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4 <br /> Criminal attempt. <br /> A. A person is guilty of an attempt to commit crime if, with intent to commit a <br /> specific crime, he does any act which is a substantial step toward the commission of that <br /> crime. <br /> B. If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an attempt to <br /> commit a crime,it is no defense to a prosecution of such attempt that the crime charged to <br /> have been attempted was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally <br /> impossible of commission. <br /> C. An attempt to commit a crime is a: <br /> 1. Gross misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a class C felony; <br /> 2. Misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a gross misdemeanor or <br /> misdemeanor. <br /> Section 2: Severability. <br /> Should any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or <br /> its application to any person or situation be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any <br /> reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this <br /> ordinance or its application to any other person or situation. The City Council of the City <br /> of Everett hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, <br /> subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one <br /> or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or <br /> unconstitutional. <br /> Section 3: Third Party Liability <br /> It is expressly the purpose of this ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety <br /> and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any <br /> particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or <br /> benefited by the terms of this ordinance. <br /> It is the specific intent of this ordinance that no provisions nor any term used in this <br /> ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers <br /> or employees, for whom the implementation and enforcement of this ordinance shall be <br /> discretionary and not mandatory. <br /> Nothing contained in this ordinance is intended nor shall be construed to create or form <br /> the basis of any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees or agents, for <br /> any injury or damage resulting from any action or inaction on the part of the City related <br /> in any manner to the enforcement of this ordinance by its officers, employees or agents. <br /> 2 <br />