(A) Except as may be provided otherwise by state law, this code, or other ordinance to safeguard the security of license tax returns and other confidential information, all records, books, maps, documents, and other papers which are maintained on file in any city office shall be open for inspection and use by citizens of the city and others having an interest therein during all regular business hours, but none shall be removed from the office of its custodian except by authority of the Mayor, the Common Council, the City Clerk, the City Manager, or a valid subpoena duces tecum issuing from a court or officer having jurisdiction in the premises.
(B) No person shall, without proper authority as provided in division (A) above, remove from the office of its custodian any record, book, map, document, or other paper which is maintained on file in any city office, nor shall any person fail to return any such item to its proper custodian within the time set by the custodian for its return.
(C) No person shall wilfully destroy, obliterate, secrete, deface, mark upon, disturb the arrangement of, damage, or otherwise tamper with any record, book, map, document, or other paper which is maintained on file in any city office.
(Prior Code, § 2-13)