City of Burbank Continues to Be Disappointed in Tinhorn Flats’ Unlawful Actions

BURBANK, CA (April 1, 2021) –  While Tinhorn Flats continues to flagrantly ignore and violate Court orders to shut down restaurant operations, the City of Burbank has taken extraordinary measures to obtain compliance. This includes turning off the electricity and revoking the Conditional Use Permit after the County Public Health Department revoked their health permit.

Most recently, on March 31, the City red tagged the building located at 2623 West Magnolia Boulevard, known as Tinhorn Flats, after finding significant life safety hazards.

Tinhorn Flats continues to reopen, removing boards placed by the City over the doors and cutting locks, exposing customers and patrons supporting the restaurant to dangerous conditions and ongoing violations.

“The Burbank Police Department vehemently condemns the actions of Tinhorn Flats and their persistent unlawful behavior,” stated Police Chief Scott LaChasse. “We continue to make strategic decisions and take measured actions to keep our personnel and community safe. Sharing our plan prior to implementation could endanger lives. Our actions will always be based on protecting our public and in compliance with the law.”

This has been a challenging situation that may not be easily understood and resolved, especially when you are dealing with persons who willfully disobey the law. This is a very divisive issue within our City and it’s at a time when we should be focusing on our recovery from the pandemic, but instead it is being overshadowed by this one defiant actor in our community.