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)