Sea Ranch Lakes, Florida
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Sea Ranch Lakes is a village in Broward County
, Florida
, United States
. The village was named for the Sea Ranch Hotel. The population was 670 at the 2010 census.
Sea Ranch Lakes is located on Highway A1A
, surrounded by Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
. The majority of Sea Ranch Lakes is a walled-in residential community (gated community
), with the remainder of the village being a public shopping plaza, and a private beach club for residents of the village.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the village has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²), or which 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²), or 18.18%, is water.
of 2000, there were 1,392 people, 696 households, and 421 families residing in the village. The population density
was 7,689.5 inhabitants per square mile (2,985.9/km²). There were 1,339 housing units at an average density of 7,396.7 per square mile (2,872.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.84% White (91% were Non-Hispanic White,) 0.93% African American, 0.65% Asian, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.90% of the population.
There were 696 households out of which 14.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples
living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.56.
In the village the population was spread out with 14.5% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 14.7% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 36.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57 years. For every 100 females there were 83.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $62,813, and the median income for a family was $85,729. Males had a median income of $62,765 versus $42,500 for females. The per capita income
for the village was $60,088. About 6.7% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English
as a first language
were at 85.50%, while Spanish
was at 6.02% of the population. Other languages accounted for were French
at 3.58%, Portuguese
at 2.85%, and Italian
at 2.03% of residents.
As of 2000, Sea Ranch Lakes had the nineteenth highest percentage of Brazil
ians in the US (tied with Revere, Massachusetts
and Malden, Massachusetts
) at 1.7% of the population, while it was the sixtieth most Peru
vian-populated area at 1.01% of all residents (tied with Brentwood, New York
).
The Sea Ranch Beach Club owns all property within the village, including the oceanfront property on which the actual beach clubhouse and pool are built. The Beach Club has members which are elected to serve on its board of directors, and are responsible for maintaining all of the Beach Club's property such as roads, street lights, and street signs. All major issues that affect the Beach Club must be voted upon by its members, and all residents of the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes are allotted one vote for each parcel of property he or she owns. There are annual membership dues to the Sea Ranch Lakes Beach Club that all residents must pay, in addition to their annual property taxes. These membership dues to the Beach Club are used for capital improvements such as street repaving, painting of the Beach Club, and salaries of the Beach Club employees that manage the Beach Club, and maintain its property.
communications, and responds as District 26. The Department has 3 patrol vehicles, and a minimum of two sworn officers on duty at all times, with a normal week day staffing of two officers, one police service aide, and the police chief. The department prides itself on its low crime rate, with fewer than 15 Uniform Crime Report Type I crimes per year, with the majority being burglaries and robberies to businesses and vehicles inside the Sea Ranch Lakes business plaza. In addition, the Police Department was one of the first in Broward County to have developed a formal hurricane emergency policy in the early 1980s.
The Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department employs detectives within its ranks, who are responsible for conducting most criminal investigations; however, whenever a major felony occurs in the village such as a homicide or other criminal case that may involve other jurisdictions, the Broward Sheriff's Office is called in for assistance to pursue a joint investigation with a team approach.
The Department is also known for its small town efforts and assistance that is seldom found with other law enforcement agencies. The department provides keyholder services for residents, and also will assist with matters that are normally classified as non-law enforcement such as escaped animals, resident check-ups, and other service type calls. In addition, Patrolman Gene McCoy was credited with rescuing a resident during a structure fire in the village during the 1980s. The police officer was the first emergency services worker on scene of the fire, and pulled an elderly resident from the building before the fire department arrived, and is credited with saving the resident's life. The Department was also the first to arrive and provide assistance to a helicopter which crashed on the property of the Sea Ranch Beach Club, and also has assisted the United States Border Patrol
and the Broward Sheriff's Office with detaining and pursuing illegal immigrants that have come ashore into the village, and also provide emergency police back-up to neighboring Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. These are just some of the examples of the many extra efforts that the police officers have performed throughout the history of the department.
The Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department experienced one line-of-duty death when Patrolman Henry Adams died on November 28, 1975
Throughout the history of the village, fire services have consistently varied with each contract. Broward County Fire Rescue, the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Volunteer Fire Department, and Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue
all providing fire suppression services to the village at some point throughout its history. The lowest bidder for fire services is usually awarded the four year contract for services to the village. Prior to 1996, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Volunteer Fire Department served the town, with Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue
serving until 2001, with Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency services providing fire suppression services to the town from 2001 until 2008. As of October 8, 2008 the Pompano Beach Fire Department began providing services after Broward Sheriff's Office closed their station in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL which had previously served the village. Pompano Beach Fire Department was the lowest responsive bidder to a request for fire & EMS services.
