(a) As necessary for the health, comfort, and convenience of the residents of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality may compel the owner or occupant to clean, abate, or remove:
- (1) a grocery;
- (2) a soap, tallow, or chandler establishment;
- (3) a blacksmith shop;
- (4) a tannery;
- (5) a stable;
- (6) a slaughterhouse;
- (7) a sewer;
- (8) a privy;
- (9) a hide house; or
- (10) any other unwholesome or nauseous house or place.
(b) The governing body may direct the location of:
- (1) businesses;
- (2) tanneries;
- (3) blacksmith shops;
- (4) foundries;
- (5) livery stables; and
- (6) manufacturing establishments.
(c) Within the limits of a municipality, the governing body may restrain, abate, prohibit, direct the location of, or regulate the management or construction of:
- (1) slaughtering establishments;
- (2) hide houses;
- (3) establishments for making soap;
- (4) establishments for steaming or rendering lard, tallow, offal, or any other substances that may be rendered; and
- (5) any other establishments or places at which any nauseous, offensive, or unwholesome business may be conducted.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.