101.1 The Neighborhood Mixed-Use (NMU) zones are designed to provide for stable mixed-use areas permitting a range of commercial and multiple dwelling unit residential development in defined neighborhood commercial areas.

101.2 In addition to the purpose statements of each MU zone stated in Subtitle G and the individual chapters of this subtitle, the purposes of the NMU zones are to:

1. (a) Provide for a varied mix of residential, employment, retail, service, and other related uses in the area;
2. (b) Encourage safe and efficient conditions for pedestrian and motor vehicle movement;
3. (c) Preserve and enhance neighborhood shopping areas, by providing the scale of development and range of uses that are appropriate for neighborhood shopping and services;
4. (d) Encourage a general compatibility in scale between new and older buildings;
5. (e) Encourage retention and establishment of a variety of retail, entertainment, and personal service establishments, predominantly in a continuous pattern at ground level, to meet the needs of the surrounding area's residents, workers, and visitors;
6. (f) Encourage a scale of development, a mixture of building uses, and other attributes, such as safe and efficient conditions for pedestrian and vehicular movement;
7. (g) Identify designated roadways within NMU zones with limitations on driveways and curb cuts; and
8. (h) Identify designated use areas within NMU zones within which use restriction shall apply to the ground floor.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 2987 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 10932 (August 26, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).