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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 7 Subdivision Activity In the course of discussions at numerous workshop meetings and while traveling be- tween meetings, the Commission developed documentation of the widespread sub- division activity in the state. This preliminary documentation has subsequently been reinforced by contact with developers and a study of the files of the Real Estate Com- mission to acquire further data on major subdivisions (each representing an area of 500 or more acres). Information is continually being added to the resultant lists. The im- plications of this list and associated data developed during compilation of the list are extremely significant. . There are now at least 229 large-scale subdivisions being planned, plaited, and sold in Colorado today. . These subdivisions alone cover more than 800,000 acres of land. . CURRENT DEVELOPMENT IN COLORADO . Large Subdivisions . It is estimated that another 400-500 subdivisions of less than 500 acres are also now being platted and sold, and that the inclusion of these in the list would bring the total acreage of land documented as being subdivided to over a million acres. Collectively, all land sales activity (recorded plats, expansion of existing sub- divisions, and areas under option for development) is estimated to amount to a total of 1.5 to 2 million acres_ . Smaller Subdivisions . . Sales Activity The Implication of Subdivision Activity The potential impact of such large subdivisions is tremendous. Realization of the developments/roposed by the subdividers of these areas would greatly increase the population an their associated demands on the state. As an example of these im. plications, the development of a 10,000 acre subdivision of five acre lots, assuming twenty-five per cent of the area is devoted to roads and other public spaces, would con- tain 1.500 lots with a potential population of approximately 5,250. Such a population would require a dependable and potable water supply of roughly one million gallons per day and an equally large amount of effluent to be deposited in the ground or gathered and treated by a public system. An example of a higher density type of development potential is being promoted on an area of approximately 16,600 acres which is located between Colorado Springs and Pueblo. The land is being sold in parcels of five or more acres and is being offered for use by purchasers as individual homesites or as land investment based on the resub- division of the sites into more intensive use as multi-family dwellings or as a large num- ber of single family lots. The company projects a rate of growth which will achieve 15,000 households in thirty years and 40,000 households in the year 2050. (Note: Sub- divider estimates 120,000 population equivalent.) The impl ications of these anticipated residential populations alone, in terms of water and sewer requirements, are nearly . CRITICAL DEMANDS ON THE ENVIRONMENT . Example s