Commercial Pressure Washing in Venice, FL

Downtown Venice, Gulf-coast plazas and public buildings. What we do in Venice and what local conditions do to commercial exteriors.

A Gulf-coast city built around water

Venice is on Florida’s Gulf coast in Sarasota County. The Intracoastal Waterway there was excavated in the 1960s and created the island of Venice^[1]. The area is known as the Shark Tooth Capital of the World, because storms and waves wash fossil shark teeth ashore at Venice Beach and Caspersen Beach^[2]. Downtown Venice dates to the 1920s and is less than a mile from the beach^[3].

Commercial property in Venice

Venice has a walkable downtown along Venice Avenue^[3], shopping centers such as Venice Commons at 1445 E Venice Ave^[7], the Venice Municipal Airport at 150 Airport Ave E^[6], and the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice campus, which opened in November 2021 as a five-story, 365,000-square-foot building^[5]. The Florida Highway Patrol’s Venice station is at 680 US Highway 41 Bypass North^[4].

Our commercial work has included the Highway Patrol in Venice, Florida, and we specialize in commercial shopping centers and plazas. See our shopping center and plaza pressure washing.

Business names are used only to describe work we have done. Paps Exterior Cleaning is not affiliated with or endorsed by these organizations.

Rain, warmth and shade

The National Weather Service puts the Southwest Florida rainy season at May 15 to October 15, with the most severe storms in late May and June and the heaviest rain from July to early September^[8]. UF/IFAS Extension says mildew needs moist, warm air and does best in dark areas with poor air circulation^[10]. Covered walkways, north-facing walls and the shaded side of a plaza are where it shows up first.

Where the water goes

Sarasota County’s code prohibits non-stormwater discharges to the stormwater system unless they are exempt under the county’s permit^[9]. Venice sits on the Intracoastal, so runoff matters. Where the wash water goes matters as much as the cleaning. See what the Sarasota and Manatee County rules say about wash water and storm drains.

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After

Real Paps job photos. We do not label where each one was taken.

Venice questions

Sources

Every local fact on this page comes from these sources. If we could not verify something, we left it out.

1. Intracoastal Waterway at Venice (Water Atlas)
2. Venice, the Shark Tooth Capital of the World (Visit Sarasota)
3. Venice MainStreet, downtown Venice (Visit Sarasota)
4. Florida Highway Patrol station locations (FLHSMV)
5. Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice opens (Sarasota Magazine)
6. Venice Municipal Airport (City of Venice)
7. Venice Commons (Publix)
8. NWS Tampa Bay: the rainy season
9. Sarasota County Water Pollution Control Code
10. UF/IFAS Extension: mildew removal