{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-240","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 240","heading":"","body":"In determining whether a highway is within a business or residence district, the following limitations shall apply and shall qualify the definitions in Sections 235 and 515:\n(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.\n(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.\n(c) All churches, apartments, hotels, multiple dwelling houses, clubs, and public buildings, other than schools, shall be deemed to be business structures.\n(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.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED [100. - 681.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"271b32f664948e62327296a2dd3c7637fe139fd6f97c3d3fba176388910f5c21","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-236","next":"us-ca/veh-241"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}