A pair halves the arc each leaf needs and doubles the hardware. Opening width and setback usually settle it between them.

Is the paperwork the same as Miami?

No. Palm Beach is outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so it is a different product-approval set, and permitting is administered locally on top of that.

Why is the spec different up here?

Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that governs Miami-Dade and Broward, so the approval route the counties south of it use is the wrong one.

Can my existing gate be automated?

Often yes. The frame has to carry the operator, so we check hinges, posts and weight first.

Automatic Gate Installation in Tequesta, FL

Sliding gate between rendered pillars with clipped hedges either side

Automatic gates · Tequesta, FL

Motor, safety sensors, keypad and phone control — wired and commissioned.

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Automatic Gates · Tequesta

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Technician sealing a finished underground safety loop cut in a driveway

Loop sealed in

Lit modern house at dusk with vehicles parked under the entrance canopy — Home before you park

Automated swing gate with its operator arm mounted at the base of a stone pillar — Arm on the pillar

Solar panel mounted above a white aluminum gate powering its operator — Solar-powered leaf

Ram-arm operator fitted to the hinge post of a light aluminum swing gate — Ram arm, swing leaf

Grey perforated-panel modern gate across a driveway beneath a cantilevered house overhang. — The north county — From the city up to the Loxahatchee — newer construction, wider frontages, more slide gates than swings.

Tequesta · Palm Beach County

An automatic gate is judged on one moment: the approach. If you have to stop, wind a window down and wait, the automation has not really happened. Operator, receiver and detection all get tuned to that one sequence.

A long approach and two heavy leaves is where photo-eyes and an edge sensor are doing real work rather than ticking a box — there is enough travel for something to be standing in it.

Deeper setbacks change the brief entirely: there is room to make an entrance a piece of architecture rather than a barrier.

The coastal towns add a layer

Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the product approvals differ from the two counties to the south. On top of that, several towns and associations in this county run design guidelines of their own — so what Tequesta expects is worth reading before a finish is chosen, not after.

Automatic Gates — the full breakdown

Before / after

Drag it backto how we found it.

Same job, same angle. Nothing staged between the two frames.

Technician marking a driveway beside a concrete saw before the safety loop is cut — Safety loopCut, laid, sealed, gone

Technician sealing the finished underground loop cut in the same restored driveway — Safety loopCut, laid, sealed, gone

Worth knowing

Operator sized to weight
Safety sensors
Loop detection
Phone control
Two-leaf openings

Two leaves or one?: A pair halves the arc each leaf needs and doubles the hardware. Opening width and setback usually settle it between them.
Is the paperwork the same as Miami?: No. Palm Beach is outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so it is a different product-approval set, and permitting is administered locally on top of that.
Why is the spec different up here?: Palm Beach County sits outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that governs Miami-Dade and Broward, so the approval route the counties south of it use is the wrong one.
Can my existing gate be automated?: Often yes. The frame has to carry the operator, so we check hinges, posts and weight first.