Want a fence in Westlake Village that keeps the view and stays safe in fire season? Rancho Oxnard Fence plans and installs fences and gates in this master-planned city built around Westlake Lake on the Los Angeles side of the county line. Westlake Village is about 21 miles east of Oxnard along US 101, and while it’s small, your fence here answers to a lake, a ring of open hills and a city where most of the land is mapped for high fire risk.
Fire covers most of the city
CAL FIRE maps about 2,499 acres of the land Westlake Village is responsible for as Very High fire hazard, out of roughly 3,320 acres. The 2018 Woolsey Fire hit the area.
If your home is in a mapped zone, state law already requires defensible space, and draft Board of Forestry rules would keep new combustible fencing out of the first 5 ft around a house, including where the fence attaches. Here that usually means we put an aluminum or steel panel or gate at the house, and you keep brush back from the line.
Which side of the county line are you on?
The city grew around Westlake Lake, and lakefront owners usually value the view over privacy. The original Westlake tract was split by the county line: the City of Westlake Village is in Los Angeles County, while the Ventura County side lies in Thousand Oaks. The two sides have different fence rules, so your address decides which one applies. See Thousand Oaks.
City rules and your association
The City of Westlake Village sets fence heights and decides on permits in its limits, and we confirm them for your address before layout. Because the community was master-planned, many lots also fall under association design rules on color, height or style, and we check those at the start. The city lies inland of the coastal zone.
Fence on a Westlake Village lot?
Send the address and a photo. We fit the fence to the view, the slope and the section by the house.
Open metal keeps the view
Powder-coated aluminum is the usual choice around the lake and on view lots in the hills. It keeps sightlines open, won’t burn, needs no paint and meets most pool barrier needs with the right picket spacing and a self-closing gate. Steel is heavier and suits driveway gates and longer spans. See aluminum fences and gate installation.
Flat by the lake, steep in the hills
A USDA sample in the city shows a Cotharin-Talepop and urban land complex on slopes from flat to 50 percent, well drained, rated low for both steel and concrete corrosion. Lower lots near the lake dig easily. Lots higher on the hillsides need stepped or racked panels and posts set deeper on the downhill side, and materials may need to be carried in by hand.
How your Westlake Village job runs
At the visit we confirm the line, the slope, any association approvals and how much view you want to keep. Your written estimate lists every section and gate separately. DigAlert marks go down at least two working days before we dig; then posts, then panels, and gates last once the posts have settled.
Where is your line, really?
On hillside and lakefront lots, the true property line isn’t always where an old fence or hedge suggests. We confirm corners before building, so your fence doesn’t land on the neighbor’s land or in a common area. See fences, surveys and property lines.
Wind off the hills
Santa Ana winds come over the ridges around the city in fall and winter. Open metal designs let that wind through. Solid wood or vinyl on an exposed rise needs heavier posts and closer spacing. See wind loads on fences.
Fencing around your pool
Many Westlake Village back yards have a pool, and a pool barrier has its own requirements: a minimum height, limits on gaps and footholds, and a gate that closes and latches by itself, with the latch high enough that a small child can’t reach it.
Aluminum with closely spaced pickets meets that easily and keeps your yard open. Where a wood or vinyl privacy fence forms part of the barrier, we face its horizontal rails toward the pool so they can’t be climbed from outside. We confirm the barrier with the city before building.
Replacing an older fence
Wood fences in the established parts of town have often been patched for years, and some lots were refenced after the Woolsey Fire. A replacement is your chance to put metal at the house, move a gate that never worked and reset posts that have leaned. The old fence comes out and the new one goes in on the same visit. See fence replacement and wood fences.
Keeping a dog in near open space
Lots that back onto the hills and parks see wildlife along the line, and your dog will notice. A fence there needs a bottom kept tight to the ground, a height your dog can’t clear, and a gate that latches on its own. See the best fence for dogs and, for low-upkeep privacy, vinyl fences.
What does a Westlake Village fence cost?
Our typical range for ornamental aluminum and steel is about $35 to $100 per foot installed, and for 6 ft wood privacy about $30 to $70. Slope, access, custom gates and association finishes decide where your job lands. Pool barrier gates with self-closing hinges and magnetic latches cost more than a plain walk gate, and your itemized estimate shows that difference. See the cost guide.