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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1236 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 22-4, 22-7, AND 22-8 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT PROCEDURE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 22-4 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 22-4. Application for permit - Submission, fee. Any person desiring to obtain a permit to operate a massage establishment or to perform massage services or to act as a massage technician's aide, shall make application to the chief of police or his designated representative. Prior to submitting such application, such person shall pay a non- refundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the depart- ment of finance, to defray, in part,the costs of investigation and report required by this chapter. The department of finance shall issue a receipt showing that such permit application fee has been paid, which receipt shall be supplied to the chief of police by the applicant at the time of submission of the appli- cation. A permit to perform massage services does not autho- rize the operation of a massage establishment. Any person licensed to perform massage services who desires to operate a massage establishment must separately apply for a permit there- for. SECTION 2: That Section 22-7 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 22-7. Action on permit application; review of action; transfers restricted. (a) Any applicant for a permit pursuant to these provi- sions shall personally appear at the police department of the City of Santa Ana and produce proof to the police department that the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) application fee has been paid, and thereupon said applicant shall present to the police department the application containing the aforementioned and described information. (b) The department of building safety and housing, the ~ire department, and the Orange County health department shall inspect the premises proposed to be devoted to the massage establishment and shall make separate recommendations to the city manager concerning compliance with the foregoing provisions. (c) The city manager, after receiving the aforementioned and described recommendations, shall grant a permit to the es- tablishment if all requirements for a massage establishment described herein are met and shall issue a permit to all persons who have applied to perform massage services or,to act as aides unless it appears that any such person has deliberately falsified the application or unless it appears that the record of such per- son reveals a conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.