Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for Burbank homes and businesses
Burbank's zoning code spells out how tall and how open a front-yard gate can be, where an apartment gate may sit, and how horse lots in the Rancho work. We design to those numbers from the first sketch. Nothing is built until you approve the drawing. Our fabrication partner of 15 years builds it, our licensed installers put it in, and our phones are answered 24/7 for gate and garage door repairs.
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Gates in Burbank
Burbank is its own city, and it runs its own Building Division with its own fence and gate rules, separate from Los Angeles. That is the first thing we sort out on a Burbank estimate: what height is allowed at your setback, whether the automated gate needs a permit, and what the inspection will look for. If it does need one, we can take care of the application for an added fee.
The work in Burbank divides between the residential streets — Magnolia Park bungalows, the hillside homes toward the Verdugos, the ranch houses in the flats — and a large commercial base around the studios, the airport, and the industrial corridors along San Fernando Road, where slide gates, security fencing, and access control run on a duty cycle no residential gate sees. Both are built to Method's drawings by our fabrication partner of 15 years.
Burbank is a short drive from our Van Nuys office. A commercial gate stuck open at the end of a shift or a driveway gate stuck closed in the morning gets dispatched as the emergency it is, and the technician arrives with the right parts for the operator on site.
Local conditions
In single-family zones, a fence or gate inside the front setback tops out at four feet, and anything above two feet must be at least half open. The setback allows two gates and a single fence line, pilasters at least eight feet apart, and no new chain link. A taller or solid gate moves behind the setback, where eight feet is allowed.
In Burbank's multifamily zones, guest parking can't sit inside a gated or secured area, so a garage or lot gate has to leave the guest stalls outside it. On apartment buildings in commercial zones, a garage gate facing and parallel to the street must stand at least 18 feet back from the property line for queuing.
Keeping a horse in the R-1-H zone takes a city permit, a stable and at least 3,000 square feet of lot per horse, with corrals in the rear 35 feet built to the normal fence limits. A wide wood gate on a steel frame suits the Rancho's ranch-style streets; the city began preparing a specific plan for the area in 2023.
Areas we cover in Burbank: Magnolia Park · the Rancho · the hillside above Sunset Canyon Drive · the Media District · Downtown Burbank
Services
Most RequestedDriveway GatesFront-setback driveway gates drawn to Burbank's four-foot, half-open limit, or set back far enough to go taller.Learn More 
Residential FencingFront-yard fence and gate designed as the one line the code allows in the setback, in iron, steel or wood.Learn More 
Custom Wood GatesRanch-scale cedar and redwood gates on welded steel for Rancho horse properties and trailer access.Learn More 
Commercial GatesGates for apartment garages and commercial lots near the studios and the airport, placed with the city's guest-parking and queuing rules in mind.Learn More Gate repair in Burbank
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Modern metal driveway gateArched wood driveway gateWood and steel fenceRachel Cohen
6 years ago
“Had iron pedestrian gate installed at my parents house. The company was very professional, efficient and the price was very fair (we shopped around of course). I definitely recommend using this company A+ experience all around”
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