Opinion ID: 2279565
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Absence of an Assemblage

Text: The Sagalyns also press the argument that if subdivided is a term of art, an assembly is also and that no assemblage took place because they merely took one assessment and taxation lot and replaced it with one record lot. This argument also fails. Contrary to the Sagalyns' assertion, this case is similar to Acheson, where this court found that an assembly, but not a division, had occurred where three lots were added together to form one new record lot, and a second lot was created by adding all four lots. Acheson, supra, 520 A.2d at 320. The Sagalyns contend that Acheson cannot be compared because a subdivision occurred, where four lots, two of record and two others, were combined and replaced by two new lots. Id. at 319. This argument was rejected in Acheson. There, this court stated that it was the end product, i.e., the aggregation of two or more lots, with which the legislature was concerned. Id. at 320.