FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION, and FRIENDS OF MATANZAS, INC. v. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA, and STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION, and FRIENDS OF MATANZAS, INC., NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appellants, CASE NO. 1D04-3511 v. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA, and STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, Appellees. _____________________________/ Opinion filed July 18, 2005. An appeal from the Department of Community Affairs. Thomas W. Reese, St. Petersburg, for Appellants. Marcia Parker Tjoflat, of Pappas Metcalf Jenks & Miller, P.A., Jacksonville; Geoffrey B. Dobson, Dobson & Brown, P.A., St. Augustine; Debra A. Swim, Tallahassee; Shaw P. Stiller, Department of Community Affairs, Tallahassee; and Isabelle Christine Lopez, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, for Appellees. PER CURIAM. The appellants have not demonstrated that their business interests are adversely affected by the challenged order, so as to give them standing to appeal. See Melzer v. Florida Department of Community Affairs, 881 So. 2d 623 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); O Connel v. Florida Department of Community Affairs, 874 So. 2d 673 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). The appeal is therefore DISMISSED. BARFIELD and HAWKES, JJ., concur; BENTON, J., dissents. 2

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