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RESOLUTION NO. 79-98 PAGE FOUR in that: (1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that, when considered as a whole, said film appeals to the prurient interest, and (2) said film depicts and describes patently offensive represen- tations and descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, and (3) said film possesses no serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. The patently offensive representations and descriptions which are referred to are depicted on the individual photographs of the above described time-motion studies which have been examined by the City Council, and such studies are incorporated herein by reference. Section 4. Ail licenses and permits which have been issued as a part of the operation of the "Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater" are hereby revolked, subject to confirmation by the Court, in judicial proceedings required herein. Criminal proceedings for transacting business without a license at the "Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater" shall not be filed until the order of license revocation by the City Council has been confirmed by judicial order or finding. Section 5. Pursuant to state law and the provisions of Ordinance NS 1325, as amended, and based upon evidentiary facts contained in the business records of the City of Santa Ana and other evidence on file with the City Council in matters pertaining to the "Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater," which are incorporated herein by reference as though set forth herein in full, the City Council of Santa Ana makes the following findings of fact with respect to the place commonly known as the "Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater": A. There is presently located in the City of santa Ana a motion picture business commonly known as the "Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater" which engages in conduct involving the production of images on a motion picture screen and the broadcasting of sound recordings at the real property known as 1565 West 17th Street, Santa Ana, County of Orange, California, being: That portion of Lot 3 of the Mabury Tract, in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, as per map recorded in Book 165, Page 301 of Deeds, Records of Los Angeles County, California, described as follows: Beginning at a point North 0° 48' 00" East 367.72 feet from the Southwest corner of that certain parcel of land described in Parcel 1 of the Deed recorded May 7, 1953, in Book 2499, Page 293 of Official Records, records of said Orange County, said point of beginning being on the Westerly line of above mentioned parcel of land; thence North 0° 48' 00" East 250.00 feet continuing along said Westerly line; thence North 89° 49' 00" East 90.00 feet, leaving said Westerly line; thence South 0" 48' 00" 250.00 feet; thence South 89~ 49' 00" West 90.00 feet to the point of beginning. B. The motion picture business commonly known as the "Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater" located at 1565 West 17th Street, Santa Ana, California, is a public nuisance, being a place where lewd films are publicly exhibited, and possessed for the purpose of such exhibition, as a regular course of business.