(1) An attempt is any overt act toward the perpetration of an offense done by a person who intends to commit the said offense but fails in the perpetration thereof or is prevented or intercepted in executing the said offense.

(2) It shall not be a defense to a charge of attempt that the circumstances under which the act was performed or the means employed or the act itself were such that the commission of the offense was not possible.

(3) An attempt to commit a Class A Public Offense is a Class B Public Offense. An attempt to commit a Class B or C Public Offense is a Class C Public Offense. (Ord. 83-75 § 2, 1983.)