A California city has erected a fence outside a restaurant that has repeatedly violated coronavirus health orders, a report said.
The fence was put off outside Tinhorn Flats Saloon & Grill in Burbank on Saturday after a court ordered the unit’s electricity shut down, according to an NBC Los Angeles report.
The restaurant has accumulated nearly $ 50,000 in fines since the beginning of the pandemic for violating public health orders, allowing outdoor dining at a time when the practice was banned by the county, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A judge ruled on Friday that the restaurant could not be reopened without new permits.
The city has previously placed sandbags outside the business in an attempt to keep it closed.
But on Tuesday, Lucas Lepejian, the 20-year-old son of the restaurant owner, was arrested for removing barriers.
The owner of the restaurant, Baret Lepejian, told the Times that he will not pay the fines.
“Show me a piece of evidence of how I endanger the public,” he told the newspaper.
“It simply came to our notice then. It was never about that. This whole issue is about fear and control, “he said.