Ord_1606 PASSED (edited for Indoor Entertainment)

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shall include an increased buffer area of a minimum of 20 to 40 feet as determined by the 4537 Community Development Department. This protective buffer shall contain no structures, 4538 shall not be used for parking, off-street loading or storage, and shall include screening. The 4539 screening treatment shall include the seeding of grass or sodding of the whole of the buffer 4540 area, the planting of shrubbery and trees and maintaining of same, a compact screen wall, 4541 fence, berm, landscaping, or combination thereof, which shall be not less than 75% opaque 4542 year-round to a minimum height of 6 feet above the parking lot curb. The screening treatment 4543 must be approved by the Community Development Department and shall be in harmony with 4544 a residential neighborhood and provide sufficient screening of the Community Corridor and 4545 Regional Business Core Mixed uses. The fence or landscape screening shall be no less than 6 4546 feet at the time of installation. Where a berm, wall, fence, or combination thereof is required 4547 for screening purposes for a commercial use adjacent to a residential use, such berm, wall, 4548 fence, or combination thereof shall be set back from the residential district boundary at least 3 4549 times its height, and landscaped with trees, shrubs, perennials and sod or seed to screen 50% 4550 of the surface of the wall or fence at maturity of the plant materials year-round. 4551 b. Traffic: The site plan shall provide vehicular circulation routes away from residential areas 4552 and avoid commercial vehicle ingress and egress from local residential streets to commercial 4553 property sites. In the site plan review and approval process, every reasonable effort must be 4554 made to design the site circulation so that service vehicles over 1 ton capacity do not use 4555 routes which bring vehicles between a building and a residential district boundary. The site 4556 plan shall also provide pedestrian access routes using walks or paths, including where 4557 practical, connections to adjacent residential areas. Service vehicles over 1 ton capacity which 4558 enter or exit the site between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. shall use a designated 4559 route approved by the City. Deliveries and/or delivery truck access, in and on the site during 4560 the hours of 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M., shall be limited to single unit, 2 axle vehicles not in 4561 excess of 26,000 pounds gross weight. The designated route shall keep vehicles at least 300 4562 feet away from any residential district boundary, or be completely screened by a building, 4563 wall, landscaped berm, fence, or combination thereof to a point 14 feet above the ground at 4564 the outside edge of the truck route lane and to a point 5 feet above the first floor (main level) 4565 of the adjacent residences. 4566 c. Off-Street Parking: Where a 24 hour use is within 300 feet of a residential district, that 4567 portion of the site within 300 feet shall provide screening of parking and driving areas 4568 adjacent to residential areas. The screening shall have a minimum opacity of 90% year-round 4569 and a minimum height of 6 feet, and shall be comprised of landscaping, walls, fences, berms, 4570 or combinations thereof. 4571 d. Service delivery or non-customer vehicles shall not be parked or staged within 300 feet of a 4572 residential district, except when actively loading or unloading. 4573 e. In no case shall vehicle staging for unloading occur for more than 24 hours on a site within 4574 any Community Mixed Use, Community Business Corridor Mixed Use, or Core Mixed Use 4575 District Regional Business, or Community Mixed Use District. 4576 f. Off-Street Loading: Off-street loading shall be as listed in Chapter 1019 of this Title and 4577 servicing space shall be designated for each store unit in the shopping district. Such loading 4578