The applications, statements or returns made to the designated official pursuant to this chapter shall not be made public, nor shall they be subject to the inspection of any person except the City Manager, City Attorney, designated official or authorized agent and to the Mayor and members of the City Council; and it is unlawful for any person to make public or inform any other person as to the contents of or any information contained in or to permit inspection of any application or return; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit the designated official from making known or revealing names, addresses and telephone numbers of utilities operating within the City, facts or information contained in any return to any taxpayer or disclosed in any investigation or examination of the taxpayer’s books or records to the State Department of Revenue, for official purposes, but only if the statutes of the state grant substantially similar privileges to the proper officers of the City. [Ord. 253 § 1, 2000; Ord. 215 § 1, 1999.]