An eccentric footing consists of two isolated footings connected by a structural strap or lever. This allows the footings to behave as a single unit while transferring both axial and moment loads from columns. Eccentric footings are more economical than combined footings when the soil can support higher pressures and the column spacing is large. They are used when spreading a footing to align load and area centroids is not possible, such as when a column is near a property boundary.