061 of 1992 - AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 11.08.060 TO THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO CRIMINAL CODE; CREATIN0 92-1
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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 61 of 1992
(Definitions -- Crime of Stalking)
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 11.08.060 TO THE SALT LAKE CITY
CODE, RELATING TO CRIMINAL CODE; CREATING THE PROHIBITION ON
STALKING; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 11.08.060 of the Salt Lake City
Code, relating to criminal code; creating the prohibition on
stalking; providing definitions; and providing a penalty, be, and
the same hereby is, added to read as follows:
11.08.060 Definitions --Crime of stalking.
A. Definitions.
1. "Harasses" means a knowing and willful course of
conduct directed at a specific person with the intent to
seriously alarm, annoy or disturb the person.
2. "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct
composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however
short, evidencing a continuity of purpose but serving no
legitimate purpose.
a. The course of conduct must cause a reasonable
person to suffer severe emotional distress.
b. Constitutionally protected activity is not
included within the meaning of "course of conduct."
B. A person is guilty of stalking who repeatedly follows
or harasses another person or repeatedly follows a course of
conduct against that person with the intent of placing that
person in reasonable fear of bodily injury, harm to that person's
family members, or damage to property of that person or another.
C. Stalking is a class B misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become
effective on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
AUG 1 1 1992 day of , 1992.
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