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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1464 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 26-14 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT ISSUANCE OF A CHARITABLE SOLICITA- TION PERMIT IF THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND TO OMIT SUBSECTIONS (a) (2) AND (a) (3) THAT REQUIRE A DETERMINATION THAT AN APPLICANT BE A "RELIABLE AND RESPONSIBLE PERSON" AND OF "GOOD CHARACTER" PRIOR TO GRANTING OF A PERMIT FOR CHARITABLE SOLICITATION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 26-14 of the Santa Ana Muni- cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-14. Same - Standards for granting or denying permits; appeals. (a) The chief of police shall issue the permit re- quired by Section 26-12(a) whenever, to the best of his know- ledge, he finds that the following facts exist: (1) That all the statements made in the application are true; (2) That the applicant or any officers of the appli- cant have not been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude within five (5) years preceding the date of application. (3) That the applicant has not engaged in any frau- dulent transaction or enterprise; (4) That the solicitation will not be a fraud on the public; (5) That the solicitation is promoted solely by a desire to finance the charitable cause described in the application and will not be conducted for private profit; (6) That the applicant has not violated this Code in the conduct of any prior solicitations. (b) The chief of police shall deny a permit whenever he finds that any of the foregoing facts do not exist. (c) Before the chief of police denies a permit, he shall, within fifteen (15) days of the date of the application, serve upon the applicant by registered or certified mail a writ- ten statement of his findings of fact and decision. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of compe- tent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares it would have adopted this ordi- nance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sec- tions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.