As used in this chapter:
(a) “Public record” means any record that is kept by the City except medical records, records pertaining to adoption, probation, and parole proceedings, records pertaining to actions under Ohio R.C. 2151.85 and to appeals of actions arising under that section, records listed in Ohio R.C. 3107.42(A), trial preparation records, confidential law enforcement investigatory records, records containing information that is confidential under Ohio R.C. 4112.05, DNA records stored in the DNA database pursuant to Ohio R.C. 109.573 (109.57.3), and records the release of which is prohibited by state or federal law.
(b) “Confidential law enforcement investigatory record” means any record that pertains to a law enforcement matter of a criminal, quasi-criminal, civil, or administrative nature, but only to the extent that the release of the record would create a high probability of disclosure of any of the following:
(1) The identity of a suspect who has not been charged with the offense to which the record pertains, or of an information source or witness to whom confidentiality has been reasonably promised;
(2) Information provided by an information source or witness to whom confidentiality has been reasonably promised, which information would reasonably tend to disclose the source’s or witness’s identity;
(3) Specific confidential investigatory techniques or procedures or a specific investigatory work product;
(4) Information that would endanger the life or physical safety of law enforcement personnel, a crime victim, a witness, or a confidential information source.
(c) “Medical record” means any document or combination of documents, except births, deaths, and the fact of admission to or discharge from a hospital, that pertains to the medical history, diagnosis, prognosis, or medical condition of a patient and that is generated and maintained in the process of medical treatment.
(d) “Trial preparation record” means any record that contains information that is specifically compiled in reasonable anticipation of, or in defense of, a civil or criminal action or proceeding, including the independent thought processes and personal trial preparation of an attorney. (Ord. 47-96. Passed 5-6-96.)