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Removing the existing licensing conditions 5 & 6 from the Tobacco Products Shop license held by D & L Tobacco LLC d/b/a D & L Tobacco (License ID #20210002137), for the premises located at 626 Larpenteur Avenue.
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WHEREAS, after City Council created a Tobacco Products Shop License by ordinance amendment, the property located at 626 Larpenteur Avenue in the City of Saint Paul was divided by a wall into two separate suites which allowed for both a Tobacco Products Shop License and a Tobacco Shop License to be issued for the same address; and
WHEREAS, the Tobacco Products Shop and Tobacco Shop shared a common wall that contained a door providing access to restroom facilities in the Tobacco Shop; and
WHEREAS, when the property was divided, the Tobacco Products Shop and Tobacco Shop were owned by the same individual; and
WHEREAS, the Tobacco Shop was sold and under RES 24-323, the City Council granted Kitty’s Corner 3 a Tobacco Shop License; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections learned that the Tobacco Products Shop Licensee removed the door and blocked off the entry and added a bathroom making the Tobacco Products Shop a totally separate entity; and
WHEREAS, these actions have made license conditions 5 and 6 obsolete which required:
5. The door between the Tobacco Products Shop and convenient/gas station, must remain locked at all times that the businesses are open.
6. License Holder acknowledges that both businesses will be under the control of one owner/operator, the tobacco shop or convenient store will never be sub-leased to a separate owner and that the tobacco shop may not be open for business when the convenient store is not operating.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections is formally requesting that license conditions 5 and 6 be removed; and
WHEREAS, under Saint Paul Legislative Code Section 310.01 adverse action is defined as:
Adverse action means the revocation or suspension of a ...
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