6006. MATTER-OF-RIGHT USES (NMU - USE GROUP B)

6006 MATTER-OF-RIGHT USES (NMU - USE GROUP B) 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for a minimum of fifteen (15) cars; (3) A gasoline service station with a valid certificate of occupancy that has not been replaced by another use with a valid certificate of occupancy; and (4) Gasoline service station as an accessory use to a parking garage or public storage garage; provided: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). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: Neighborhood Mixed-Use (NMU) Zones 11-H DCMR § 6006