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Approving adverse action against the Tobacco Shop License held by Peters Market Inc., d/b/a Peters Market (License ID #20200001649), for the premises located at 530 Saint Peter Street. (Licensee will be represented by legal counsel for the hearing before the City Council) (Laid over from February 5, 2025).
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WHEREAS, Peters Market Inc., d/b/a Peters Market (“Licensee”) holds a Tobacco Shop License, License ID #20200001649 (“License”), for the premises located at 530 Saint Peter Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota (“Licensed Premises”) (See License at Exhibit 1); and
WHEREAS, under the terms and conditions of the License, Licensee is prohited from selling, offering for sale or otherwise distributing flavored tobacco products pursuant to Saint Paul Legislative Code § 324.07(j), unless exempted under section 324.07(l); none of the exemptions under section 324.07(l) exist in this case; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Legislative Code § 324.03(5) defines flavored tobacco product as “any tobacco product … that contains a taste or smell, other than the taste or smell of tobacco that is distinguishable by an ordinary consumer either prior to or during the consumption of the tobacco product … including, but not limited to, any taste or smell relating to menthol, mint, wintergreen, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, honey, fruit or any candy, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb or spice.” (“Flavored Tobacco Products”); and
WHEREAS, on or about May 12, 2022, the Department of Safety and Inspections (“DSI”) conducted an investigation of the Licensed Premises after it received a complaint that Flavored Tobacco Products were being sold on the License Premises (the “May 2022 Inspection”) (See Joint Statement of Stipulations, Paragraphs 5 & 6 at Exhibit 2); and
WHEREAS, during the May 2022 Inspection, a DSI Inspector observed in plain sight, multiple Flavored Tobacco Products on display shelves organized for sale with pricing information, behind the counter/cash register, and in...
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