700. PURPOSE AND INTENT

700 PURPOSE AND INTENT 700.1 The purposes of the NMU-7B/ES zone shall be those of the MU-7 zone, as set forth in Subtitle G § 101, those of the NMU zones, as set forth in Subtitle H § 101, and the following: (a) Encourage and allow new neighborhood-serving retail and service businesses and office development in close proximity to the Navy Yard, with emphasis on firms that will conduct business with the Navy, as well as neighborhood-serving retail and service businesses; (b) Allow and encourage mixed-use development at a medium density, in the interest of securing economic development, while restricting building heights to a low-level density to respect the historic scale of buildings and the entrance to the adjacent Navy Yard; and (c) Provide for safe and efficient pedestrian movement by reducing conflicts between pedestrian and vehicular traffic, so as to improve access to retail and other businesses in the area. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 2987 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); 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 § 700