How deep do the posts go?

Deep enough for the panel height and for the ground it is going into. That is a calculation, not a habit.

Do I need a pedestrian gate in the run?

One somewhere sensible is the thing nobody regrets and plenty of people come back to add later.

The gate is nowhere near a power supply.

That is a normal starting point. Solar, battery and trenched runs are all real options, and the site decides between them.

How far can the control run?

Further than most people expect, but the run length is what decides the cable, the voltage drop, and whether wireless is the better answer.

Fence Installation in Palmetto Bay, FL

Ornamental iron fence running behind a clipped hedge under a line of palms

Concept · illustrative

Set to the grade · Palmetto Bay, FL

Panels racked or stepped to the ground so the run stays deliberate.

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Solar panel mounted above a white ornamental gate, with the operator box sitting at its foot. — The south corridor — Down US-1 toward the agricultural edge, where lots widen again and mains power is not a given.

Palmetto Bay · Miami-Dade County

Ground is rarely level and a fence set as if it were shows it immediately. Panels are either racked to follow the slope or stepped in clean increments — both are decisions, and the wrong one is visible from the road.

Acreage boundaries run over ground that moves. Panels get racked or stepped to the grade so the top line stays deliberate instead of wandering.

Ground that carries trucks, trailers and equipment moves under load, and anything set into it has to tolerate that.

Wind load first, paperwork second

The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone covers Miami-Dade in full, which is what decides the frame and the fixings long before anyone picks a finish. Approval is a separate, local question: in Palmetto Bay it runs through whichever authority has jurisdiction, and where a homeowners' association governs the street its architectural review usually runs alongside it.

Fencing — the full breakdown

Fencing · Palmetto Bay

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Black horizontal louvre slats silhouetted against water at sunset

Louvre, backlit

Aluminum picket fence running along a planted boundary — Aluminum picket run

Horizontal slat gate and fence at the side of a modern rendered house — Slat, side return

Timber-look horizontal slat fence running along a path with planting behind — Horizontal timber-look

Black slat gate set into a wall of climbing greenery at a modern entrance — Slat into greenery

Close view of cast spear-top finials on a black ornamental iron fence — Spear-top finials

Before you call

Set to the grade
Matched to the gate
Aluminum or steel
Ornamental estate
Solar & battery options

How deep do the posts go?: Deep enough for the panel height and for the ground it is going into. That is a calculation, not a habit.
Do I need a pedestrian gate in the run?: One somewhere sensible is the thing nobody regrets and plenty of people come back to add later.
The gate is nowhere near a power supply.: That is a normal starting point. Solar, battery and trenched runs are all real options, and the site decides between them.
How far can the control run?: Further than most people expect, but the run length is what decides the cable, the voltage drop, and whether wireless is the better answer.