[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR372.243]

[Page 83]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 372_EXEMPTIONS, COMMERCIAL ZONES, AND TERMINAL AREAS--Table of 
Contents
 
                       Subpart B_Commercial Zones
 
Sec.  372.243  Controlling distances and population data.

    In the application of Sec.  372.241:
    (a) Air-line distances or mileages about corporate limits of 
municipalities shall be used.
    (b) The population of any municipality shall be deemed to be the 
highest figure shown for that municipality in any decennial census since 
(and including) the 1940 decennial census.
    (c) Contraction of municipal boundaries will not alter the size of 
commercial zones.

[32 FR 20040, Dec. 20, 1967, as amended at 37 FR 15701, Aug. 4, 1972; 50 
FR 10233, Mar. 14, 1985; 62 FR 15422, Apr. 1, 1997]