy
PCH at Crown Valley — the premium daily-needs and dining node for the Monarch Beach/Ritz-Carlton trade area. Restaurant mix includes Ichibiri Japanese, LUA Asian Fusion, and Salt Creek Grille. Local boutiques (Coastal Accents, Meesh Boutique) anchor the lifestyle side.
Existing operators are the most honest comp for whether a use can support Dana Point rents. These are publicly visible pet service space businesses currently trading in the market.
Monarch Bay Pet Supply
Monarch Bay Plaza, 32880 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 30, Dana Point, CA 92629
Family-owned pet supply store, per the center's tenant page. Shares the 32880 PCH building with Starbucks (Suite 42) and Primi Donuts (Suite 33).
OC Happy Tails Dog Grooming
32802 Crown Valley Parkway, Dana Point, CA 92629
Listed in the Monarch Bay Plaza directory. The tenant page places it in 'The Little Blue Cottage' behind Salt Creek Grille and lists hours of Tuesday to Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Veterinary clinics: Section 9.11.020(b) lists 'Animal Hospital' as permitted in CC/P and CC/V and prohibited in NC and V/RC. Section 9.75.270 defines it to include boarding animals as an accessory kennel. In Doheny Village (Section 9.14.020(d)) animal hospitals are permitted in V-C/I and V-MS and prohibited in V-C/R. Confirm the district before touring a neighborhood center, since a neighborhood-serving NC center cannot take a clinic.
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Daycare and boarding: Section 9.75.270 defines a kennel as any property where four or more dogs, cats or other small animals over four months old are kept, including where they are boarded or trained. That catches most dog daycare and boarding concepts. Kennels need a conditional use permit in NC, are permitted in CC/P and CC/V, and are prohibited in V/RC. In Doheny Village they are permitted in V-C/I and V-MS and prohibited in V-C/R.
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Grooming and supply: Section 9.75.270 names pet grooming as a personal service use, and personal services and retail sales are both permitted in all four commercial districts and all three Doheny Village districts. A groomer or pet supply store is the easiest pet use to place in Dana Point.
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Parking: Section 9.35.080(e) parks a veterinary office at 1 stall per 200 sq ft, against 1 per 220 sq ft for general retail in a multi-tenant center under 25,000 sq ft and 1 per 250 sq ft above that. A 2,400 sq ft clinic needs 12 stalls instead of 10 or 11. Kennels and groomers have no row of their own, so under Section 9.35.080(a) the Director of Community Development assigns the most similar use.
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Coast and plan areas: Section 9.69.020 requires a coastal development permit for development in the Coastal Overlay District, and Section 9.75.040 defines development to include a change in the intensity of use, so a retail-to-clinic or retail-to-kennel conversion on a PCH site should be run past Planning early. Lantern District sites follow the Town Center Plan with per-use parking strictly enforced under Section 9.26.010(d), and harbor sites follow the Harbor Revitalization Plan (Section 9.25.010).
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Veterinary premises: Business and Professions Code 4853 requires every veterinary premises, including a kennel where veterinary medicine is practiced, to be registered with the Veterinary Medical Board, and the registration does not transfer to a new owner. 16 CCR 2030 requires a reception room and office, an exam room separate from other areas, compartments and contagious-animal separation if animals stay overnight, radiology on site or through an outside facility, and a separate aseptic surgery room for surgical practices.
Zoning, licensing, and demographic figures on this page come from the public records below. Codes and licenses change, so confirm with the city and the licensing agency before you sign.