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Ordinance No. NS-1287 Page Two Nothing herein contained is intended to include or pro- scribe any film which, when considered as a whole, and in the context in which it is used, possesses serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. (B) "Place" includes, but is not limited to, any building, structure or place, or any separate part or portion thereof, whether permanent or not, or the ground itself. (C) "Motion picture film" shall include any: (1) film or plate negative; (2) film or plate positive; (3) film designed to be projected on a screen for exhibition; (4) films, glass slides or transparencies, in negative or positive form designed for exhibition by projection on a screen. either (D) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other legal entity. (E) "Knowledge" means having knowledge of the con- tents and character of the patently offensive sexual con- duct which appears in such lewd film. SECTION 3: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 12-102, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 12-102. Lewd Films and Theatres Exhibiting the Same Declared a Public Nuisance; Abatement Thereof. (A) Any and every place in the City of Santa Ana where: (1) lewd films are publicly exhibited as a regular course of business, or possessed for the purpose of such exhibition; or (2) a lewd film is publicly and repeatedly exhibited, or possessed for the purpose of such exhibitions, is a public nuisance. (B) Any and every lewd film which is publicly exhi- bited or possessed for such purpose in the City of Santa Ana is a public nuisance per se. (C) From and after service on the theatre, or its manager, or acting manager, or person then in charge of such place, of a certified copy of this ordinance and a certified copy of the Resolution and order of summary abatement pro- vided for in Section 12-103 hereof, all moneys paid there- after as admission price to such exhibitions are also de- clared to be a public nuisance, as personal property used in conducting and maintaining a declared public nuisance. (D) Upon receiving notice through service of a certified copy of this ordinance and of a certified copy of the Resolution and order of summary abatement provided for in Section 12-103 hereof, any and every person who shall own,