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Approving adverse action against the Tobacco Shop license held by Garso Mini Mart d/b/a Garso Mini Mart (License ID #20200002430) for the premises located at 189 7th Street East.
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WHEREAS, the Tobacco Shop license held by Garso Mini Mart d/b/a Garso Mini Mart (License ID #20200002430) for the premises located at 189 7th Street East, in Saint Paul was the subject of a Notice of Violation License (“Notice”) dated March 22, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Notice stated that on February 20, 2024, the Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) received a Seized Cigarette/Tobacco Product letter from the Minnesota Department of Revenue/Tobacco Licensing Division. Attached to the letter was a Notice of Contraband report from an inspection conducted on November 20, 2023, at the licensed premises listing the items seized as contraband which were not listed on the invoice. Therefore, these items were illegally obtained.
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Legislative Code §310.03(m) provides for a presumptive penalty of $500 for a first-time violation of a provision of the legislative code related to the licensed activity.
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Legislative Code §310.04(b) allows for adverse action when a licensee has violated or performed any act which is a violation of any of the provisions of these chapters or of any statute, ordinance or regulation reasonably related to the licensed activity.
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute §297F.21 states the following are declared to be contraband and therefore subject to civil and criminal penalties under this chapter:
(a) Cigarette packages which do not have stamps affixed to them as provided in this chapter, including but not limited to (i) packages with illegible stamps and packages with stamps that are not complete or whole even if the stamps are legible, and (ii) all devices for the vending of cigarettes in which packages as defined in item (i) are found, including all contents contained within the devices.
(b) ...
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