From a01948dbf31f377d7161400125eb62e2d3463442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alberth <alberth@openttd.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:27:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (svn r24103) -Codechange: Handle clear tiles separately from
 house tiles.

---
 src/town_cmd.cpp | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/town_cmd.cpp b/src/town_cmd.cpp
index 031e37a70e..2dba67c208 100644
--- a/src/town_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/town_cmd.cpp
@@ -2730,13 +2730,14 @@ static bool SearchTileForStatue(TileIndex tile, void *user_data)
 	/* Don't build statues under bridges. */
 	if (MayHaveBridgeAbove(tile) && IsBridgeAbove(tile)) return false;
 
-	if (!IsTileType(tile, MP_HOUSE) &&
-			!IsTileType(tile, MP_CLEAR) &&
-			!IsTileType(tile, MP_TREES)) {
-		return false;
+	/* A clear-able open space is always preferred. */
+	if ((IsTileType(tile, MP_CLEAR) || IsTileType(tile, MP_TREES)) && TryClearTile(tile)) {
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	return TryClearTile(tile);
+	bool house = IsTileType(tile, MP_HOUSE);
+
+	return house && TryClearTile(tile);
 }
 
 /**