(A) The provisions of § 53.999 of this chapter shall not be applicable to any information designated as a trade secret by the person supplying such information. Material designated as a trade secret may include, but shall not be limited to, processes, operations, style of work or apparatus of confidential commercial or statistical data.
(B) Information designated as a trade secret pursuant to division (A) above shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection. Such information shall be available only to officers, employees or authorized representatives of the town charged with enforcing the provisions of this code.
(C) (1) It shall be unlawful for any officer, employee or authorized representative of the town to divulge in any manner or to any extent not authorized by judicial order or other provision of law information supplied pursuant to any requirement of this code, when such information has been designated as a trade secret pursuant to division (A) above.
(2) In addition to any other penalties that may be imposed, any officer, employee or authorized representative of the town who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to discharge from the employ of the town.
(Prior Code, § 137.12.5) (Ord. 171, passed 7-7-1958; Ord. 339, passed - -; Ord. 480, passed 3-6-2003; Ord. 577, passed 11-6-2014) Penalty, see § 53.999