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wall or fence at maturity of the plant materials yeax-round. 3. Special Requirements When Rear Yard Includes Loading Area: Where a rear yard of a shopping center district includes the loading and servicing area of a shopping center building and where such a rear yard is adjacent to or across the street from a residential district, the building setback shall be 120 feet, and the buffer strip shall be 60 feet. B. Floor Area Ratio: Ratio between floor area of building and lot area, exclusive of public right-of--way easements, shall not be greater than 1.0, except as approved in the project master plan or a site specific Planned Unit Development. C. Building Height: Building height shall be limited to three stories above the main entry or .first floor grade (as defined in the approved project master plan or the Planned Unit Development for the site In no event shall a building exceed 35 feet in height above the main entry or first floor grade level (as defined in the approved project master plan or the Planned Unit Development for the site) or as amended through a Planned Unit Development. D. 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 one ton capacity do not use routes which bring vehicles between a building and a residential district boundary. The site plan shall also provide pedestrian access routes using walks or paths, including where practical, connections to adjacent residential areas. Service vehicles over one ton capacity which enter or exit the site between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. shall use a designated route approved by the. city. Deliveries and/or delivery truck access, in and on the site during the hours of 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M., shall be limited to single unit, .two axle vehicles not in excess of 26,000 pounds gross weight. The designated route shall keep vehicles at least 300 feet away from any residential district boundary, or be completely screened by a building, wall, landscaped berm, fence, or combination thereof from a point 14 feet above the ground at the. outside edge of the truck route lane to a point five feet above the first floor (main level) of the adjacent residences. E. Off-Street Parking: Off-street parking requirements shall be as listed in Section 1018, and in addition: 1. Where a 24 hour use is within 300 feet of a residential district, that portion of the site within 300 feet shall provide screening of parking and driving areas adjacent to residential areas. The screening, which must have a minimum opacity of 90% year-round and a minimum height of six feet, may be provided by landscaping, walls, fences, berms, or combinations thereof. 2. Service delivery or non-customer vehicles shall not be parked or staged within 300 feet of a residential district, except when actively loading or unloading. 3. In no case shall vehicle staging for unloading occur for more than 24 hours on a site within any S-C district. F. Off-Street Loading: Off-street loading shall be as listed in subsection 1005.O1F of this title and servicing space shall be designated for each store unit in the shopping district. Such loading space shall be designed so as not to conflict with movement of vehicular traffic to and from parking areas. 1. Any commercial loading dock within 300 feet of a residential district shall be completely