6004. MATTER-OF-RIGHT USES (NMU – USE GROUP A)

6004 MATTER-OF-RIGHT USES (NMU – USE GROUP A) 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to the corresponding conditions: (1) Gasoline service station with a valid certificate of occupancy that has not been replaced by another use with a valid certificate of occupancy; (2) Gasoline service station as an accessory use to a parking garage or public storage garage; provided: (A)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). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: Neighborhood Mixed-Use (NMU) Zones 11-H DCMR § 6004