Editing Ojus, Florida (section)

==History==
During the late nineteenth century, settlers established farms along the Oleta River. These settlers grew peas, beans, sugar cane, and tomatoes.<ref name="NMBturns90">{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2020 |title=Our History {{!}} North Miami Beach, FL |url=https://www.citynmb.com/596/Our-History |access-date=October 21, 2023 |website=City of North Miami Beach}}</ref> [[Seminole]]s set up a trading post near present-day Greynolds Park to conduct business with the Ojus settlers.<ref>Miami-Dade Parks, [http://www.miamidade.gov/parks/library/greynolds-park-history.pdf "Greynolds Park History"]. Retrieved 2016 -12-21.</ref> In 1897, Albert Fitch named the area "Ojus" after the Seminole word for "plenty" or "lots of".<ref name=NMBturns90/>  After the turn of the century, rock was discovered in the area that was ideal for road building.<ref name=NMBturns90/> Many of the neighborhood lakes were created during the early part of the twentieth century to support the construction of the area's infrastructure.

State representative Graham W. King lived in Ojus.<ref>{{Cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XwGSC9_gjtQC&dq=lewis+w.+zim&pg=PA14-IA1| title=Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida| date=December 31, 1904| location=[[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]| publisher=Capital Publishing Co., State Printers| page=15}}</ref>

Voters initially approved the Town of Ojus on April 12, 1926 <ref>{{Cite book |last=Bramson |first=Seth H. |title=From Farms and Fields to the Future: The Incredible History of North Miami Beach |publisher=The History Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-1596298705 |pages=63–64}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 8, 1926 |title=Ojus Will Petition for Charter as Town |page=2, Section A |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref> only to have this set aside by the state supreme court due to invalid boundary specifications.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 1926 |title=Incorporation of Ojus Held Illegal In Suit By Developers |page=5 |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1926 |title=State Jurists Issue Ouster Writ For Ojus Officials |page=10, Section A |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref> A second vote for incorporation was approved by voters on August, 31, 1926.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 1, 1926 |title=Ojus Factions Divide on Issue |page=7 |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref> In 1927, the Town of Ojus was abolished by the state<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://edocs.dlis.state.fl.us/fldocs/leg/actsflorida/1927/1927V3Pt1SpecLawsPt1.pdf |title=Special Acts Adopted by the Legislature of Florida |publisher=State of Florida |year=1927 |volume=3 |pages=3096–3133 |chapter=Chapter 13161 - (No. 1356)}}</ref> as a municipal government and re-established as a municipal corporation, along with other charter changes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leyshon |first=Hal |date=April 24, 1927 |title=Bills Number Almost Score |pages=14 |work=The Miami News}}</ref> In 1929, a court upheld the city council's refusal of the mayor's order for a charter election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 22, 1929 |title=Mandamus Writ for Ojus Election Denied |page=2 |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref> Subsequently the state passed a bill calling for the abolishment of the town,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Special Acts Adopted by the Legislature of Florida |publisher=State of Florida |year=1929 |volume=2, Part 2 |pages=2141–2142 |chapter=Chapter 14620 – (No. 138)}}</ref> which was rejected by voters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 14, 1929 |title=Ojus Corporation Faction Elected |page=2 |work=The Miami News}}</ref> In 1931, the state abolished the Town of Ojus<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://edocs.dlis.state.fl.us/fldocs/leg/actsflorida/1931/LOF1931V2PT1%20SpecialActs%20(Pt2).pdf |title=Special Acts Adopted by the Legislature of Florida |publisher=State of Florida |year=1931 |volume=2, Part 1 |pages=1125–1127 |chapter=Chapter 15375 - (No. 737)}}</ref> with voter approval on July 15, 1931.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 16, 1931 |title=Ojus Surrenders Title by Vote |pages=1 |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref> A court rescinded this on October 26, 1933<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 27, 1933 |title=Ojus Must Pay Its Bonds Also |pages=2 |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref> due to the outstanding debt associated with the town. The town was dissolved on August 8, 1935<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=Aug 9, 1935 |title=Election Dissolves Ojus Town Charter |pages=2–A |work=The Miami Herald}}</ref> after the state again abolished the town<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://edocs.dlis.state.fl.us/fldocs/leg/actsflorida/1935/LOF1935V2%20SpecialActs%20.pdf |title=Special Acts Adopted by the Legislature of Florida |publisher=State of Florida |year=1935 |volume=2 |pages=331–338 |chapter=Chapters 17620 - (No. 849) and 17621 - (No. 850)}}</ref> with voters approving on August 6, 1935.<ref name=":0" /> This time, the state was explicit regarding the handling of, and a mechanism to eliminate, the town's debt.

