Slide Gate Requirements Gate
Roadway Pedestrian
Access
Fence
Vehicular Gate
Sidewalk
Operator
Fence
All openings of a horizontal slide gate are guarded or screened from the
bottom of the gate to a minimum of four (4) feet (1.22 m) above the ground to
prevent a 2 1/4 inch (57.2 mm) diameter sphere from passing through the
openings anywhere in the gate and in that portion of the adjacent fence that
the gate covers in the open position.
(ref. UL325 56.8.4.a.2 and ASTM F2200 6.1.2)
The operator is intended for installation only on gates used for vehicles.
Pedestrians must be supplied with a seperate access opening. The
pedestrian access opening shall be designed to promote pedestrian
usage. Locate the gate such that persons will not come in contact with
the vehicular gate during the entire path of travel of the vehicular gate.
(ref. UL325 56.8.4.b)
Fence
4 ft.
min
Gate
A gap, measured in the horizontal plane parallel to
the roadway, between a fixed stationary object
nearest the roadway (such as a gate support post)
and the gate frame when the gate is in either the
fully open position or the fully closed position, shall
not exceed 2 1/4 inch (57.2 mm).
(ref. ASTM F2200 6.1.4)
2 1/4"
Max 2 1/4"
Max
Operator
Pad
Fence
A
A
Entrapment Area
A