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(c) "Primary use" shall mean a use that is not an ancillary use. Sec. 18-652. Hookah Parlors Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to own, manage, conduct, or operate any hookah parlor or to participate as an employee, contractor, agent or volunteer, or in any other manner or capacity, in any hookah parlor in the City. Section 3. Section 41-73.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby added to define medical hookah parlors as follows: Sec. 41-73.5. Hookah Parlors. (a) "Hookah parlor" shall mean any facility or location whose business operation, whether as its primary use or as an ancillary use, is denoted by the smoking of tobacco or other substances through one or more pipes (commonly known as a hookah, waterpipe, shisha or narghile) designed with a tube passing through an urn of water that cools the smoke as it is drawn through it, including but not limited to establishments known variously as hookah bars, hookah lounges or hookah cafes. (b) "Primary use" shall mean a use that is not an ancillary use. Section 4. Section 41-144 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to prohibit hookah parlors as a retail or service use in the City such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in strikeout for tracking purposes only): Sec. 41-144. Retail and service uses. Retail and service uses include any use of property for the purpose of offering merchandise or services to the public for compensation, and include banks, savings and loan associations, and similar financial institutions, but do not include the following: (a) Sheet metal shops, body-fender works, automobile paint shops, repair garages, and any activity which includes the processing, treatment, manufacturing, assembling or compounding of any product, other than that which is clearly Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 6 of 4 75A-33