Walden v. Fletcher Avenue Development Corp.

SCHEB, Judge.

Appellant appeals a summary judgment which declared appellee’s lands to be in bona fide agricultural use and directed the appellant to reclassify said lands as agricultural.

Appellant denied appellee’s application for agricultrual classification on the authority of § 193.461(4) (c), Fla.Stat., which states:

“Sale of land for a purchase price which is three or more times the agricultural assessment placed on the land shall create a presumption that such land is not used primarily for bona fide agricultural purposes. Upon a showing of special circumstances by the landowner…