A. The City recognizes and upholds the personal right of privacy retained by persons who may be the subject of government records. The City also recognizes that the Act establishes a presumption that governmental records will generally be considered open and public with certain exceptions. The City may, at its discretion, disclose records that are "private" or "protected" as defined in the Act and this chapter to persons other than those specified in sections 2.65.050 and 2.65.070 of this chapter, if the City determines that there is no interest in restricting access to the record, or that the interest favoring access outweighs the interest favoring restriction of access. Public access is favored when countervailing interests are of equal weight. The City shall not release any record when to do so would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy in accordance with the Act and procedures established in this chapter. Under circumstances and procedures established by this chapter, certain data in a record may be rendered nonpublic, although the record itself may be classified or designated as "public".
B. If the City receives a request for access to a record that contains both information that the requester is entitled to inspect and information the requester is not entitled to inspect under this chapter and the Act, the City shall allow access to information in the record that the requester is entitled to inspect under this chapter and the Act. The City may deny access to information in the record if the information is not subject to disclosure under this chapter and the Act.
C. The City may require that the requester of the private and controlled records provide a written release dated not more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of the request, from the subject of the record in question before access to such record is provided. (Ord. 16-17)