Commercial fence contractor for Dearborn Heights businesses

Anchor Fence is a commercial fence contractor for businesses, property managers, and institutions in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. From our shop in Redford, we install commercial chain link, steel and aluminum fencing, gates and slide gates, cages and enclosures, guardrails, and railings. Dearborn Heights requires planning commission site plan approval for business fences, limits them to 6 feet unless the commission approves more, and bans barbed and razor wire everywhere. We plan around those rules and handle MISS DIG before we dig.

Picture of a chain link fence in front of a commercial building.
Steel slide gate across a commercial driveway

Commercial fencing for Dearborn Heights businesses

Dearborn Heights is mostly homes, so its business sites tend to sit close to neighbors.

Commercial properties in Dearborn Heights

Commercial strips line Telegraph Road and Ford Road, and many lots back right up to residential streets. That puts extra weight on screening, neat gates, and fences that look finished from both sides. Anchor Fence works with:

  • Retail centers, restaurants, and auto service shops along the main roads

  • Apartment and condominium communities

  • Churches, schools, and community buildings

  • Light industrial and storage yards

  • Medical and professional offices with rear parking lots

We keep client names off the site. During your quote, we can describe similar jobs we have done.

How we run a commercial job

Anchor Fence starts with a site walk, where we look at traffic, grade, gates, and anything buried we need to know about. You get a written proposal with materials and warranty terms. Before digging, we call MISS DIG at least three business days ahead. Private lines, like parking lot lighting, are not marked by MISS DIG, so we ask you to show us where they run. Then we install on a schedule that keeps your entrances working. The property owner obtains the permit, and Anchor Fence can advise you on the rules and give you the layout and material details for the application.

Every commercial installation comes with a two-year workmanship warranty.

Metal fence post set in a fresh concrete footing

What we install for business sites

Anchor Fence builds the full range of commercial fencing on the commercial fencing page. These are the most common requests from Dearborn Heights properties.

Perimeter fencing

Commercial chain link is the standard for perimeters, lots, and yards because it is strong, quick to install, and easy to patch. Where a fence faces a street or a neighborhood, commercial steel and aluminum gives a cleaner, ornamental look. Under the city’s code, chain link must hang on metal posts, and every post must go 42 inches below grade in concrete.

Gates for drives and walkways

Most site problems start at the gate. We install commercial gates for people and vehicles, and slide gate systems for wide drives where a swing gate would block traffic. A cantilever slide gate rides above the ground, so it does not need a ground track that packs with ice and salt grit in a Michigan winter.

Enclosures and protection

Cages and enclosures keep tools, equipment, and inventory locked up. Guardrails protect parking lot edges, building corners, and retaining walls. Commercial railings add safe handholds at ramps, stairs, and docks.

How Dearborn Heights regulates business fences

The Dearborn Heights fence code (Chapter 13) treats commercial and industrial land differently from homes. Here is what a business owner should know before planning a fence.

Planning commission review and height

A fence around commercially zoned land can be up to 6 feet tall, after the planning commission reviews and approves a site plan. It cannot extend past the established rear yard of the building without that approval. Industrial land follows the same 6-foot limit, with fences on the property lines unless the commission says otherwise. A taller industrial fence needs planning commission approval through site plan review.

No barbed or razor wire

Dearborn Heights bans barbed wire and razor wire fences in every zoning district, including industrial land. You also cannot attach either one to a fence or post. If your site needs more security, we will talk through options the code allows, such as extra fence height approved by the commission and tighter control at the gates.

Corners, driveways, and materials

The code keeps a clear view at every corner and driveway. Nothing between 30 inches and 6 feet tall may block the view in a 25-foot triangle at a street corner, or a 10-foot triangle where a driveway meets the road. Plain chain link is allowed in those triangles, but not with slats or screens. The code also bans old or used fence material and requires all work to be sound and workmanlike.

Dearborn Heights commercial fence questions

Yes. In Dearborn Heights, a fence around commercially or industrially zoned property needs site plan review and approval by the planning commission before it is built. The fence also needs a zoning permit from the Department of Building and Engineering. The property owner obtains the permit, and Anchor Fence can advise you on the rules and give you the layout and material details for the application.

No. Dearborn Heights bans barbed wire and razor wire fences in every zoning district, and it bans attaching either one to any fence or post. This differs from some nearby cities. For added security, a business can ask the planning commission for more fence height and pair it with stronger gate control.

An industrial fence in Dearborn Heights can be up to 6 feet tall after planning commission site plan approval. A taller fence is possible only if the planning commission approves it through site plan review. Industrial fences generally sit on the property lines unless the commission requires another location.

Yes. Anchor Fence removes old commercial fencing and installs the new fence to the current code. In Dearborn Heights that means new material only, posts set 42 inches below grade in concrete, and no attaching the new fence to the old one. Replacement still needs the city’s permit and, for business property, planning commission review.

Plan your Dearborn Heights site fence with a walk-through

In a city where businesses sit next to homes, a good commercial fence protects the property and still looks right from the street behind it. Tell us what you need to secure, where vehicles move, and when work can happen. We will plan the fence, the gates, and the approvals.

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