Unable to delete rental lots

I am trying to get rid of the premade lots so i can put in my own and I am finding that I am unable to delete the new residential rental lots even after I evicted and deleted all of the tenants. Now, it is telling me I need to sell the property first, but no one owns it. I tried to override this by loading in a new lot from the town menu and that didn't work either. Anyone else encountering this issue? I just want to get rid of it and have an empty lot.