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. SECTION IV EXISTING AND POTENTIAL LAND DEVELOPMENT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT The Town boundaries and pre ,ent development, includinq all existing buildings, are shown on Dra~ing 2. The present Town area is 317 acres, and the estimated population is 1884. The Carbondale water system serves the enti re Town plus Rocky r\ountain School, Sutank, and a number of indi- vidual homes and ranches south of Carbondale, located along the trans- mission main. The estimated population presently served by the Carbondale water system is 2,600. I. ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT An ultimate development area and population have been assumed for this report since no master plan is available for the future growth of Carbondale. Al- though satisfactory for present purposes, the ultimate picture of develop- ment shown here must be considered approximate and will change as actual development takes place. Carbondale's assumed ultimate growth area was shaped by the Town Planning and Zoning Commission with the help of Mark Bean, the Town Planner. The Carbondale development study area is shown on Drawings and 2. The general geographic boundaries are described fol lowing: The low eleva- tion was established at 6,100, the lowest elevation the sewage treatment plant can serve by gravity. The Crystal River is established as the west boundary, since it is decidedly a geographic barrier beyond which develop- ment homogeneous with the Town would be difficult. The southerly boundary begins at the fish hatchery and proceeds along the Dinkle Lake Road to a high elevation of 6,440. The 6,400 contour forms the easterly boundary. This elevation is the maximum height that can be served with a second water pres- sure zone above the present Town zone. Water service above this elevation is uneconomical. The northerly boundary is defined by the geologic flood- plain of the Roaring Fork River. The total area encoI~assed by the above .