(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.

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(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.