Two landmarks were created in the early part of the twentieth century, but only one survives. In 1925, Carl Fischer constructed the [[Fulford–Miami Speedway]] in the present-day Sky Lake neighborhood.<ref name=NMBturns90/> The wooden race track was then billed as the world's fastest. It was unfortunately destroyed by the devastating [[1926 Miami hurricane|1926 hurricane]].<ref name=NMBturns90/> One of the region's most notable features, [[Greynolds Park]], was established in 1936 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC) "New Deal" programs.<ref name=GreynoldsParkhist>Miami-Dade Parks, "Greynolds Park History."</ref> The park was named after Mr. A.O. Greynolds, owner of the Ojus Rock Company, who donated {{convert|110|acre}} of his property in exchange for naming the park after him. Over the years, the park has expanded to include a golf course and a boathouse, and even hosted popular musical acts during the 1960s such as the [[Grateful Dead]]. Greynolds Park was declared a historic site in 1983.<ref name=GreynoldsParkhist/>

On June 6, 2006, the Ojus Urban Area District (OUAD) was formed<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.miamidade.gov/zoning/library/reports/ojus-district-regulations.pdf |title=Ojus Urban Area Zoning District Regulations (Final) (OUA District) |publisher=Miami-Dade County |year=2006}}</ref> as a result of recommendations in the Ojus Charrette Report <ref>{{Cite book |title=A Vision for the Ojus Area, Ojus Charette Report |date=May 2001 |publisher=Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning |orig-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.miamidade.gov/zoning/library/reports/ojus-executive-summary.pdf |title=Executive Summary of the Vision for the Ojus Area Charrette Report |publisher=Miami-Dade County |year=2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2004 |title=Legislative Matter |url=https://www.miamidade.gov/govaction/matter.asp?matter=040011&file=true&fileAnalysis=false&yearFolder=Y2004 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Miami Dade County}}</ref> to plan for the future of the Ojus Area in response to a request for a planning report for Ojus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 1998 |title=Legislative Matter |url=https://www.miamidade.gov/govaction/matter.asp?matter=982321&file=false&fileAnalysis=false&yearFolder=Y1998 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Miami-Dade County}}</ref>

In 2018, county referendum 6 narrowly failed<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Miami-Dade County, Florida, County Referendum 6, New Municipality (November 2018) - Ballotpedia |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Miami-Dade_County,_Florida,_County_Referendum_6,_New_Municipality_(November_2018) |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Ballotpedia}}</ref> to form a new municipality from portions of Ojus, Skylake and Highland Lakes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2018 |title=Legislative Matter |url=http://www.miamidade.gov/govaction/matter.asp?matter=181193&file=true&fileAnalysis=false&yearFolder=Y2018 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Miami Dade County}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2018 |title=Legislative Matter |url=http://www.miamidade.gov/govaction/matter.asp?matter=181472&file=true&fileAnalysis=false&yearFolder=Y2018 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Miami Dade County}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanks |first=Douglas |date=June 6, 2018 |title=Miami-Dade County may have a new city near Aventura {{!}} Miami Herald |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article212612099.html |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Miami Herald}}</ref>