D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11-H, § 6004
Matter-of-right Uses (NMU – Use Group A)
Effective Aug 25, 202370 DCR 011297Authority: § 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797), as amended; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01 (2018 Repl.), and pursuant to § 6 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1206; D.C. Official Code § 2-505(c) (2016 Repl.)). Source: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 2987 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6596 (June 15, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary
6004.1 The following uses in this section shall be permitted as a matter of right subject to any applicable conditions:
- (a) Uses permitted as a matter of right in any R, RF, or RA zone;
- (b) Any use permitted in Subtitle H § 6003;
- (c) Animal sales, care, and boarding uses subject to the conditions of Subtitle H § 6001.4(g) for these uses;
- (d) Eating and drinking establishment uses, except for:
- (1) A prepared food shop shall be permitted as a matter of right with seating for no more than twenty-four (24) patrons; and
- (2) A fast food establishment and a food delivery business shall not be permitted as a matter of right;
- (e) Emergency shelter use for no more than four (4) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families;
- (f) Entertainment, assembly, and performing arts uses, except for a bowling alley;
- (g) Motor vehicle uses limited to the following and subject to the corresponding conditions:
- (1) Gasoline service station with a valid certificate of occupancy that has not been replaced by another use with a valid certificate of occupancy;
- (2) Gasoline service station as an accessory use to a parking garage or public storage garage; provided:
- (A) All portions of the gasoline service station shall be located entirely within the garage;
- (B) No part of the accessory use shall be visible from a sidewalk; and
- (C) Signs or displays indicating the existence of the accessory
use shall not be visible from the outside of the garage;
(h) Service (general) uses except that a self-service or full-service laundry, or dry-cleaning establishment shall not exceed two thousand five hundred square feet (2,500 sq. ft.) of gross floor area and no dry-cleaning chemicals shall be used or stored on site; and
(i) Utility (basic) uses limited to optical transmission nodes.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 2987 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6596 (June 15, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).