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ORDINANCE NO. 822 AN ORDINANCE ADDING SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS TO THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE. WHEREAS, there are certain terms and words utilized in the criminal sections of the Louisville Municipal code which are not now specifically defined; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that certain terms should be defined in the Louisville Municipal Code. NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Louisville, Colorado: Section 1 . That the following section is hereby added to - Chapter 1 .04 of the Louisville Mun i c ipa I Code: 1.04.015 Additional Definitions The following words and phrases, whenever used in this code, shall be construed as defined in this section: A. "criminal negligence" - a person acts with criminal negligence when through a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise, he fails to perceive a sub- stantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists. B . "intentionally" or "with intent" - a person acts "intentionally" or "with intent" when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result or conduct proscribed by the ordinance defining the offense or to engage in that conduct or when his actions are such as to give rise to a substantial certainty that such results will be produced. It is immaterial to the issue of specific intent whether or not the result actually occurred. C . "knowingly" or "willfully" - a person acts "knowingly" or "willfully" with respect to conduct, or to a circumstance de- scribed by an ordinance defining an offense, when he is aware, or reasonably should be aware, that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance exists. A person acts "knowingly" or "w i ll- fully", with respect to a result of his conduct, when he is aware, or