401. MATTER-OF-RIGHT USES (RA)

401 MATTER-OF-RIGHT USES (RA) 401.1 The following uses shall be permitted as a matter of right subject to any applicable conditions: (a) Any use permitted in the RF zones under Subtitle U § 301, except corner stores and accessory apartments are not permitted in any RA zone; instead, principal dwelling units are permitted pursuant to Subtitle F, Chapter 2, and Subtitle U Chapter 4; (b) Private clubs with sleeping accommodations; (c) Child Development Center; (d) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (e) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure; The uses shall not be organized for profit; All parking areas shall be shared by all uses on a lot; Scoreboards shall be installed such that the highest point is no taller than twenty-five feet (2five feet (5 ft.)) above grade; and (5) Any lighting used to illuminate a park, playground, athletic field, trail, or other outdoor space, shall be so arranged that all direct rays of lighting are confined to the boundaries of the lot; (f) Elderly development center or adult day treatment facility provided, that the use shall be limited to no more than twenty-five (25) individuals not including staff; (g) Youth Residential Care Home for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided, there shall be no property containing an existing youth residential care home for eight (8) within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property.; (h) A temporary surface parking lot accessory to the Ballpark shall be permitted on Square 767, Lots 44-47 and Square 768, Lots 19-22 in accordance with Subtitle C § 718; and (i) In any RA zone other than the RA-1 zone: Multiple Dwelling developments; and Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community. 401.2 In the RA-1 zone, Multiple Dwelling developments are subject to the following: (a) A Multiple Dwelling shall be permitted as a matter of right when limited to no more than six (6) Dwelling Units; (b) Multiple Dwelling(s) of more than six (6) dwelling units existing prior to [enactment date of this order], as a matter of right, may: Expand or reduce structurally; and (2) Alter the number of Dwelling Units, provided that additional dwelling units shall only be located within basement or cellar spaces not already dedicated to dwelling units, so long as the added units do not project beyond the existing Building Area. (c) All other Multiple Dwelling developments are subject to Subtitle U § 421. 401.3 In the RA-2/RC zone, the uses of this section shall be permitted as a matter of right unless prohibited in Subtitle U § 422.2. 401.4 A chancery is a permitted use in RA-4 and RA-5 zones, subject to disapproval by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in accordance with the requirements of Subtitle X, Chapter 2. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3338 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6117 (June 30, 2107); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 7254 (July 28, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6596 (June 15, 2018); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 66 DCR 22402 (August 23, 2019); 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); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 009981 (July 10, 2026); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 009999 (July 10, 2026). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: Use Permissions 11-U DCMR § 401