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KLG: nr <br />10-5-76 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-132S <br /> <br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 12-101 THROUGH 12-105 <br />OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE DECLARING <br /> THE COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF PATENTLY OFFEN- <br /> SIVE SEXUAL CONDUCT IN LEWD FILMS AND THEATRES <br /> EXHIBITING THE SAME TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE <br /> AND ORDERING THEIR ABATEMENT. <br /> <br /> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN <br />AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> SECTION 1: That section 12-101 of the Santa Ana Muni- <br />cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br /> Sec. 12-101. Definitions. <br /> <br />(A) "Lewd Film" means any motion picture film: <br /> <br /> (1) which the average person, applying contem- <br />porary community standards, would find, when considered as a <br />whole, appeals to the prqrient interest; and <br /> <br /> (2) which depicts or describe~ patently offensive <br />representations or descriptions of: <br /> <br /> (a) ultimate sexual acts, normal or per- <br />verted, actual or simulated; or <br /> <br /> (b) masturbation, excretory functions, or <br />lewd exhibition of the 'genitals or genital area. <br /> <br />Nothing herein contained is <br />film which, when considered <br />which it is used, possesses <br />or scientific value. <br /> <br />intended to include or proscribe any <br />as a whole, and in the context in <br />serious literary, artistic, political <br /> <br /> (B) "Place" includes, but is not limited to, any build- <br />ing, structure or place, or any separate part or portion thereof, <br />whether permanent or not, or the ground itself. <br /> <br />(C) "Motion picture film" shall include any: <br /> <br />(1) film or plate negative; <br /> <br />film or plate positive; <br /> <br />film designed to be projected on a screen <br /> <br /> (2) <br /> <br /> (3) <br />for exhibition; <br /> <br /> (4) films, glass slides or transparencies, <br />either in negative or positive form designed for exhibition by <br />projection on a screen. <br /> <br /> (5) video tape or any other medium used to elec- <br />tronically reproduce images on a screen. <br /> (D) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, <br />association, corporation, or other legal entity. <br /> <br /> <br />