Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 217.002 - Nuisance The governing body of the municipality may:
(1) abate and remove a nuisance and punish by fine the person responsible for the nuisance;(2) define and declare what constitutes a nuisance and authorize and direct the summary abatement of the nuisance; and(3) abate in any manner the governing body considers expedient any nuisance that may injure or affect the public health or comfort.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 217.002
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.