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1 such variances amendments shall be as stipulated inffiffiSsection 1008 1013.02A of this title, 2 and the city council may impose such conditions thereto as may be appropriate. 3 4 5 2. Buffer Zone: Where a shopping center district abuts a residence district, any new 6 development shall include in the required setback a buffer zone not less than a minimum of 7 forty feet (40') in width abutting the residential district. This protective strip shall contain no 8 structures, shall not be used for parking, off-street loading or storage, and shall be 9 landscaped. The landscape treatment shall include the seeding of grass or sodding of the 10 whole of the buffer strip, the planting of shrubbery and trees and maintaining of same, a II compact screen wall, fence, berm, landscaping, or combination thereof, which limit shall be 12 not less than seventy five percent (75%) opaque year-round to a minimum height of6 feet 13 above the parking lot curb. The landscape treatment planting or fence design must be 14 approved by the city and shall be in harmony with a residential neighborhood and provide 15 sufficient screening of the shopping center operations. The landscape screening or fence 16 shall be no less than six feet (6') at the time of installation. Where a berm, wall, fence or 17 combination thereof is required for screening purposes for a commercial use adjacent to a 18 residential use, such berm, wall, fence or combination thereof shall be set back from the 19 residential district boundary at least three (3) times its height, and landscaped with trees, 20 shrubs, perennials and sod or seed to screen fifty percent (50%) of the surface of the gefH:r, 21 wall or fence at maturity of the plant materials year-round. 22 3. Special Requirements When Rear Yard Includes Loading Area: Where a rear yard of a 23 shopping center district includes the loading and servicing area of a shopping center building 24 and where such a rear yard is adjacent to or across the street from a residential district, the 25 building setback shall be one hundred twenty feet (120'), and the buffer strip shall be sixty 26 feet (60'). 27 28 B. Floor Area Ratio: Ratio between floor area of building and lot area, exclusive of public 29 right-of-way easements, shall not be greater than 1.0 M, except as approved in the project 30 master plan or a site specific Planned Unit Development. 31 32 C. Lot Coverage: Not more than thirty twenty fi'/e percent (3025%) of the lot area shall be 33 covered or occupied by occupiable buildings, except as approved in a site specific Master 34 Plan or Planned Unit Development. The "Lot <,'.rea" shall include the main structure, all 35 outlots, non buildable pond, landscaping, setback, and buffer areas; all occupiable principle 36 structures, accessory structures, accessory surface parking, and parking structures 'Nithin the 37 legal description of the site. The lot area shall be defined \vithin a boundary survey 38 completed by a state registered land surveyor. The boundary survey must include the square 39 footage of all building footprints and the lot area in square footage. Only the lot area directly 40 usable for the principle and accessory uses is developable; public access and road right of 41 v/ayeasements, exceptions, or road right of way dedications shall not be considered part of 42 the developable lot urea. 43 44 CD. Building Height: Building height shall be limited to three (3) stories above the main entry 45 or first floor grade (as defined in the approved project master plan or the Planned Unit 46 Development for the site). ',vhere a basement is included as one of the three (3) stories. 3