A backyard smoker counts as a clean-burning cooking apparatus like a grill, so Canton exempts it from the recreational-fire permit. At apartments, the same Ohio Fire Code balcony limits apply. Smoke that drifts onto neighbors can still be a local nuisance.
Stark County sets no smoker-specific rule. Canton treats a smoker as a non-commercial clean-burning enclosed cooking apparatus, the same category as a grill, exempt from the recreational-fire permit when used to cook food. At single-family and two-family homes, smoking food is unrestricted. In multi-family settings the Ohio Fire Code Section 308 balcony and 10-foot separation rules for open-flame and charcoal cooking devices apply, and larger propane tanks are limited. Persistent heavy smoke that crosses property lines can still be pursued as a nuisance by your city or the Stark County Health Department, so keep smokers a reasonable distance from neighbors.
No permit violation for home smokers. Using a charcoal/wood smoker on an apartment balcony violates the fire code; excessive drifting smoke may draw a nuisance complaint.
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