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Lake Preservation Policies Sought By P&Z Board Johns River were primary reasons for Sanford’s By Karen Talley designated for tourist and recreational uses. The up on the lakefront." Other members did not dispute Morris state founding in the late 1880's. Although Sanford no Herald Staff Writer core zone Includes Sanford city hall, the civic longer depends on the lake for its ecomomlc well Sanford may follow the lead of other waterfront center, two parks, and the Seminole County ment and some expounded upon it. On the other hand. P&Z members said the older, multi-story being, the water body's scenic and recreational cities and develop procedures to promote pre- courthouse. attributes warrant protection, the planners said. servatlon and control construction along Lake New Tribes Mission, east of Ft. Mellon Park, was Residential uses are also within the city’s an example of appealing architecture and was set Morris said policies from other cities could Monroe. lakefront boundaries and one of them, the far enough from the lake to avoid encroachment. provide Insights towards ensuring this and also The P&Z began looking at the city's approxl- Sailpolnte apartment complex off French Avenue, "controlling the aesthetics of development." mately two miles of lakefront property In terms of was criticized by P&Z members during Thurs Discussed by P&Z members were possible construction and land use patterns at a work density controls for construction and bolstered The lakefront east and west of Sanford's day's session. session Thursday and asked stafT to come back set back llmltlations. based on building heights. present city limits is predominantly undeveloped with policies other cities use to protect their Board members said the complex was built too The integral role Lake Monroe plays In wetland, subject to St. Johns Water Management District restraints, said Planning and Engineering shorelines. close to the lake and its design dldn t comple Sanford’s "Image" was frequently referred to by These policies may be culled to assure ment historic structures in the nearby downtown P&Z members and City Planner Jay Marder Director Bill Simmons. protection of existing lakefront attributes and district. The complex, built In the early 1980s. during the session. The controls, however, do not necessarily ' avoid negative Impacts of 111 advised develop* contains a number of three-story, white frame preclude the land’s development, he said. and stucco buildings. "Sanford Just wouldn't be Sanford v^ithoul that ment. P&Z members said. waterfront." Marder said. "When people think of The Water Management District at times allows The board determined through review of land •*Wc should have some type of lever on that the city they consider Lake Monroe, the marina developers to build on wetlands. If they'll agree to area so we can guard against the type of use maps that the vast majority of Sanford's and the downtown historic Jlstrlct." create an artificial wetland to replace it. Simmons "core” Lake Monroe frontage has already been development that docs occur." P&Z chairman It was cited during the session that transporta said. He added the expense Involved is consider designated for governmental and park land use. John Morris said. "A case In point is Sailpolnte: tion and commerce from Lake Monroe and the St. able. This area extends off marina isle, which was so that we don't have other white elephants stuck Giant Sandbox Board% L a k e M a r y Levies I m p o s e s Fines The Sanford Code Enforce ment Board has ordered owners G a g O r d e r or owners’ representatives of 10 pieces of property. Including the setting up a system within the Seaboard Coastline Railway, to By Kathy Tyrity city of Lake Mary. clean up their property or pay Herald Staff Writer The mayor and city com On the gag order Issue. Mayor various fines. Dick Fcss first made the sugges The decisions were made at a mission of Lake Mary Thursday regularly scheduled meeting of night issued a gag order on staff, tion saying the staff was spend ing too much time with reporters the board Tuesday at Sanford ordering them not to talk to the press after meetings — which after the meetings and the City Hall. practice should be discontinued. The railroad waB cited for not has been done as a courtesy In The commission then unani cutting vegetation and not the past when reporters had uestlons or missed portions of mously agreed that the order ? cleaning up trash on a vacant lot should be issued, but the staff * at Mangoustlne and Avocado. MsrsM Pftrtsfcv Twswy Vfccwit 1 le meetings. ^iu The commission has also-or • was not asked their opinion. , ^ Dm norlso.