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Memorializing City Council action taken on October 5, 2011 sustaining adverse licensing action against all licenses held by Mazatlan LLC, d/b/a Mazatlan, 567 Stryker Avenue.
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WHEREAS, Mazatlan LLC d/b/a Mazatlan (License ID # 20070001948) (hereinafter "licensee") located at 567 Stryker Avenue in the City of Saint Paul received a Notice of Violation dated March 22, 2011 (hereinafter "Notice"); and
WHEREAS, the Notice alleged a violation of license condition number two occurring in May of 2010; and
WHEREAS, license condition number two requires that
"The licensee will provide and maintain working video surveillance cameras and equipment to record activity on [these] premises prior to issuance of the license in accordance with SPPD recommendations. Tapes and recordings must be maintained for a minimum of thirty (30) days, and there shall be an employee on staff at all times during business hours with the ability to make them immediately available to the St. Paul Police Department and/or the Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) upon request."
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WHEREAS, licensee denied all the allegations and requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge; and
WHEREAS, licensee subsequently received a second Notice of Violation dated April 21, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the second Notice alleged two (2) instances of overservice of patrons and two (2) subsequent violations of license condition number two, all stemming from January of 2011; and
WHEREAS, licensee denied all of these allegations and requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge; and
WHEREAS, a combined hearing addressing all of the above allegations was held before an Administrative Law Judge on June 15, 2011, at which each party was represented by Counsel and presented testimony; and
WHEREAS, the Administrative Law Judge issued a Report on August 16, 2011, in which the Administrative Law Judge issued Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, a Recommendation and a Memo...
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