Power services are provided to the town by Florida Power & Light
, with all residential power lines being buried underground. By having no utility poles inside the village for power, cable, or telephone, it is relatively simple to return power to the entire village following a storm. In addition, no overhead wires is also aesthetically pleasing to the residents.
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The village was named for the Sea Ranch Hotel. The population was 670 at the 2010 census.
Sea Ranch Lakes is located on Highway A1A
Florida State Road A1A
State Road A1A is a Florida State Road that runs mostly along the Atlantic Ocean, with sections from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Callahan, just south of Georgia. It is the main road through most oceanfront towns. SR A1A is designated the A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Highway, a...
, surrounded by Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,056. It is part of the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010 census.-Geography:Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is...
. The majority of Sea Ranch Lakes is a walled-in residential community (gated community
Gated community
In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential...
), with the remainder of the village being a public shopping plaza, and a private beach club for residents of the village.
Geography
Sea Ranch Lakes is located at 26°12′2"N 80°5′48"W (26.200711, -80.096839).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²), or which 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²), or 18.18%, is water.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 1,392 people, 696 households, and 421 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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was 7,689.5 inhabitants per square mile (2,985.9/km²). There were 1,339 housing units at an average density of 7,396.7 per square mile (2,872.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.84% White (91% were Non-Hispanic White,) 0.93% African American, 0.65% Asian, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.90% of the population.
There were 696 households out of which 14.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.56.
In the village the population was spread out with 14.5% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 14.7% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 36.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57 years. For every 100 females there were 83.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $62,813, and the median income for a family was $85,729. Males had a median income of $62,765 versus $42,500 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the village was $60,088. About 6.7% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English
English language
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as a first language
First language
A first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity...
were at 85.50%, while Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
was at 6.02% of the population. Other languages accounted for were French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
at 3.58%, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
at 2.85%, and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
at 2.03% of residents.
As of 2000, Sea Ranch Lakes had the nineteenth highest percentage of Brazil
Brazil
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ians in the US (tied with Revere, Massachusetts
Revere, Massachusetts
Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and located approximately from downtown Boston. It is named after the American patriot Paul Revere. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 51,755.- History :...
and Malden, Massachusetts
Malden, Massachusetts
Malden is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,450 at the 2010 census. In 2009 Malden was ranked as the "Best Place to Raise Your Kids" in Massachusetts by Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.-History:...
) at 1.7% of the population, while it was the sixtieth most Peru
Peru
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vian-populated area at 1.01% of all residents (tied with Brentwood, New York
Brentwood, New York
Brentwood is a hamlet of the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York. According to the 2000 Census, the population of Brentwood is 53,917.The colony was established on March 21, 1851, on 750 acres of land on Long Island, New York, by Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews...
).
Government
Sea Ranch Lakes has a Mayor/Council form of government with 7 village council members, and one mayor. All elected officials serve two-year terms. The village was incorporated on October 6, 1959, because residents in the original gated community feared they would eventually be forcibly annexed by Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, or Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. By incorporating themselves as a municipality within Broward County, they would be able to remain autonomous for as long as they so desired. The village is unique in that it owns no property within its municipal borders. All roads, streets, parks, and lakes are private property owned by the Sea Ranch Beach Club. Because all property in the village is private land, the Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department is legally allowed to deny access to residential areas of the village to non-residents through the use of the village's main gate on Gatehouse Rd at A1A.The Sea Ranch Beach Club owns all property within the village, including the oceanfront property on which the actual beach clubhouse and pool are built. The Beach Club has members which are elected to serve on its board of directors, and are responsible for maintaining all of the Beach Club's property such as roads, street lights, and street signs. All major issues that affect the Beach Club must be voted upon by its members, and all residents of the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes are allotted one vote for each parcel of property he or she owns. There are annual membership dues to the Sea Ranch Lakes Beach Club that all residents must pay, in addition to their annual property taxes. These membership dues to the Beach Club are used for capital improvements such as street repaving, painting of the Beach Club, and salaries of the Beach Club employees that manage the Beach Club, and maintain its property.
