we do so because patrons have the right to expect clean, sanitary, uncontaminated food. even more so for the elderly. in the fall of 2010, and i was upside to the southwest quadrant of chinatown. his restaurant was already on probation for severe and ongoing rat, cockroach, and sanitation violations. at an abatement conference, the department came to an agreement that if any of the violations returned, he would immediately be sent to the director of public health for permanent revocation. in april of 2011, i began my series of inspections. the condition i found was negligent, not only of violation of the prior year, but the intensity had increased. there were more rodent species in more places, more debris on the floors and walls and on the equipment. at that point, i have the authority to close them and send them to the previously mentioned director. i chose not to. we chose to give another chance to our restaurant that had just used up its last chance. typically, when i go there, we went back and i told them what they had to do. typically, he tells me that it is becaus