C.A. Staack Partnership v. Board of County Commissioners

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Plaintiffs, C.A. Staack Partnership and Gary Cooper, appeal a district court judgment affirming the Arapahoe County Board of Equalization’s determination that under Colo. Sess. Laws 1983, ch. 426, § 39-1-102(1.6)(a) at 1486, plaintiffs’ land was not “agricultural” for purposes of assessment. We reverse and remand with directions.

Plaintiff C.A. Staack Partnership owns a 20-acre parcel of land and plaintiff Cooper owns a non-contiguous one-acre parcel, both of which are partially surrounded by approximately 500 acres of land that is classified as “agricultural land” and is…