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• requirements supersede the limitations established elsewhere in this Tide 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 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 1 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