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principal structure. 6. Roomers, boarders: A maximum of 3 roomers or boarders shall be permitted per dwelling unit. (Ord. 1418, 10-10-2011) C. Civic and Institutional Uses: 1. Church, Religious Institution: A facility established after the effective date of this ordinance within a predominantly residential or mixed-use area shall have vehicular access to a collector or higher classification street. 2. School, Elementary or Secondary: A facility established after the effective date of this ordinance within a predominantly residential or mixed-use area shall have vehicular access to a collector or higher classification street. 3. College, or Post -secondary School, Campus: a. An office -based facility established after the effective date of this ordinance within a Neighborhood Business district shall have vehicular access to a collector or higher classification street, and shall have buffer area screening consistent with Section 1011.03B of this Title. b. A campus master plan, approved by the City Council, may be required for campus facilities to address the management of pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular circulation, relationship to surrounding land uses, and buffering and screening of adjacent uses to mitigate any impacts of a new or expanded/intensified campus. 4. Theater (Live Performance) Performing Arts Center: A facility established after the effective date of this ordinance shall have vehicular access to a collector or higher classification street. (Ord. 1427, 7-9-2012) D. Institutional and Recreational Uses: Whenever temporary and/or portable restroom facilities are located within Institutional or Park and Recreation Districts for longer than the duration of a single event, the following requirements shall apply unless the Community Development Department determines that the proposed location provides adequate distance and screening from residential property views: 1. Facilities shall be located a minimum of 75 feet from any residentially zoned property; and 2. Facilities shall be screened with a minimum 6 foot tall 100% opaque board -on -board wood fence. E. Business and Commercial Uses: 1. Extended Hours of Operation adjacent to all Residential Districts: Fence or screening height in the following requirements supersede the limitations established elsewhere in this Title: a. Buffer Area: Where a Community Business, Regional Business, or Community Mixed Use District abuts a residential district, all existing buffers shall remain in effect, and any new site improvement shall include an increased buffer area of a minimum of 20 to 40 feet as determined by the Community Development Department. This protective buffer shall contain no structures, shall not be used for parking, off-street loading or storage, and shall include screening. The screening treatment shall include the seeding of grass or sodding of the whole of the buffer area, the planting of shrubbery and trees and maintaining of same, a compact screen wall, fence, berm, landscaping, or combination thereof, which shall be not less than 75% opaque year-round to a minimum height of 6 feet above the parking lot curb. The screening treatment must be approved by the Community Development Department and shall be in harmony with a residential neighborhood and provide sufficient screening of the Community and Regional Business uses. The fence or landscape screening shall be no less than 6 feet at the time of installation. Where a berm, wall, fence, or combination thereof is required for screening purposes for a commercial use adjacent to a residential use, such berm, wall, fence, or combination thereof shall be set back from the residential district boundary at least 3 times its height, and landscaped with trees, shrubs, perennials and sod or seed to screen 50% of the surface of the wall or fence at maturity of the plant materials year-round. b. Traffic: The site plan shall provide vehicular circulation routes away from residential areas and avoid commercial vehicle ingress and egress from local residential streets to commercial property sites. In the site plan review and approval process, every reasonable effort must be made to design the site circulation so that service vehicles over 1 ton capacity do not use routes which bring