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The Deferred Frontage Improvement Agreement represents a real <br /> threat to the financial security of the petitioners. It is a <br /> noncontrollable financial liability imposed by Public Works on a <br /> discretionary basis. The Planning Division indicated Public <br /> Works could remove this requirement if they so desired. Public <br /> Works declined to do so. <br /> Since the Planning Department requires a lot with a width to <br /> depth ratio of approximately 3: 1 , we are saddled with a liability <br /> of approximately 400 feet of frontage. <br /> Public Works indicated the legal requirement for a frontage lot <br /> was 100 feet and petitioners could reduce their potential <br /> liability by reducing the parcel 's frontage on Jack Tone Road. <br /> The Planning Dept ' said they would not approve an irregular- <br /> shaped <br /> rregularshaped lot with only a 100-foot frontage. <br /> Petitioners must split off ten acres for a retirement residence <br /> since the entire parcel is in the Williamson Act and has been so <br /> for many years. <br /> The land split was sought so the petitioners would not lose their <br /> home if age or infirmity necessitated selling the remaining <br /> parcel for retirement income. <br /> The inability of the property owners to control the amount of the <br /> future liability for twenty years is a formidable prospect. This <br /> is especially true when the age of petitioners (55 and 57) and <br /> inflation are considered. <br />