SANTA ANA – Word is out on the streets of downtown Santa Ana that the production company for the TV series “American Horror Story” plans to film – and close off some blocks and parking spots – around Second Street Promenade later this month.

Employees of businesses on Broadway, Sycamore and Second streets said 20th Century Fox Television representatives handed them a “notification of intended filming” earlier this week and asked them to sign paperwork.

The 20th Century Fox Television notice states they are proposing to film scenes on Aug. 22 for the TV show “Spring Fever,” but “American Horror Story” was written “in the paperwork they dropped off,” said Travis Allen Raymond, a manager at Proof Bar at 215 N. Broadway.

“It was just paperwork asking for permission to film in the local area,” Raymond said on Wednesday.

“They warned us, in the back alley if you see someone run down the alley covered in blood, it’s part of the shoot. They’re going to have cameras and security, so it’s pretty legit.”

Brooke Kivowitz, listed on the 20th Century Fox Television notice as a location manager, said she could not comment on “American Horror Story.” But Kivowitz said “Yes, we’re the same ‘Spring Fever,’” show that crews shot in June in Old Towne Orange. Several business owners in Orange were also told it was “American Horror Story.”

The notice proposes full street closures to traffic, with access to those who live and work in the area, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 22 on:

Sycamore Street from Third Street going 100 feet south of Second Street

Second Street from Sycamore Street to Main Street

Broadway from 100 feet north of First Street to 100 feet south of Third Street.

It also proposes posting “no parking” signs on both sides of Second Street from Sycamore Street to Main Street and both sides of Sycamore Street from Second Street to Third Street on Aug. 22, as well as the east side of Broadway from Second Street to Third Street on Aug. 21-23.

Preparation is planned for 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Aug. 21 and breaking down the production on Aug. 23 during the same hours, according to the notice. Production crews will be working out of trucks at 316 W. Third St.

Filming activity will include “exterior dialogue, political rally at open air mall, assassination, shooting and 2-minute intermittent traffic/pedestrian control,” the notice states.

Producer Ryan Murphy said in February on the Bravo talk show, “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” that season seven of “American Horror Story” will be about the 2016 presidential election.

Normando Rodriguez, a store manager at Casa Linda Furniture at 116 N. Broadway, said on Wednesday it didn’t matter to him that the filming was for a popular TV series.

“What happens is if this street closes, the clients can’t come in and one day of no sales is a lot of money we lose,” Rodriguez said in Spanish. “They need to use movie sets, something that doesn’t affect a real city.”

In paperwork, Rodriguez’s assistant noted negative impacts the filming would have on the furniture business.

“We understand the impact that filming can have on a neighborhood and want to assure you that we will work hard to minimize our presence by demonstrating extreme care and consideration while we are your guests,” the notice states. “We have applied for the necessary permits and maintain all legally required liability insurance.”

But Santa Ana spokeswoman Alma Flores on Wednesday said the city had not issued a permit for “Spring Fever” on Aug. 22 and it appeared 20th Century Fox Television was in the application process. Part of the process requires applicants to notify the impacted areas and obtain consent from 80 percent of business or residents where street closures are involved, she said.

Raymond didn’t take issue with the filming, and said bartenders and restaurant workers in the area are fans of the show and “everyone knows about it.”

“It’s a little bit of local pride that they’re shooting in Santa Ana,” he said. “If anything, everyone wants to be an extra. They should take extras from here – it would be even more local pride in the area.”