Pools in Northeast St. Pete: Snell Isle and Venetian Isles

Snell Isle and Venetian Isles are two of northeast St. Petersburg’s bayfront neighborhoods, and Pool Pros has a finished pool in each. Both lots sit low against Tampa Bay, and that one fact runs through the permit, the design and the equipment.

Which office permits a pool in northeast St. Petersburg?

The City of St. Petersburg. Pinellas County’s own list of building departments names St. Petersburg among the cities that run their own permitting, so a pool on a parcel inside city limits goes to the city, not to Pinellas County. Pool Pros serves northeast St. Petersburg across ZIP codes 33702, 33703 and 33704.

For an address where the jurisdiction is in doubt, the Pinellas County Property Appraiser offers a lookup that shows which building department serves the parcel.

What did Hurricane Helene do to Snell Isle and Venetian Isles?

Hurricane Helene never made landfall in Tampa Bay, but its surge flooded the bayfront. WUSF reported that by midday on September 26, 2024, the often-flooded northeast St. Petersburg neighborhoods of Snell Isle, Shore Acres, Coquina Key, Venetian Isles and Weedon Island were covered by bay waters.

A pool on one of these lots has to be designed with that water in mind. What to check on a pool after a storm, in order, is covered in after a storm: what to check before anyone swims.

How does the flood zone change a pool here?

The parcel’s FEMA flood zone decides which design rules apply. FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center shows the effective zone for an address. Groundwater matters as much as surge on these lots, and how a high water table changes a pool is covered in high water table in Pinellas.

Pool Pros has also built elevated in a flood zone nearby, in Shore Acres, where the pool and spa were raised above grade. That job is on its Shore Acres portfolio page.

What did Pool Pros build on Snell Isle?

Pool Pros built a modern pool in the Bay Point subdivision of Snell Isle, designed as the visual centerpiece of the home.

• Size: about 40 feet long by 16 feet wide.
• Infinity edge: a sheet of water that appears to merge with the horizon.
• Floating steps: a sculptural entry.
• Spa: 6 by 6 feet, set on top of a larger sunshelf so it cascades into the pool.
• Finish: PebbleTec PebbleSheen in Aqua Blue, with Tsunami Aqua waterline tile.
• Deck: US Paverscapes Mega Slate concrete pavers in Cappuccino and Brown.
• Equipment: Pentair IntelliFlo3 3 HP pump, Pentair MasterTemp 400,000 BTU gas heater and IntelliCenter automation.

What did Pool Pros build on Venetian Isles?

Pool Pros built a pool and spa on Venetian Isles to suit its waterfront setting, and the Pool Pros write-up of the job walks through the construction stage by stage. The excavation, layout and steel, plumbing roughed in and pressure-tested, shotcrete shell and electrical work each had to be inspected and signed off before the next phase started.

• Size: 25 by 15 feet, 3.5 to 5 feet deep.
• Spa: 7 by 7 feet.
• Sun shelf: 7 by 10.5 feet, with an umbrella holder.
• Finish: PebbleTec PebbleSheen in Cool Blue, with Artistry in Mosaics Seafoam Blend glass waterline tile.
• Deck and coping: Artistic Pavers Shellock in Ivory, with bullnose coping.
• Equipment: Jandy ePump 2.7 HP, Jandy CS200 cartridge filter, Jandy TruClear salt chlorinator and Jandy AquaLink automation.

How do the two northeast St. Pete builds compare?

Feature	Snell Isle, Bay Point	Venetian Isles
Pool size	About 40 by 16 feet	25 by 15 feet
Spa	6 by 6 feet, raised on a sunshelf	7 by 7 feet
Signature feature	Infinity edge, floating steps	7 by 10.5 foot sun shelf
Interior finish	PebbleSheen Aqua Blue	PebbleSheen Cool Blue
Equipment brand	Pentair	Jandy

Both builds, with photographs, are on the St. Petersburg service-area page. For a pool on a northeast St. Petersburg lot, request a free pool quote.