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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1652 Page Two Sec. 12-27. Permit; investigation. Every applicant shall file an application for a permit, or for the renewal of a permit, with the director of finance of the City of Santa Ana upon the form to be pro- vided by the director of finance. Immediately upon the receipt of an application, the director of finance shall deliver said application to the city manager or his delegate. The city manager or his delegate shall cause to be made an investigation of the application to determine whether: (a) The applicant has knowingly made a false or misleading statement of a material fact or omission of a material fact in the application; or (b) The operation of the business as proposed pursuant to the issuance or renewal of a license or permit will not be in compliance with the building, fire, electrical, zoning, plumbing and health require- ments as set forth in this code; or (c) The applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age; or (d) The applicant has had a similar type of license or permit previously revoked for good cause within one (1) year immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, and can show no material changes in circumstances since such revocation; or (e) Customers or patrons of the peep show establish- ment have been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to a misdemeanor or felony crime of moral turpitude or a misdemeanor or felony crime involving sexual misconduct including, but not limited to, all offenses listed in subsection (a) of Penal Code Section 290, Penal Code Sections 311.2 through 311.7, Penal Code Sections 314 through 318, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) or (h) of Section 647 of the Penal Code, or any offenses involving pimping, pandering, prostitution or lewd conduct, arising out of acts on the premises or areas under control of the peep show establishment; and the applicant, having been previously advised or notified by the city of the occurrance of such criminal acts, has failed or refused to take or institute reasonable precautions or safeguards to insure that such criminal acts do not further occur.