HomeMy WebLinkAbout3833 ORDINANCE NO. 5~3
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3738, which
amended Ordinance No. 3529, Section 2, Article
III(A) 1979 and Ordinance No. 3529, Section 2,
Article I 1979, and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton has
heretofore examined the existing ordinance defining the
offense of Assault and found it to be too narrow in its scope
in that many types of conduct constituting an assault under
state law and common law are not prohibited by Bremerton's
existing assault ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council feels that expanding the
scope of the Bremerton Assault Ordinance will further the
peace and safety of the citizens of the City of Bremerton,
now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1: AMENDING ASSAULT ORDINANCE
Ordinance No. 3529, Section 2, Article III(A) 1979 is
amended to read as follows:
ASSAULT
A person is guilty of Assault when:
(A) With intent to cause bodily injury to another
person he causes or attempts to cause bodily
injury to any person; or
(B) He knowingly causes bodily injury to another
person; or
(C) He recklessly causes bodily injury to another
person; or
(D) He intentionally engages in a physical act which
creates in another a reasonable apprehension and
fear of imminent bodily injury; or
(E) He intentionally performs an unprivileged and/or
impermissible touching, striking, cutting or
shooting of another person, regardless of whether
any actual physical harm is done to the other
person.
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SECTION 2: AMENDING DEFINITIONAL CHAPTER OF THE
BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL CODE
Ordinance No. 3529, Section 2, Article I 1979, is
amended to include the following:
(1) "Physical act" means an act accompanied by
words or threats, but not words alone.
SECTION 3: EMERGENCY
This ordinance is hereby declared to be passed on an
emergency basis due to the fact that the current ordinance
fails to adequately protect the citizens of the City of
Bremerton, Washington.
PASSED by the City Councilmen of the City of Bremerton,
Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication of such passage this ~ day of April, 1983.
~RR~E DAWKINS -'
Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY
City Clerk
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