Areas Served Around Columbus
Our customers are homeowners in Columbus, Dublin, Westerville and Grandview Heights, plus HOA entrances, apartment communities and commercial lots that need a gate working every morning. The area runs all the way around the city: Bexley and Grandview Heights close in, Upper Arlington, Worthington, Dublin and Hilliard to the north and west, Gahanna, New Albany, Westerville and Reynoldsburg to the north and east, and Grove City and Canal Winchester to the south.
Communities and ZIP Codes
Several ZIP codes cross city lines, so Columbus shares codes with Bexley, Grandview Heights, Upper Arlington and Gahanna.
| Community | ZIP Codes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 43201, 43215, 43219 and the city’s other ZIP codes | City permits through Building and Zoning Services |
| Bexley | 43209 | East of downtown, on Alum Creek |
| Grandview Heights | 43212 | Small city just northwest of downtown |
| Upper Arlington | 43220, 43221 | Northwest, on the Scioto River |
| Worthington | 43085 | North, around a historic village green |
| Dublin | 43016, 43017 | Spans Franklin, Delaware and Union counties |
| Hilliard | 43026 | West side, by I-270 |
| Gahanna | 43230 | Northeast, beside John Glenn airport |
| New Albany | 43054 | Northeast, a small part in Licking County |
| Westerville | 43081, 43082 | North, reaching into Delaware County |
| Reynoldsburg | 43068 | East, off I-70 |
| Grove City | 43123 | Southwest, off I-71 |
| Canal Winchester | 43110 | Southeast, partly in Fairfield County |
Check a ZIP Code
Enter the ZIP code of the property with the gate. A code on the list comes back as in area, with the community’s name; anything else is worth a call.
Type the five-digit ZIP code, then press Check My ZIP.
Questions About Coverage
Can you work on a gate outside the listed towns?
Possibly. The list covers Columbus and the suburbs around it, but plenty of addresses sit just past a city line, in a township pocket between two suburbs, or a little further out in the next county.
Call (380) 291-2604 with the address, the kind of gate and what it is doing. Whether the job fits depends on the work and the schedule, so the answer comes on that call rather than from a map.
My ZIP code covers two cities. Whose permit rules apply?
The rules of the city or township the property sits in, not the ZIP code. ZIP codes follow mail routes, so one code can take in a suburb such as Grandview Heights and part of Columbus as well. The county auditor’s property record names the municipality for every parcel, and that office’s rules on permits, heights and setbacks are the ones that count, along with any HOA covenants on the lot.
Building Departments and HOAs
Every suburb on the list is a city of its own, with its own zoning code and permit process. In Columbus the office to ask is Building and Zoning Services; elsewhere it is the city’s own building or zoning department. What changes from one city to the next: whether a gate or fence needs a permit at all, how tall it can stand in a front yard, how far back from the sidewalk it sits, what a corner lot must keep clear for sight lines, and whether new power to an operator needs an electrical permit. Sight lines matter most where a gate or a solid fence meets a driveway, since a driver backing out has to see the sidewalk.
Older neighborhoods can add a design review. Columbus historic districts such as German Village have a commission that reviews exterior changes, fences and gates included, so a new gate’s design needs approval there as well as its height and position.
HOAs, common in newer subdivisions, are one more layer. Covenants can set a gate’s height, style, material and color, and many require architectural approval before work starts. Check with the HOA and the city before a gate is ordered: a custom iron gate made to the wrong height or color is an expensive thing to remake. The rules that apply everywhere, from UL 325 to Ohio 811, are covered under How We Work.