Was looking at one of my alt's plots that I am going to have to get rid of and thought about giving it to a guildmate until I found the following...
Heather (22641 / 26209)
Seems the plot boundries were rotated N-S and E-W...but the structures weren't. The new plot boundaries are 90-degrees from the original and I am allowed to build items in these vacant corners. Tested it out and it let my place a jman shop right on top of the road in front of the oak trees.
Now I have no idea what to do with the plot...give it to guildmate, decon it for moving to other guild properties, sell it to someone else that lives in the area, wait for Developer response, or a combinatino of the above???