[Crowbob]

Most municipalities and/or areas subject to zoning restrictions only allow splits to occur only every so many years, usually have requirements for minimum parcel sizes, easements, restrictions, access roads, etc, depending on how the proerty is zoned, i.e., commercial, agriculture, high density residential, low density redientual, waterfront etc.

If you are creating new lots (splitting) you may not be able to do it again for awhile, as in years. In addition, most surveyors don't do stuff for free just like everybody else. The township may even require a completely new survey for what in many cases is simply a partial reiteration of the old survey with the new parcels added. Doing it all at once means not doing it twice and not paying for it twice.

Simply redrawing property lines pretty much creates new parcels. The township assessor will, of course, be quite interested in assigining new tax ID's to the new parcels and raising property taxes. So what looks on paper to be a very simple process of redrawing some property lines is not so simple.