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In the event any person holding a permit under this chapter shall violate any provision of this chapter or shall permit or allow any illegal, improper or disorderly conduct in said dancing place, the chief of police may revoke or condition such permit by giving written notice of the revocation or condition to the holder of such permit seventy-two (72) hours before the effective hour of the revocation or condition. The chief of police may, when violations of law in the neighborhood exceed the average for like areas in the city, give notice of revocation or placing a condition thereon in the original granting of the permit or to avoid revocation of an existing permit. The condition may require the management to employ one or more special officers, to be approved by the Ghief of , to keep the peace and enforce all statutes and ordinances during all times dancing is allowed. Any permit holder aggrieved by the decision of the chief of police to revoke or condition said permit may appeal to he -city GGunGil as provided in Chapter 3 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, except that the written notice of appeal must be filed with the clerk of the council and the chief of police within seventy-two (72) hours of service of the written notice of the chief of police's decision. Section 5. Section 11-5 of Chapter 11 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read in full as follows: Sec. 11-5. Same--Location standards. (a) No permit shall be issued for a public dancing place where any alcoholic beverages are sold unless the place is a "bona fide eating place" as defined in Section 23038 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California, and the place of business has seats at tables to seat at least fifty (50) people, not counting any stools at the bar or counter where alcoholic beverages are prepared for service and are served, utilizes not less than twenty (20) per cent of the floor space as a kitchen facility for food preparation, and has not less than three hundred (300) square feet of floor space maintained in a smooth and safe condition for dancing. (b) No permit shall be issued for a public dance hall where any alcoholic beverages are sold, unless the place has not less than five hundred (500) square feet of floor space maintained in a smooth and safe condition for dancing. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing in that area of the City of Santa Ana known as the Downtown (DT) Zone and the Urban Center (UC) Zone as described in Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply. In addition if the proposed floor space to be maintained in a smooth and safe condition for dancing is ten percent (10%) or more of the total square footage of the public area, a formal plan check review by the Building Department and Fire Department shall be required. 5OB-8