D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11-U, § 515
Matter-of-right Uses (MU-use Group F)
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, 3338 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 7264 (July 28, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6596 (June 15, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 2485 (March 5, 2021); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 012886 (October 21, 2022); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary
515.1 The following uses shall be permitted in MU-Use Group F as a matter of right, subject to any applicable conditions:
- (a) Uses permitted as a matter of right in any R, RF, and RA zones and all uses permitted as a matter of right for MU-Use Group E of this chapter;
- (b) Amusement enterprise;
- (c) College or university that is an academic institution of higher learning, including a college or university hospital, dormitory, fraternity, or sorority house proposed to be located on the campus of a college or university;
- (d) Youth Rehabilitation Home and Adult Rehabilitation Home;
- (e) Community Residence Facility;
- (f) Eating and drinking establishments with no restrictions;
- (g) Electronic Equipment Facility (EEF) use under either or both of the following circumstances:
- (1) The EEF use occupies no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the above ground constructed gross floor area of the building; or
- (2) The EEF use is located below ground floor;
- (h) Emergency shelter;
- (i) A gasoline service station, only in the MU-15 zone, provided no portion of the structure or premises shall be located within twenty-five feet (25 ft.) of a R, RF or RA zone unless separated from that R, RF, or RA zone by a street or alley; and;
- (j) Health Care Facility;
- (k) Laundry or dry cleaning establishment, not exceeding five thousand square feet (5,000 sq. ft.) of gross floor area;
- (l) An establishment that has a principal use the administration of massages, only in the MU-9 zone, provided that no portion of the establishment shall be located within two hundred feet (200 ft.) of a R, RF, or RA zone;
(m) Motorcycle sales and repair, only in MU-9 zone provided:
(1) The use and all its accessory facilities shall be located within a building; and
(2) No portion of a building used for motorcycle sales or repair shall be located within fifty feet (50 ft.) of a R, RF, or RA zone or MU-1 or MU-2 zone;
(n) Printing, lithographing, or photoengraving establishment, with no limitation on gross floor area; and
(o) Accessory uses customarily incidental and subordinate to the uses permitted by this section.
(p) Youth Residential Care Home.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3338 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 7264 (July 28, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6596 (June 15, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 2485 (March 5, 2021); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 012886 (October 21, 2022); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).