For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACTIVE RADON MITIGATION SYSTEM. A family of radon mitigation systems involving mechanically driven soil depressurization, including subslab depressurization, drain tile depressurization, block wall depressurization, and submembrane depressurization. ACTIVE RADON MITIGATION SYSTEM is also known as active soil depressurization.
BUILDING CONTRACTOR. Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity that engages in new construction.
DEPARTMENT. The Building and Safety Department.
NEW CONSTRUCTION.
(1) Any original construction of a single-family home or a multifamily dwelling, including apartments, group homes, condominiums, and townhouses, or any original construction of a building used for commercial, industrial, educational, or medical purposes.
(2) NEW CONSTRUCTION does not include additions to existing structures or remodeling of existing structures.
PASSIVE RADON MITIGATION SYSTEM. A pipe installed in new construction that relies solely on the convective flow of air upward for soil gas depressurization and may consist of multiple pipes routed through conditioned space from below the foundation to above the roof.
RADON MITIGATION SPECIALIST. An individual who is licensed by the department as a radon mitigation specialist in accordance with the Radiation Control Act, being Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-3501 et seq.
RADON RESISTANT NEW CONSTRUCTION. Construction that utilizes design elements and construction techniques that passively resist radon entry and prepare a building for an active post-construction mitigation system.
(Ord. 2021-6.13, passed 6-14-2021)