It shall be unlawful for any person to install or use any septic tank for private waste disposal within the city limits except when public sewer is not available or when such septic tanks were in operation on the effective date of this section, providing that the property is not located within two hundred feet (200') of a sanitary sewer main. Whenever any septic tank is to be installed it shall be in compliance with the provisions of the latest edition of the Construction Standards for On-Site Sewerage Facilities as published by the department of state health services.
(2001 Code, art. 13.1300)