Frontage

Frontage

Frontage is the full length of a plot of land or a building measured alongside the road on to which the plot or building fronts. This is considered especially important for certain types of commercial and retail real estate, in applying zoning bylaws and property tax. In the case of contiguous buildings individual frontages are usually measured to the middle of any party wall.

In the United States, a frontage road is one which runs parallel to a major road or highway, and is intended primarily for local access to and egress from those properties which line it.

In military parlance, a unit's "frontage" is the width of land which it is responsible for attacking across or defending. See front line and FEBA.

"River frontage" and "ocean frontage" is the length of a plot of land that faces directly onto a river or ocean respectively. The amount of such frontage may affect the value of the plot.

See also

* Façade


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  • frontage — front‧age [ˈfrʌntɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] PROPERTY the part of a building or piece of land that is along a road, river etc: • The London office is in a prime location with an attractive river frontage. * * * frontage UK US /ˈfrʌntɪdʒ/ noun [C or… …   Financial and business terms

  • frontage — front·age / frən tij/ n 1: a piece of land that lies adjacent (as to a street or the ocean) 2: the land between the front of a building and the street 3: the length of a frontage Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Frontage — Front age, n. The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • frontage — 1620s, from FRONT (Cf. front) + AGE (Cf. age) …   Etymology dictionary

  • frontage — ► NOUN 1) the facade of a building. 2) a strip or extent of land abutting on a street or waterway …   English terms dictionary

  • frontage — [frunt′ij] n. 1. the front part of a building 2. the direction toward which this faces; exposure 3. the land between the front edge of a building and the street 4. a) the front boundary line of a lot facing a street b) the length of this line …   English World dictionary

  • frontage — /frun tij/, n. 1. the front of a building or lot. 2. the lineal extent of this front: a frontage of 200 feet. 3. the direction it faces: The house has an ocean frontage. 4. land abutting on a river, street, etc.: He was willing to pay the higher… …   Universalium

  • frontage — Linear distance of property along street, highway, river, or lake. Extent of front along road or street. Tzeses v. Barbahenn, 125 N.J.L. 643, 17 A.2d 539, 540. The line of property on a public street. Jagendorf v. City of Memphis, Tenn., 520… …   Black's law dictionary

  • frontage — Linear distance of property along street, highway, river, or lake. Extent of front along road or street. Tzeses v. Barbahenn, 125 N.J.L. 643, 17 A.2d 539, 540. The line of property on a public street. Jagendorf v. City of Memphis, Tenn., 520… …   Black's law dictionary

  • frontage — n. ocean; river frontage * * * [ frʌntɪdʒ] river frontage ocean …   Combinatory dictionary

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