“Affiliation sign” is any sign with a message identifying membership in an association of businesses, such as credit card companies or civic organizations.

“Architectural sign feature” is either a projecting, three-dimensional or flush-mounted, sculptural, constructed item, or artistic rendering, that has no written message, lettering or business name incorporated into its design. This feature can be separate from the sign face and must be designed to visually identify the type of product for sale or a service offered, such as, but not limited to: molded coffee mug, ice cream cone or shoe projecting from the wall face to identify a coffee shop, ice cream shop or shoe store; flush mounted figures or painted murals of running horses for a tack shop, a barber pole for a barber shop, a pair of scissors flush mounted on the wall of a hair salon, a bicycle affixed to the wall of a bicycle shop, a model airplane mounted over the entry door of a toy store.

“Border” means an edge or line constituting the perimeter of a sign.

“Business” means a profit-making, nonprofit, or governmental organization involved in the provision of goods or services.

“Business center” means five (5) or more businesses located on one or more parcels of land sharing common vehicular access from the street and/or common parking facilities. A single business center shall be deemed to include all businesses to which the common access and parking are available.

“Business facade” means an exterior wall of a place of business. For purposes of this definition, a series of connected walls located in parallel or generally parallel planes shall be deemed a single business facade. “Business facade” is further defined as either “primary” or “secondary” as follows:

“Construction sign” means a sign with a message identifying the persons or firms associated with a construction project.

“Directional sign” means a sign, other than a governmental sign, with a message that provides only directions (e.g., “exit only,” “deliveries in rear,” “private parking”) to pedestrian or vehicular users of the premises.

“Erect” means build, construct, hang, place, relocate, enlarge, alter, attach, suspend, paint, post or display.

“Freestanding sign” means a sign so located that it is not attached to a building, fence or any structure other than a framework, post or other such device erected primarily to support the sign.

“Garage sale sign” means a sign with a message advertising the resale of personal property that has been used by the resident.

“Gateway sign” means a sign installed along a street frontage and specifically intended to identify the name of a neighborhood, subdivision, apartment, condominium or office complex.

“Home occupation” means a place of business that complies with the definition of Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.08.300.

“Identification sign” means a sign erected in conjunction with a place of business with a message describing a place of business, its products, services or activities.

“Nameplate” means a sign with a message that identifies only the name and/or address of the occupant.

“On-site sign” means a sign located on the same parcel of land from which the product, service or activity described by the sign is made available.

“Permanent sign” means any sign for which a sign permit is issued with no time limit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any mention of signs in this chapter shall be considered to mean permanent signs unless this chapter specifies a time limit or references “temporary signs.”

“Place of business” shall mean either:

“Political sign” means a sign with a message advocating a particular candidate, party, ballot measure, or proposition prior to a scheduled election.

“Projecting sign” means a sign erected upon a building wall, canopy, or awning, and which projects more than twelve (12) inches outward from the plane of the business facade. Any sign under a marquee, porch, walkway covering or similar structure and generally perpendicular to the wall of the adjoining building shall be deemed to be a projecting sign.

“Readerboard” means a sign constructed to display a message that may be changed by the manipulation of letters or numbers on its face(s), either manually or electronically.

“Real estate sign” means a temporary sign with a message announcing the offer to build on, sell, rent or lease the premises upon which it is displayed.

“Sign” means a medium for visual communication, including its supporting structure, which is used or intended to be used to attract attention to a location or subject matter for advertising, instruction or informational purposes.

“Temporary sign” means any sign for which a sign permit is approved and issued with a time limit or which is described in this chapter as having a time limit. All regulations of signs shall apply to temporary signs as well as to permanent signs, except as otherwise specified herein.

“Wall sign” means a sign erected upon a building, fence or other structure, at no point projecting more than twelve (12) inches horizontally from the surface upon which it is erected.

“Window sign” means any sign placed inside or outside of a window, or otherwise located within a building in a manner allowing ready viewing from the exterior of the building through a window or other opening. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 974 § 1, 2010; Ord. 953 § 1(67), 2007; Ord. 580 § 1 (part), 1977)