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Approving adverse action against Auto Repair Garage and Auto Body Repair Shop licenses held by Ivo Fru Tabukum, d/b/a IT Auto Towing & Services at 33 Acker Street.
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WHEREAS, the Auto Repair Garage and Auto Body Repair Shop licenses held by Ivo Fru Tabukum d/b/a IT Auto Towing & Services (License ID #20130002927) for the premises located at 33 Acker Street in Saint Paul were the subject of a Notice of Violation dated December 3, 2013, alleging the licensee failed to correct the two (2) license conditions violations documented by a DSI Senior Inspector after a re-inspection on November 26, 2013; and
WHEREAS, per Saint Paul Legislative Code ยง 310.05 (m) (2), the licensing office recommended a $500.00 matrix penalty;
WHEREAS, the licensee did respond the Notice of Violation on December 20, 2013 and was given an extension until December 31, 2013, to bring his premises into compliance; and
WHEREAS, an inspector from the Department of Safety and Inspections conducted a re-inspection of the premises on January 13, 2014, and counted twenty-six (26) cars on the lot when license condition #1 only allows seventeen (17); and
WHEREAS, the inspector also observed cars parked in areas of the lot outside the approved site plan in violation of license condition #2; and
WHEREAS, licensee failed to respond to the Notice of Violation to pay the $500.00 matrix penalty or request a hearing; and
WHEREAS, the Notice of Violation stated that if the licensee failed to pay the $500.00 matrix penalty or request a hearing by December 13, 2013, that the matter would be placed on the consent agenda to impose the recommended penalty; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that Ivo Fru Tabukum d/b/a IT Auto Towing & Services is hereby ordered to pay a matrix penalty of $500.00 for failure to correct the two (2) license condition violations documented by a DSI Inspector after re-inspections on November 26, 2013 and January 13, 2014.
FURTHER RESOLVED, the Auto Repair Garage and Auto Body Repair Shop licenses will be suspended if the licensee fails to bring the establishment into compliance with his license conditions within thirty (30) days after the adoption of this resolution.