§ 1001-13. Records Available for Public Inspection; Exception.

Any records, reports, or information obtained under this chapter shall be available for public inspection, except that upon a showing satisfactory to the city manager, or his or her designee, by any person that such records, reports, or information, or any particular part thereof other than emission data, to which the city manager, or his or her designee, has access under such chapter, if made public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of such person as defined under 42 USC Section 11042 (or equivalent Ohio law), the city manager, or his or her designee, shall consider such record, report, or information or particular portion thereof confidential, except that such record, report, or information may be disclosed when necessary to sustain any proceeding brought to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the city manager, or his or her designee, from compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the atmosphere, provided that such reports do not reveal any information otherwise confidential under this section.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 159-2004, eff. June 4, 2004)