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Clawson planners limit outdoor smoking at House of Barbecue, revert hours and set June review
Summary
After months of neighbor complaints about smoke and occasional visible flames, the Clawson Planning Commission voted to revert House of Barbecue at 220 S. Main to its original two-nights-a-week smoker hours, require moving the smoker to the front location approved in the amendment, and revisit the issue on June 10, 2025.
The Clawson Planning Commission on Jan. 28 voted to deny unrestricted, around-the-clock outdoor smoking at House of Barbecue, instead reverting the business to the original site-plan hours and approving relocation of the smoker to the front of the building while the commission monitors neighborhood impacts.
The action responded to repeated resident complaints about smoke and demonstrated flames from a wood-burning smoker. Planning staff presented a packet of complaints and photographs and said the applicant had previously received a series of conditional approvals ending with temporary approval in October 2024. Commissioners debated whether to extend a conditional trial period through the spring or…
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