Editing Lazy Lake, Florida (section)

==History==

In 1946, real estate developer and contractor Hal Ratliff began the process of building the community around an old [[rock quarry]] (which later was filled with water and became the village's [[artificial lake]].) He had the help of architect Clinton Gamble, who designed the original homes, and financier and accountant Charles H. Lindfors, who initially bought the land. Ratliff's goal was to build a community that was low-key, with heavy forestry infrastructure, allowing neighbors to keep to themselves and have some anonymity. Lazy Lake received its name when a friend of Hal Ratliff remarked that the lake looked "so lazy and peaceful."<ref name=LL>{{cite web |url=http://www.floridaleagueofcities.com/Directory.aspx?iID=442 |title=Municipal Directory: Village of Lazy Lake |publisher=www.floridaleagueofcities.com |accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref><ref name=LLHistory>{{cite web |url=http://wiltonmanorshistoricalsociety.org/pdfs/2014/Lazy%20Lake.pdf |title=Wilton Manors Historical Society Historic Notes, June 2008: Lazy Lake - Independent Village |publisher=By Benjamin B. Little of the Wilton Manors Historical Society, June 2008 |accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

When nearby [[Wilton Manors, Florida|Wilton Manors]] decided to incorporate as a city, it asked Lazy Lake's residents whether they wanted to be annexed to Wilton Manors.<ref name= nowhere>Jackson, David. "Lazy Lake Residents Go Nowhere Fast". ''Sun-Sentinel''. February 12, 1986.</ref> Lazy Lake's residents decided to incorporate themselves on June 3, 1953, as the '''Village of Lazy Lake''' instead.<ref name=LaLaInc/><ref name= nowhere/>

It is the smallest incorporated municipality in Broward County by area. This low population was because the town originally had been composed of [[single family home]]s in a small [[housing development]], with a lake named Lazy Lake (its namesake) in the middle of the houses surrounding it. The village started with 13 homes on 13 acres (the maximum allowed by the charter.) The three homes of the three main founders of the village were the first to be built on the property, which was originally platted for a [[subdivision (land)|subdivision]].<ref name=LL/><ref name=LLHistory/>

As of 1985, the village's annual budget was $7,000.<ref>Misch, Laura. "Privacy is the Priority in Lazy Lake". ''The Miami Herald''. March 25, 1985.</ref>

In 1995, residents agreed to place the entire village up for sale at $15 million, but nobody purchased it. It was on the market for two years, and Sue Carolyn Wise, their broker, went on television news stations and shows like [[CNN]] and ''[[A Current Affair (U.S. TV series)|A Current Affair]]'' to help promote the sale. People such as [[O. J. Simpson]] and a [[Kuwaiti Royal Family|Kuwaiti prince]] were interested, but ultimately did not buy the village.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lazy Lake {{!}} History, Lazy Lane & Residents |url=https://www.sunny.org/beaches-and-beyond/neighborhoods/lazy-lake/ |access-date=March 30, 2022 |website=www.sunny.org |language=en-us}}</ref> After the two years of trying to be sold, Lazy Lake came off the market, and the village decided not to have the broker's contract renewed.<ref name=LLHistory/><ref name=LL1995>{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-01-16/news/fl-lazy-lake-village-20120116_1_joe-fodera-scott-pringle-village-clerk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120012300/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-01-16/news/fl-lazy-lake-village-20120116_1_joe-fodera-scott-pringle-village-clerk |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |title=Little piece of paradise is one of Broward County's best-kept secrets: Lazy Lake shuns the spotlight, despite the fact most people don't even know where it is |publisher=By Susannah Bryan, [[Sun-Sentinel]], January 16, 2012 |accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

During 2008, a few residents on the village's north side wanted to [[disincorporated|disincorporate]], [[secession|secede]] and get [[annexation|annexed]] and incorporated into the city of Wilton Manors. The reason this small movement failed was because most residents on the south part of the village wanted to remain a village, which was due largely in part because the mayor and most council members at that time lived on the south side.<ref name=LL1995/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2008-03-26/news/0803250553_1_village-council-residents-dislike-wilton-manors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220926/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2008-03-26/news/0803250553_1_village-council-residents-dislike-wilton-manors |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2015 |title=Some Lazy Lake residents hope to secede |publisher=By Juan Ortega, [[Sun-Sentinel]], March 26, 2008 |accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>