9.08.030 - Battery—Offensive touching.

A.

A "battery" is the unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another under circumstances not rising to the level of an assault, as defined in the Utah code. "Battery" includes spitting at or upon another person. It is unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly commit a battery within the limits of the city.

B.

Penalty for Violation. A person who intentionally or knowingly commits a battery shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor as made and provided under Utah State Law.

C.

Offensive Touching. If a person, under circumstances not amounting to a sexual battery, forcible sexual abuse or the other offenses enumerated in Utah's sexual battery statute, intentionally touches another person, whether or not through the clothing, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, and the actor's conduct is committed under circumstances that the actor knows or should know will likely cause affront or alarm to the person touched, then that person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor as made and provided under Utah State Law.

(Ord. No. 2009-14, 12-2-2009)