Tis, here's the deal.
What Woodsy pointed to in the link is how the situation with my folks land went down, the only difference is the two lots they owned were conforming. Both at over five acres (2 acre min. zoning area), both had over 200 feet of frontage (200 foot zoning area), but the reason the town merged them is because they share a common access point for a driveway, even though the existing lot that their house is on actually has two openings for a driveway (grandfathered). They had absolutely no knowledge of this until they sold the land.
The reason for the survey was not related to this issue, but was to help the buyers (family member) get a more favorable location for the house without encroaching on a lot line, this was about 10 years ago.
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