Daniel v. Stone

LEHAN, Judge.

The Property Appraiser of Hillsborough County appeals from an order of the trial court directing that 15.26 wooded acres and a one acre homesite be reclassified as agricultural. Section 193.461(3)(b), Florida Statutes (1983), provides that “only lands which are used primarily for bona fide agricultural purposes shall be classified agricultural. ‘Bona fide agricultural purposes’ *1252means good faith commercial agricultural use of the land.”

Two representatives of the Property Appraiser who visited the property testified that there was no evidence of any agricultural activity. They did…