Des Moines staff propose radon testing and mitigation requirements in rental code

Oct 19, 2026

Neighborhood inspections staff recommended adding radon testing and mitigation language to Chapter 60, potentially affecting an estimated 8,000–10,000 rental units and using a Maine-style tenant-request model rather than strict cyclical enforcement.

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Dalton Jacobus, the city's Neighborhood Inspections Division administrator, presented proposed Chapter 60 rental-code updates that would add radon testing and mitigation provisions for rental properties and said the changes could be on the council agenda Nov. 2 with a potential effective date of Jan. 1.

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