Fencing ordinance sees cuts

For those who are waiting for the fencing ordinance to be finalized, they are going to be waiting a little bit longer.

The Saratoga Planning Commission met March 10 to discuss the new fencing ordinance that had been rewritten by planning commission member Tom Knickerbocker.

Discussion went on for nearly an hour before the board decided to remove most of the wording to simplify the ordinance.

The ordinance is to be amended with the changes and presented to the board for next month.

The reason for the change in the ordinance is to protect property from deer. Since deer can jump fence up to six f...