Commercial fencing for Novi properties

Anchor Fence is a fence contractor for Novi businesses, property managers, and facilities. From our Redford shop, we install commercial chain link, ornamental steel and aluminum, swing and slide gates, cages and enclosures, guardrails, railings, and booths and turnstiles. Novi’s zoning ordinance sets its own height limits for nonresidential fences, and taller fences need city approval or a variance. We check those limits for your site, plan the gates around your traffic, and back every installation with a two-year workmanship warranty.

Picture of a chain link fence in front of a commercial building.

Commercial fence work for Novi sites

Anchor Fence installs the full set of fence work a Novi property tends to need.

The kinds of Novi sites we fence

Novi sits where I-96, I-696, I-275, and M-5 meet, and its business areas reflect that. Office and industrial parks hold research, health care, logistics, manufacturing, and auto supplier firms. Grand River Avenue and Haggerty Road carry dealership lots, and the Novi Road and I-96 area is a busy retail center. Each of these sites needs a fence for a different reason.

Office, research, and industrial parks

Tech and manufacturing tenants often need a secure perimeter, a controlled vehicle gate, and a separate walk gate for staff. Tall Commercial Chain Link Fencing handles the perimeter at a sensible cost. Where the fence faces a road or a front entrance, ornamental steel gives a cleaner look.

Dealerships and vehicle storage

Car lots and fleet yards need to protect vehicles after hours without hiding them during the day. Open ornamental fencing keeps stock visible, and wide Slide Gate Systems let carriers and service traffic through. Vehicle lots also take hits from bumpers and plows, so we plan heavier posts where cars turn.

Retail centers and apartment communities

Shopping centers and apartment complexes need fencing that guides people, screens service areas, and protects pedestrians. Guardrails line parking edges and retaining walls. Pools in apartment communities need barriers with self-closing, self-latching gates; Novi’s pool sheet calls for at least four feet.

Commercial fence services we install

Each service has its own page with materials and options.

Steel slide gate across a commercial driveway
Metal fence post set in a fresh concrete footing

Novi zoning and fence approvals for business sites

Three things shape a commercial fence job: what the city approves, how the crew works on your site, and what we put in writing. Novi’s Zoning Ordinance covers fences for homes and businesses in one section, Sec. 5.11. Nonresidential fences have their own height standard. A fence that goes past that standard needs a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals, which hears these requests at public meetings. A substantial fence, such as a tall fence on a foundation, can also get structural review by the building department.

Novi also bans barbed wire and electric fences on residential lots, and the city reviews site plans for commercial projects. Your site plan may already set fence locations, heights, or screening. That is why we ask for your approved site plan before we price the job.

We confirm the current limits and approvals with Novi Community Development, 45175 Ten Mile Road, (248) 347-0415, before work starts.

How a commercial job runs

Commercial work starts with a walk of the site. We mark the fence line and gates, note grades and drainage, and ask how trucks, staff, and visitors move. You get a written quote with materials, heights, gates, and a schedule built around your hours.

Before digging, we call MISS DIG, Michigan’s 811 system, at least three business days ahead. Parking lot lights, irrigation, and lines to outbuildings are private and are not marked, so we ask your facility team for site drawings. We typically set posts in 42-inch concrete footings, the same depth Michigan’s building code sets for house footings. Tall fences and wide gates carry wind and swing loads, and deeper footings help them stay plumb through Michigan freeze and thaw.

Snow is part of the plan too. Plowed snow piled against a fence adds weight, and ice can jam a gate track. For wide drives, we often suggest cantilever slide gates, which have no ground track to clog.

Warranty on commercial work

Anchor Fence puts its terms in writing on every commercial job. Each installation includes a two-year workmanship warranty. Steel and aluminum materials carry product warranties up to a limited lifetime, depending on the product. Any vinyl fence material comes with a limited lifetime warranty, excluding vinyl-coated chain link. The quote spells out what applies to your site.

Novi commercial fence questions

Novi’s Zoning Ordinance sets a separate height standard for nonresidential fences in Sec. 5.11. Fences taller than that standard need a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals. Anchor Fence confirms the current limit for your site with Novi Community Development and checks your approved site plan before we quote a height.

Often, yes. Commercial properties in Novi go through site plan review, and the approved plan may set fence locations, heights, or screening. Anchor Fence asks for your approved site plan at the first visit, so the fence we quote matches what the city already approved for your property.

Yes. Anchor Fence installs swing gates and slide gate systems for Novi businesses, sized for trucks, fleet vehicles, and staff entries. For wide drives in snow country, a cantilever slide gate is often a good fit because it has no ground track to fill with ice. We plan gate locations with your facility team.

Yes. Anchor Fence works with property managers for apartment communities, retail centers, and office parks, and with associations that maintain common-area fencing. We quote fence lines, pool barriers, guardrails, and gates, and we schedule work around tenants and residents.

Plan your Novi site fence with a walk-through

A commercial fence in Novi has to fit the city’s limits, your site plan, and the way your property runs each day. To set up a site walk, phone (313) 937-0101 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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