Police
Law Enforcement services to the village are provided by the Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department who patrol the walled in residential section of the village, the oceanfront beach club, and the shopping plaza which fall within the village's municipal boundaries. The Department has approximately 30 State of Florida certified sworn law enforcement officers. The Department was led by former Chief Peter Gregory, who joined the department after retiring from the City of New York Police Department. In 2010, then Sergeant James Obrien was promoted to the rank of Chief of Police. Chief James Obrien retired from the City of Rochester Police Department in New York and has an impressive forty three years of law enforcement experience. Many of the police officers are retired employees of the NYPD, and several are former employees of local and state law enforcement agencies. The department currently employs two hispanic officers. The department is dispatched by Broward County Sheriff's OfficeBroward County Sheriff's Office
The Broward County Sheriff's Office, commonly known by the acronym BSO, is a public safety organization responsible for law enforcement and fire rescue duties within Broward County, Florida...
communications, and responds as District 26. The Department has 3 patrol vehicles, and a minimum of two sworn officers on duty at all times, with a normal week day staffing of two officers, one police service aide, and the police chief. The department prides itself on its low crime rate, with fewer than 15 Uniform Crime Report Type I crimes per year, with the majority being burglaries and robberies to businesses and vehicles inside the Sea Ranch Lakes business plaza. In addition, the Police Department was one of the first in Broward County to have developed a formal hurricane emergency policy in the early 1980s.
The Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department employs detectives within its ranks, who are responsible for conducting most criminal investigations; however, whenever a major felony occurs in the village such as a homicide or other criminal case that may involve other jurisdictions, the Broward Sheriff's Office is called in for assistance to pursue a joint investigation with a team approach.
The Department is also known for its small town efforts and assistance that is seldom found with other law enforcement agencies. The department provides keyholder services for residents, and also will assist with matters that are normally classified as non-law enforcement such as escaped animals, resident check-ups, and other service type calls. In addition, Patrolman Gene McCoy was credited with rescuing a resident during a structure fire in the village during the 1980s. The police officer was the first emergency services worker on scene of the fire, and pulled an elderly resident from the building before the fire department arrived, and is credited with saving the resident's life. The Department was also the first to arrive and provide assistance to a helicopter which crashed on the property of the Sea Ranch Beach Club, and also has assisted the United States Border Patrol
United States Border Patrol
The United States Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency within U.S. Customs and Border Protection , a component of the Department of Homeland Security . It is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to...
and the Broward Sheriff's Office with detaining and pursuing illegal immigrants that have come ashore into the village, and also provide emergency police back-up to neighboring Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. These are just some of the examples of the many extra efforts that the police officers have performed throughout the history of the department.
The Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department experienced one line-of-duty death when Patrolman Henry Adams died on November 28, 1975
Fire & EMS
Fire and Emergency Medical Services to the Village of Sea Ranch Lakes are provided by the Pompano Beach Fire Department from Station 11 under contract. The village averages fewer than 100 calls for fire or EMS services each year, with many being for services to the shopping plaza, or for residential fire alarms in the village. The village averages less than one working structure fire per year, with the most recent occurring in a business inside the shopping plaza.Throughout the history of the village, fire services have consistently varied with each contract. Broward County Fire Rescue, the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Volunteer Fire Department, and Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue
Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue
Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue is the fire and rescue service provider for the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.-History:The department was created in 1912 as a volunteer department after a large conflagration destroyed a large portion of what is now the downtown core of Fort Lauderdale...
all providing fire suppression services to the village at some point throughout its history. The lowest bidder for fire services is usually awarded the four year contract for services to the village. Prior to 1996, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Volunteer Fire Department served the town, with Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue
Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue
Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue is the fire and rescue service provider for the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.-History:The department was created in 1912 as a volunteer department after a large conflagration destroyed a large portion of what is now the downtown core of Fort Lauderdale...
serving until 2001, with Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency services providing fire suppression services to the town from 2001 until 2008. As of October 8, 2008 the Pompano Beach Fire Department began providing services after Broward Sheriff's Office closed their station in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL which had previously served the village. Pompano Beach Fire Department was the lowest responsive bidder to a request for fire & EMS services.
Utilities
Water services are provided to the town by the City of Fort Lauderdale water department. The residential section of the village has no sewer system, with each resident having an individual septic system. However, the shopping plaza is connected to the sewer system used by Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.Power services are provided to the town by Florida Power & Light
Florida Power & Light
Florida Power & Light Company, the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. , commonly referred to by its initials, FPL, is a Juno Beach, Florida-based power utility which serves roughly 4.4 million customers in Florida. FPL Group holds power generation assets in more than 20 U.S...
, with all residential power lines being buried underground. By having no utility poles inside the village for power, cable, or telephone, it is relatively simple to return power to the entire village following a storm. In addition, no overhead wires is also aesthetically pleasing to the residents.