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(5) The applicant if an individual; or any of the directors, officers or ,,,r,, stockholders holding more than five (5) percent of the stock of the corporation; or any of the partners, including limited partners, the holder of any lien of any nature or profit interest holder, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the existing or proposed escort bureau or introductory service, or a natural person employed or contracted with to be an escort or to provide escort services; has not 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 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; or has permitted, through an act of omission or commission, his or her employee or agent to engage in any type of moral turpitude or sexual misconduct offense, whether misdemeanor or felony (under such circumstances, the conduct of the employee or agent, if such resulted in a conviction or a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, will be considered imputed to the principal and shall be grounds for permit denial); (6) The applicant has not had an escort bureau, introductory service ~ or escort permit or other similar license or permit denied or suspended or revoked for cause by the City of Santa Ana or any other city or county located in or out of this state within the five- year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application; (7) The escort bureau or introductory service, as proposed by the applicant, would comply with all applicable City of Santa Ana, county and state laws, including but not limited to health, zoning, fire and safety requirements and standards; and (8) The applicant, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business is at least eighteen (18) years of age. (i) If the chief of police or designee does not find that all of the requirements set forth in subsections (h)(1) through (8) of this section 12-156 have been met, he shall deny application for the permit or renewal thereof. In the event the application for the permit or renewal thereof is denied by the chief of police or designee, written notice of such denial shall be given to the applicant, specifying the ground or grounds of such denial. Notice of denial of the application for the permit, or renewal thereof, shall be deemed to have been served if it in fact is personally served on the applicant or when deposited in the United States mail with postage prepaid and addressed to the applicant at the residence address set forth in the application for the permit or renewal thereof. Any applicant whose application for an escort bureau or introductory service permit, or renewal Ordinance No. NS-2792 Page 5 of 9