1. For purposes of this chapter, an “illicit connection” to the City’s storm sewer system is any physical connection or other topographical or other condition, natural or artificial, which is not specifically authorized by ordinance or written rule of the City, which causes or facilitates, directly or indirectly, an illicit discharge.
2. The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of any illicit connection shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
3. This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.