Section 8.08.095 Assault Defined.

A person commits an assault when, without justification, the person does any of the following:

1. Any act which is intended to cause pain or injury to, or which is intended to result in physical contact which will be insulting or offensive to another, coupled with the apparent ability to execute the act.

2. Any act which is intended to place another in fear of immediate physical contact which will be painful, injurious, insulting, or offensive, coupled with the apparent ability to execute the act.

Provided, that where the person doing any of the above enumerated acts, and such other person, are voluntary participants in a sport, social or other activity, not in itself criminal, and such act is a reasonably foreseeable incident of such sport or activity, and does not create an unreasonable risk of serious injury or breach of the peace, the act shall not be an assault.

Assault, as defined in this section, does not apply when a person commits an assault with the intent to inflict a serious injury upon another, nor does it apply when a person commits an assault without the intent to inflict a serious injury upon another and who causes bodily injury or disabling mental illness, nor does it apply when a person commits an assault and uses or displays a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault.

It is unlawful to commit an assault. (Ord. 90/T-8386)