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Home My WebLink About3691 ORDINANCE NO. ~ / AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3529, Section 2, Article III(A) 1979 and Ordinance No. 3529, Section 2, Article I 1979, and declaring an emergency.~~Q_~ 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 OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 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; (B) He knowingly causes bodily injury to another person; (c) He recklessly causes bodily injury to another person; (D) He intentionally engages in a physical act which creates in another a reason- able apprehension and fear of imminent bodily injury; PAGE 1 of 2; (E) He intentionally performs an un- privileged and/or impermissible touching, striking, cutting or shooting of another person, regard- less of whether any actual physical harm is done to the other person. 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 emerg-ency basis due to the fact that the current ordinance fails to adequately protect the citizens of the City of B reme rton. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 3o day of April, 1982. ~NE NELSON Mayor ATTEST: KATHLEEN L. MANDIO City Clerk PAGE 2 of 2.