Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for Universal City homes and businesses
Universal City is studio, theme-park and hotel ground on an island of unincorporated county land, and the homes around it sit on City of Los Angeles streets. Which side of that line a property is on decides who permits the gate. 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 Universal City
Universal City is mostly the studio and the businesses around it — an unincorporated island of Los Angeles County wedged between Studio City, North Hollywood, and the Cahuenga Pass. The work here is commercial: production facilities, office and hospitality properties, and parking structures that need slide gates, barrier arms, and access control built for constant use, plus perimeter fencing that looks as good as it secures.
The homes around it — the hillside streets of the Cahuenga Pass and the edges of Studio City and the Hollywood Hills — are in the City of Los Angeles, where driveways are steep and gates have to be designed around the grade. Jurisdiction depends on the parcel — the county for the unincorporated area, LADBS for the surrounding city streets — and we confirm it before we draw.
Commercial scopes are written from a site survey; residential estimates are free and itemized; both come with 24/7 service afterward.
Local conditions
About 323 of the studio complex's 391 acres are unincorporated county land; the rest, including the Hilton, the Sheraton and the tower at 10 Universal City Plaza, is City of Los Angeles. The line was adjusted in January 2015 so the whole theme park sits on the county side. We confirm which side a parcel is on before anything is drawn.
LA County Fire, with Station 51 on Lankershim, covers the county side; its guidance asks for a lock box or disconnect on electric gates and gates that swing inward. LAFD covers the City side, where a gate across a fire lane carries a red Fire Department Access box and must be fully open ten seconds after the override is thrown.
Hollywood Manor and the streets that climb off Barham Boulevard are City of Los Angeles hillside neighborhoods with Los Angeles 90068 addresses, not Universal City ones. Driveways there tend to be short and steep against narrow streets, and LAFD counts the Hollywood hills in its Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, so grade, gate and fire access get designed together.
Areas we cover in Universal City: Universal City Plaza · the Lankershim Boulevard edge · Barham Boulevard · Hollywood Manor · the Cahuenga Pass
Services
Commercial GatesSlide and swing gates for hotel, office and parking properties on both sides of the county line.Learn More Security GatesTaller, harder-to-climb perimeter gates and fence for commercial sites that must stay closed after hours.Learn More 
Residential Gate OpenersKeypads, phone entry and operators wired so the right fire department — county or city — can override them.Learn More 
Most RequestedDriveway GatesGates for the short, steep driveways of Hollywood Manor and the Cahuenga Pass, drawn to the grade of each lot.Learn More Gate repair in Universal City
Garage doors in Universal City
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Modern metal driveway gate
Wood and steel fenceCommercial iron entryTRACY S
6 years ago
“Method Doors and Gates and Noam exceeded our expectations. Our gate and fence panels were installed last week. Installation was completed in four days with Noam directing and overseeing every aspect of the project. We are extremely pleased…”
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