-city budding In tar. Mi* Rav, Bill Stover of Montgomery* After the meeting. Acting City spector advising the -board, said Th« crumplid cab of a Mnd-carrylnQ dered its attorneys to begin Fla. came upon the accident while driving proceedings with Tlmacuan Manager Jim Orioles said he had a railroad spokesman promised tractor-trallar awaits righting on th# wwt- the tractor, which was carrying 25 tons of development to build a starter never had a problem answering the lot would be cleaned up bound ramp of Interstate 4 and State Road reporters' questions at any time within a week. The board voted sand. Stover said he couldn't fl«t around the sewage plant for the city which 46 early today. Witnesses said there were could be expanded to Include but would comply with the to fine the railroad anyway two separate accidents at the Intersection "fender bender, so I had to go where I dldnit commission's request. because other owners in the area want to go." He turned the truck right onto more developments and resi around 6:30 a.m. A westbound car appar dents at a later date. The other Reporters have sometimes had cleaned up their property the 1-4 ramp and It overturned. Stover telephoned for the last few ac within the ordered time limit. ently made a U-turn at the Intersection and two options — to link up with was Involved In an accident with a second received minor Injuries. The westbound Sanford's sewage treatment tions on agenda Items after a In other board action. It: onramp was closed through the m ornlng^^^ long meeting. Orioles said once —Voted to fine Seaboard system or the county's facilities vehicle blocking the lane. Shortly thereaf- See GAG. page 14A Coastline Railroad 925 a day for — were abandoned In favor of not cutting vegetation and cleaning up trash on a vacant lot at Mangoustlne and Avocado. The railroad said It will be White House Tapes May Hold Iran-Contra Scandal Secrets cleaned up within a week. —Voted to fine Carl and Bever languages. Howard said similar recording A search ol the NSC computer system’s ly Dorrenbacher of Daytona preceded President Reagan s signing of a central memory might provide In WASHINGTON (UPI) - A taping systems have been in place since the Beach 910 a day for allowing an presidential intelligence "finding vestigators with Information on NSC system and computer network might early 1960s to record key calls with heads Inoperative or unlicensed vehicle authorizing the resumption of secret operations, possibly dealing with the Iran hold Information on White House Situa of state when aides or translators are not to be parked at their apartment arms sales to Iran, the sources said. arms-Contra aid offair. sources said. complex In the 600 block of San tion Room conversations on the Iran- available. Secretary of State George Shultz has Marcos Ave. Contra operation and messages sent by Howard also said the only audio But it was not immediately known said that it was at this meeting that he —Gave Michael H. Rivera, of fired National Security Council aide recording system in the Situation Room what system was used by the NSC to opposed selling U.S. arms to Iran. 1803 S. Adams Ave., until Sat Oliver North, it was reported today. is a component of a video system linked preserve the information within the urday morning to move un The Washington Post, citing uniden The high-tech communications system with the Pentagon and that it has been larger computer network or whether any such data would be technically retriev licensed or inoperative vehicles tified sources familiar with the can record some telephone calls and used only in teats. at 1801 Adams Ave. If the sophisticated taping system, said North meetings and its computer system can able. vehicles are not removed by frequently used the Situation Room — keep messages and documents composed Installation and modernization of the It was a voice-activated taping system Saturday, a fine of 925 will be the White House basement crisis man on NSC computer terminals linked to a taping system was undertaken following — In the White House Oval Office — that levied. agement center — as something of a secure computer network used by. NSC the March 1981 attempted assassination ultimately led to the downfall of the —Ordered Harry and Betty second office. staff aides to communicate with each of Reagan, sources said, partly out of a Nixon administration during the Osborne, of 1903 Adams Avenue other and with U.S. intelligence agencies, need to have a verbatim record of what Watergate Scandal of 1972-74. to remove debris from their Sources cited by the Post, however, did transpires during a time of national crisis. not know if any meetings relating to the the report said. Revelation that Nixon taped Oval Office property or pay a fine of 910 a White House spokesman Daniel How conversations precipitated a legal battle day until completely moved.