FRONT-FOOT RULE

By SovConn | September 30, 2016

front-foot rule.The principle that an improvement cost is to be apportioned among several

properties in proportion to their frontage, without regard to the benefits conferred on each property.

— Also termed front-foot plan. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 469. C.J.S. Municipal

Corporations §§ 1281–1283, 1285.][Blacks Law 8th]

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