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Oxford BZA adopts written decision denying appeal to install LED sign at Brick Street
Summary
At its March 24, 2026 meeting the Oxford Board of Zoning Appeals adopted a written decision memorializing its prior denial of Weisman Enterprise Holdings’ appeal to install an LED sign at 36 East High Street (Brick Street). The board found the LED would be a replacement, not maintenance, and said such direct-illumination signs are not permitted in the Uptown Zoning District; it advised the appellant to seek a variance.
OXFORD, Ohio — The Oxford Board of Zoning Appeals on March 24 adopted a written opinion formalizing its earlier decision to deny an administrative appeal from Weisman Enterprise Holdings seeking to install an LED sign at 36 East High Street, the location of the Brick Street bar and entertainment venue.
The board’s written decision, read into the record by the chair, concluded that installing an LED sign constitutes a replacement rather than maintenance under the city’s sign rules and therefore a legal nonconforming sign would lose that status if replaced. "In our view, installing a new LED sign is replacing the existing sign," the chair read as part of the board’s rationale, and the decision cites city code provisions that bar…
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