Bay Lake, Florida
| Bay Lake, Florida | ||
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 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida |
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| Coordinates: 28°23′29″N 81°34′0″W / 28.39139°N 81.56667°WCoordinates: 28°23′29″N 81°34′0″W / 28.39139°N 81.56667°W | ||
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 United States
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 Florida
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| County | Orange | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Todd Watzel | |
| • Council Member | Mark Krause | |
| • Council Member | Morgan Palfreyman | |
| • Council Member | Patrick McCall | |
| • Council Member | Joel Edwards | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 22.8 sq mi (59.1 km2) | |
| • Land | 21.5 sq mi (55.7 km2) | |
| • Water | 1.4 sq mi (3.5 km2) | |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 47 | |
| • Density | 2.1/sq mi (0.80/km2) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 32830 | |
| Area code(s) | 407 | |
| FIPS code | 12-04150 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0302706 | |
Bay Lake is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 47 at the 2010 census. It is named after a lake located east of the Magic Kingdom. All four of the Walt Disney World theme parks, and one of the two water parks, are located in Bay Lake.
Bay Lake is one of two Florida municipalities controlled by the Walt Disney Company, the other being Lake Buena Vista. The city is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Chapter 67-1104 of the Laws of Florida, incorporating the city of Bay Lake, was signed into law by Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. on May 12, 1967, the same day he also signed chapters 67-764 (creating the Reedy Creek Improvement District, or RCID) and 67-1965 (incorporating the City of Reedy Creek). It was and still is located fully inside the RCID, and all its duties have been taken care of by the RCID. As fully described in Reedy Creek Improvement District, the city has always been controlled by the Walt Disney Company and has allowed them powers that other area attractions have not had.
Chapter 69-836, which became a law on July 3, 1969, without the governor's approval, redefined the city boundaries to exclude the easternmost part. Chapter 69-1527, which became a law the same day, completely moved the city of Reedy Creek, with the land given up by Bay Lake included in the new city. Since then, Bay Lake has expanded to fill the original RCID west of Bonnet Creek, but the Reedy Creek Improvement District has expanded to include new land not in the city.
The RCID had all the powers of the city and more, raising the question of why cities were incorporated inside of it. Walt Disney's original plans for the site included at least one futuristic living area, a planned "community of the future". This was never built, but some of the ideas were incorporated into the EPCOT theme park. The later Celebration, Florida, was deannexed from the city and the RCID in 1994 so the Walt Disney Company would not lose control of the district. The only residents of the city are Disney employees and their immediate family members who live in a community on the north shore of Bay Lake (on Bay Court). The only landowners are fully owned subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company, rights-of-way for state and county roads, and five five-acre (20,000 m²) lots owned by senior Disney employees to give them voting power in the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
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