D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11-H, § 6006
Matter-of-right Uses (NMU - Use Group B)
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 64 DCR 22 (January 6, 2017); 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
6006.1 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 uses permitted in Subtitle H § 6003;
- (c) Animal sales, care, and boarding uses, subject to the conditions of Subtitle H § 6001.4(g);
- (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) Education uses in the MU-5A/H-H, MU-6B/H-H, and MU-5A/H-R zones only;
- (g) Firearms retail sales establishments, except that no portion of the establishment shall be located within three hundred feet (300 ft.) of:
- (1) Any R, RF, RA, MU-1, or MU-2 zones; or
- (2) A place of worship, public or private school, public library, or playground;
- (h) Lodging uses, except that they shall not be permitted in the MU-4/CP and MU-4/WP zones;
- (i) Motor vehicle uses shall be limited to the following and subject to the corresponding conditions:
- (1) An automobile rental agency;
- (2) A car wash with stacking spaces for a minimum of fifteen (15)
cars;
(3) A gasoline service station with a valid certificate of occupancy that has not been replaced by another use with a valid certificate of occupancy; and
(4) 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;
(j) Service (general) uses subject to the following limitations and corresponding conditions:
(1) 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
(2) Any establishment that has as a principal use the administration of massage shall not be permitted as a matter of right; and
(k) 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 64 DCR 22 (January 6, 2017); 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).