TOWN OF POETRY LONG-RANGE PLANNING SURVEY

The Town of Poetry is now five years old, and the Town’s third Governing Body is developing a five-year strategic plan to address the growing demands of becoming a viable and sustainable Town. To remain compliant, the Town must meet numerous federal and state requirements while maintaining sufficient funding to enforce Town ordinances, perform necessary road maintenance, and operate the Town Hall. Accordingly, several critical issues require input to help guide the Town’s priorities over the next five years.
The Governing Body requests feedback from all property owners with land located within the Town’s boundaries. Please respond based on the property you own in the Town of Poetry. If you own multiple parcels, you may answer once based on your overall views.  

This survey will close on August 12, 2026.

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Address of the Property where you live: *
Explanation of the Town of Poetry Map below: Most cities and towns are incorporated in a compact or generally geometric pattern. The boundaries of the Town of Poetry, however, were incorporated in a unique linear pattern that primarily follows the roadways. On the map below, only the area within the red is the Town of Poetry. Everything outside the red is NOT within the Town of Poetry.
For the property where you live: *
Do you own Property in the ETJ ( Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) of the Town of Poetry? *
Do you pay a franchise fee of any kind to the Town of Poetry? *

1. Are you aware that the Town of Poetry is approximately 622 feet wide and approximately 27 miles long?

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2. Are you aware that more than 95% of all parcels in the Town of Poetry are not entirely within the Town Limits; they are split between the Town and the County?  In fact, a large percentage of homes are only partly in the Town.

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3. Do you understand that the Town of Poetry’s primary sources of revenue are franchise fees (trash service and utilities) and a 1.5% sales tax on taxable items sold within the Town of Poetry?

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4. Are you aware that the Town of Poetry’s total annual income is approximately $300,000? This amount must cover operating costs, maintenance of approximately 29 miles of roads and bridges, future ordinance compliance, compliance with federal and state requirements, required insurance coverage, legal services, defense of the Town in legal matters, and other essential expenses?

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5. Are you aware that the Town of Poetry is currently out of compliance with certain state requirements, including maintaining a current Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) map and an up-to-date survey of the Town? The cost of an ETJ map is estimated by the Town’s engineering firm to be $35,500, and an on-the-ground survey of the Town is estimated by the Town’s engineering firm to be more than $350,000.

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6. Are you aware that the Town of Poetry has a Zoning Ordinance that regulates what property owners may and may not do on their property?

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7. Have you read the current Zoning Ordinance, and do you have a reasonable understanding of its requirements?

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8. Do you support the current zoning regulations?

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9. Are you aware that if a portion of your property is located within the Town’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), that the Town has very little authority to impose any regulations or controls over what can and cannot be built on that portion of your property?

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10. The Town of Poetry does not currently have a real property tax mechanism in place to assess or collect property tax. If an ad valorem tax of $0.50 per $100.00 of taxable value were implemented, the additional annual tax may be calculated as follows (examples):

$500,000 ÷ $100 = 5,000;   5,000 × $0.50 = $2,500

$750,000 ÷ $100 = 7,500;   7,500 × $0.50 = $3,750

$1,000,000 ÷ $100 = 10,000;   10,000 × $0.50 = $5,000

The total taxable value of property within the Town of Poetry is approximately $173,112,913. At a rate of $0.50 per $100 of taxable value, this would generate approximately $865,564 in annual property tax revenue. By comparison, rebuilding one mile of road and its substructure is estimated to cost approximately $1,000,000.

Given the above information, how likely would you be to support an ad valorem property tax of $0.50 per $100.00 of assessed value to ensure the Town is adequately funded for the foreseeable future?

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11.    Please provide any additional comments, questions, or concerns you would like to share with the Governing Body of the Town of Poetry.
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