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8 '� <br /> the term 'potential ' no potential 'exists for development oi more <br /> than four lots . <br /> The City asserted that RCw 58 . 17 . 110 provided some supp�rt for <br /> half street improvement. While the City provided the Hearing <br /> Examiner with an assertion by the City Engineer that Holly Drive <br /> and Fourth Place SE are used by students walking to schools in the <br /> area, they provided no evidence that students heading to and from <br /> these schools actually w�slk adjacent to the Yerger property. The <br /> City did not provide any e�vidence that the proposed sidewalks would <br /> actually be used by students heading to and from these schools or <br /> that the sidewalks would assure safe walking conditions for <br /> students who walk to and from school . <br /> The Hearing Examiner stated that while <br /> "there will be, with any development, a need for <br /> easements ar3 permits, there is no doubt the subject <br /> property dr�es have the potential to be developed. <br /> Potential is not def_ned in the Everett Municipal Code <br /> however, the webster' s Dictionarv, Ninth New <br /> Collegiate Edition ( 1980) contains the following <br /> definitions oE 'potential ' : <br /> 1. an existing possibility, capable of development in <br /> actuality <br /> 2 . express�ng possibility <br /> 3 . something that can become actual. " <br /> Even under the 'Webster' s ' definition of potetitial, the City <br /> did not demonstrate that the division of the property ( into the <br /> number of lots that wouid trigger the requirements for half street <br /> improvements) was something that can become actual, or is capable <br /> of development in actuality - a part of the Hearing Examiner' s <br /> definition of 'potential ' . ' <br /> � APPEAI BR1EF - 4 <br /> :. 5a <br />