For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or required a different meaning.
ENHANCED ACCESS. A public record's immediate availability for public inspection, purchase, or copying by digital means. ENHANCED ACCESS does not include the transfer of ownership of a public record.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. An informational unit or network capable of producing customized maps based on a digital representation of geographical data.
OPERATING EXPENSES. Includes, but is not limited to, the City's direct cost of creating, compiling, storing, maintaining, processing, upgrading, or enhancing information or data in a form available for enhanced access, including the cost of computer hardware and software, system development, employee time, and the actual cost of supplying the information or record in the form requested by the purchaser.
PERSON. That term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.232.
PUBLIC BODY. That term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.232.
PUBLIC RECORD. That term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.232.
REASONABLE FEE. A charge calculated to enable the City to recover over time only those operating expenses directly related to the City's provision of enhanced access, which shall be reviewed by City staff annually.
SOFTWARE. A set of statement or instructions that when incorporated in a machine-usable medium is capable of causing a machine or device having information processing capabilities to indicate, perform, or achieve a particular function, task, or result.
THIRD PARTY. A person who requests a geographical information system of output from a geographical system operated by the City. However, THIRD PARTY does not include a person for whom a fee authorized under this chapter and the Enhanced Access to Public Records Act, MCL 15.441, is waived according to an inter-governmental agreement with the City.
(Ord. 547-05-05, passed 5-16-05)