But yeah, it does have Maxis playables. I'm not sure such a thing as what you're requesting actually exists. I'm a little curious about why you'd want it, too - the terrain itself is freely available in the game, and if for some reason you want the horrible houses in Desiderata Valley (though I really cannot imagine why), you could move out the playables, dump everything in the lot bin, and place the houses into a new, empty neighbourhood, using the DV terrain.
Thank you for your response; that may answer my questions. Basically, I am playing legacy type games, and I have all other empty templates for my neighborhoods so that no maxis families or townies are generated, and I can have all custom created characters, as well as a smaller footprint. I apologize if I have misunderstood the premise. I do appreciate the work you have done on this. there was an earlier link to an empty template (posted by Emma), it is just that the link is no longer valid, and I was wondering if anyone had a copy still available.