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When not containing a characteristic of a prohibited sign, when nonilluminated and containing no reflective paint, and when complying with the height limitations of Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.60.060(F), the following signs may be erected without a sign permit:

A. Affiliation sign(s) with a total area of less than three (3) square feet per place of business erected on site.

B. One construction sign for each construction project when erected temporarily on site after issuance of building permits, and removed prior to issuance of occupancy permits. Construction signs for an individual single-family residence being remodeled or constructed shall not exceed six (6) square feet in size. Construction signs for projects other than individual single-family residences shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in size.

C. Directional signs.

D. Flags of all nations, states, political jurisdictions and charitable organizations.

E. One garage sale sign for each residence, not to exceed two (2) square feet, temporarily erected on site for not more than three (3) days during any consecutive ninety-day period.

F. Gasoline price signs, totaling not more than fourteen (14) square feet for each street frontage of a service station.

G. One nameplate, not exceeding one square foot, for each parcel zoned for single-family dwellings or two-family dwellings and for each place of business.

H. One nameplate, not exceeding twelve (12) square feet for each parcel zoned for three (3) or more family dwellings.

I. Political signs, each not exceeding twelve (12) square feet, located on private real property with the owner’s permission and temporarily erected not more than forty-five (45) days prior to, and removed not more than seven (7) days after, the election or event to which the sign pertains.

J. Public signs, including traffic signs, legal notices or other messages posted by a governmental officer in the scope of their duties, and signs indicating the location of buried utilities.

K. One on-site or off-site real estate sign not exceeding six (6) square feet may be installed for each vacant parcel zoned R-1 or R-2, or each parcel occupied by a single-family or duplex dwelling. Off-site real estate signs may be installed on real property owned by another with that owner’s consent when the location of the dwelling or lot is not viewable from the access to the parcel and the intersection of a public street, and provided the sign is located within twenty-five (25) feet of the intersection.

L. One on-site project advertisement sign not to exceed thirty-six (36) square feet for the purpose of announcing the name and pending construction of an approved project such as a new office building, subdivision, condominium complex, planned development or multiunit residential building.

M. One on-site real estate sign not to exceed twenty (20) square feet for each parcel zoned for multifamily uses, commercial uses or industrial uses.

N. Special events signs, such as banners, with a message only identifying a civic or public event or holiday, and erected for not more than fifteen (15) days, provided prior permission of the property owner is secured.

O. Temporary Window Signs. A window sign temporarily installed, in addition to that permitted below, for the purpose of announcing an activity such as a special event, sale, change of location, or closing of a business, for not more than fourteen (14) days during any consecutive ninety-day period. The date of placement and required removal date shall be stated on all temporary window signs.

P. Window signs, when serving as business identification signs, and occupying not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the area of the window to which they are installed, or one hundred (100) square feet per place of business, whichever is less.

Q. Listing of a business in a tenant directory located on a business center sign constructed in compliance with Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.60.070. (Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 974 § 1, 2010; Ord. 953 § 1(69), 2007; Ord. 580 § 1 (part), 1977)