Board approves Gilman Home Center sign-variance request

Sep 23, 2026

The Oxford Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing an increase in the number of signs at Gilman Home Center at 5745 College Corner Pike, finding the proposed signage otherwise met height and lighting rules and that the total square footage would remain below the code maximum.

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The Oxford Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday approved a sign-variance request for Gilman Home Center at 5745 College Corner Pike, allowing the business to have more signs than the two permitted for a single-tenant site in the General Business district. Staff told the board the property was developed in 2005 outside the city and annexed in 2014, meaning several existing signs predated annexation and no prior city sign permit was on file.

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