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ORDINANCE NO. 1021 A.N 0BDINANCE RE~U~TING DANCE HALLS, DAi~CING PAVILIONS AND PLACES WHEBE DANCES ARE I~EGULARLY C0~fDUCTED AND CARRIED ON IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAS~TA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That no license to conduct, maintain or carry on any oublic dance hall or dancing pavi!~.on in the City of Santa Ana shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation except upon a permit in writing previously granted by the City Council of said City and filed with the City Clerk authorizing the issue of such licenses to such person, firm or corooration and specifying the location of the dance hall; that the City Council shall have power to refuse to issue any such permit or to revoke any such permit when it shall appear to or be determined by said Council that the public dance or hall or pavilion of the person, firm or corporation by whom such application is made or to whom such permit has been given is or will be conducted in an illegal, disorderly or improper manner, provided that in c~se a permit granted to any person, firm or corporation for a ~ublic ~ance hall shall be revoked by said Council, a new license shall not be issued to such person, firm or corporation until a new permit therefor shall have been granted by said. Council. That for the purpose of this ordinance, a public dance hall is hereby defined to be a place maintained for the purpose of dsnclng therein and open to the public for such purpose to which persons are admitted, or in which persons are allowed to dance, upon the payment of a fee or charge. SECTION 2. In the event that any person, firm or corporation holding a permit to conduct a public dance hall shall violate or cause or permit to be violated any condition of such permit, or any provision of this ordinance or of any other ordinance relating to or regulating the maintenance, conducting or carrying on of cub!lc dance hall, or otherwise cause or permit the same to be conducted in an illegal, disorderly or improper manner, or shall cause or permit persons attending said dance to conduct themselves in a disorderly, drunken or improper manner in or near said dance hall or the neighborhood thereof, it sh~ll be the duty of the City Council to revoke such permit in any manner hereinafter provided, and such revocation shall be in addition to the other penalties pro- vided for a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance. No such permit shall be revoked until a hearing shall have been had by the City Council in the matter of the revoc~tion of such permit, notice of which hearing shall be given in writing and served at least three days prior to the date of such he~ring, upon the holder of such permit, or his or its manager or agent, or person in charge of such public dance ha!]. Said notice shall sta~e the ground of complaint against the holder of such permit, and shall also state the time when and place where such hearing will be had. Said notice shall be served by delivering the same personally to the holder of such permit, or to his or its manager or agent, or person in charge of such public dance hall, if either of them can be found. If the holder of such permit, or such manager or agent, or person in charge of such cub!lc dance hall cannot after due diligence be found