514 PROHIBITED USES (MU USE GROUP E)

514.1 This section prohibits uses otherwise permitted by this chapter as a matter of right or as a special exception.

514.2 In the MU-4/CAP and MU-4/CAP/CHC zones, the following uses are prohibited:

1. (a) Car wash;
2. (b) Automobile or truck sales;
3. (c) Automobile rental agency;
4. (d) Boat or other marine sales;
5. (e) Drive-in restaurant;
6. (f) Electric substation or natural gas regulator station;
7. (g) Gasoline service station as a principal or an accessory use;
8. (h) Installation of automobile accessories;
9. (i) Motorcycle sales and repairs;
10. (j) Parcel delivery service;
11. (k) Parking lot, parking garage, or public storage garage; and
12. (l) Public utility pumping station.

514.3 In the MU-4/RC and MU-5A/RC zones, the following uses shall be prohibited:

1. (a) Antenna tower in excess of twenty feet (20 ft.) in height;
2. (b) Any use not permitted in the MU-10 zone, except a parking lot as permitted by Subtitle U § 203.1(k);
3. (c) Assembly hall, auditorium, or public hall;
4. (d) Automobile laundry;
5. (e) Automobile or truck sales;

(f) Automobile rental agency that stores or services automobiles within an RC zone;

(g) Bar or cocktail lounge;

(h) Billiard parlor or pool hall;

(i) Boat or other marine sales;

(j) Bowling alley;

(k) Bus passenger depot;

(l) Drive-through;

(m) Funeral mortuary or other similar establishment;

(n) Gasoline service station or repair garage;

(o) Hotel;

(p) Motorcycle sales or repair;

(q) Movie theater;

(r) Off-premises alcoholic beverage sales, except that the off-premises beer and wine sales accessory use in the grocery store located in Square 2572, Lot 36, may continue as a matter of right provided that it shall not occupy more than 2,078 square feet of the store's gross floor area;

(s) On-premises dry cleaning establishment;

(t) Parcel delivery service establishment other than one exclusively dedicated to serving a sound stage or a movie, video, or television production facility that existed on April 26, 1991;

(u) Restaurant or fast food establishment;

(v) Satellite reception dish greater than fifteen feet (15 ft.) in diameter;

(w) Transient accommodations that are not home occupations;

(x) Veterinary hospital; and

(y) Video game parlor.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3338 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).