Vehicle Code section 240

In determining whether a highway is within a business or residence district, the following limitations shall apply and shall qualify the definitions in Section 235 and 515:

(a)

No building shall be regarded unless its entrance faces the highway and the front of the building is within 75 feet of the roadway.

(b)

Where a highway is physically divided into two or more roadways only those buildings facing each roadway separately shall be regarded for the purpose of determining whether the roadway is within a district.

(c)

All churches, apartments, hotels, multiple dwelling houses, clubs, and public buildings, other than schools, shall be deemed to be business structures.

(d)

A highway or portion of a highway shall not be deemed to be within a district regardless of the number of buildings upon the contiguous property if there is no right of access to the highway by vehicles from the contiguous property.

Source: Section 240, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=240.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1959; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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