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5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 within thirty (30) of the receipt of a completed application for permit or application for the renewal of a permit. C. All permits issued by the Chief of Police in accordance with this chapter shall be for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months. 5.32.050 Permit --Conditions. The Chief of Police may, in his or her discretion, impose conditions on the approval of a permit to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter or to protect the public health, safety and welfare. At a minimum, however, all permits shall be deemed to include the following conditions: A. Interior Illuminations. All interior areas where dancing is permitted shall maintain an interior illumination of not less one foot candle at floor level for exit areas as provided by the Uniform Building Code. B . Disorderly Conduct. No person in charge or assisting in the conduct of a building or location where dancing is permitted shall permit any intoxicated, boisterous or disorderly person to enter, be in or remain in, or to assist in any portion of the building where dancing is permitted. No person in an intoxicated condition shall enter or remain in any building or location where dancing is permitted or conduct himself in a boisterous or disorderly manner in a building or location where dancing is permitted. C. Nontransferability of Permit. Each permit issued is nontransferable, separate and distinct and no person shall exercise the privileges granted under this chapter except the person, firm, corporation or association or persons to whom the same was issued and at the specific place for which it was issued. D. Permit Posting and Availability. Each permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place in or upon the premises for which it was issued, and shall be shown to any city official upon demand. E. Financial Interests and Management. The permittee shall make available to the city, upon written request to do so, a list of the current names and addresses of all persons who are directly engaged in the management or operation of the business, all persons having a financial interest in the business and all employees or agents. The permittee shall, at the permittee's sole expense, cause each person thereafter acquiring a financial interest in the business, and each person who becomes directly engaged in the management and operation of the business to be fingerprinted by the Police Department. F. Prohibitions on Mosh Pits, Crowd Surfing and Stage Diving. No permittee shall permit or allow any dance activities characterized by violent physical contact between and among patrons, or activities where patrons are suspended above the shoulders of other patrons for the purpose of maneuvering such patrons from one person to another, or activities characterized by having patrons or performers diving or leaping into a crowd of persons. Such prohibited activities shall include, but not be limited to mosh or slam -dancing, crowd or body surfing or stage diving. Patrons engaging in such prohibited activities shall be deemed to engage in disorderly conduct subject to the provisions of subsection B, above. G. On-site Security. Each person, firm, corporation or association operating, conducting or carrying on a dine and dance club, nightclub, public dance, dance club or public dance hall under the provisions of this chapter shall employ, at his or her own expense, special security officers, who shall be in attendance at all times that dancing is allowed, permitted or conducted at the establishment for which a permit is issued. Each special security officer shall, at a minimum, have training in powers of arrest as specified in California Business & Professions Code Section 7545.2, and shall possess a guard registration card issued by the California Department of Consumer Affairs RVPUB\MXM\521810