Planning Commission puts brakes on residential logging operation

The Planning Commission voted to send a cease and desist order to Royce Kelley demanding he stop what the commission is now calling a “commercial operation” on his property.

Saratoga resident Andy Van Tol showed two short videos to the Planning Commission displaying multiple people working a sawmill and other lumber equipment on Kelley’s property, which is near Van Tol’s home.

“It’s pretty easy to hear from my yard,” Van Tol said.

Van Tol said he first approached the Planning Commission in February 2012. Van Tol also said the work has become more frequent since then.

“It looks like what used t...

 

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