Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Regulation by Type a General-Law Municipality
Section 215.024. Tanneries; Stables; Slaughterhouses; Other Businesses

Sec. 215.024. TANNERIES; STABLES; SLAUGHTERHOUSES; OTHER BUSINESSES. (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.