(a) A person commits an offense if he operates or maintains any hidehouse, slaughterhouse, or slaughter pen, yard, ground, or premises, used for any purpose whatever, in the city or within 3,000 feet of the corporate line, in such manner as to exude noxious odors or stenches, be offensive or disagreeable to any of the inhabitants of the city, or be injurious to the health or comfort of any of the inhabitants of the city.
(b) A person commits an offense if he kills or slaughters, or causes the killing or slaughter of, any animal within the city for the purpose of selling, bartering, donating, or using the animal’s flesh for any form of human consumption. It is a defense to prosecution under this subsection that the animal was killed or slaughtered:
(1) in a slaughterhouse or in a food products establishment, as defined in Chapter 17 of this code, that is operating in compliance with all applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws; or
(2) as part of a religious ritual or ceremony. (Code 1941, Art. 86-26; Ord. 21962)