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South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Mee ing -- February 6, 1981 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (continued) Mr. Nim z: That is the difference in these old houses. You can t get furniture up and down the stairs becuase you hav a hand rail. Mr. Robinson: If they get in a problem where there is a perso al injury with a guest in their house, they've got a h ck of a problem if there is not a hand rail. Mr. Cir : You better believe-it. Mr. Donaldson: You even need hand rails going to the basement. Mr. McMahon: Any stairway with more than three steps usually has a hand rail. Mr. Nim z: Now, about the screens. I have had people who eit er have air conditioners or they have a storage room anJ they say, "I don't want screens on that room because we never use it and the windows are never opened." Mr. McMahon: According to this recommendation from HUD, it requires screens to be on all of them, the exception being s ggested by the Bureau of Housing would be porches and storage areas. Mr. Nim z: What if someone uses a bedroom as a storage area, t en what do you do? Mrs. Ba mgartner: I think if it is designed for a live- able space we would put the screens up. Mr. Nim z: You would? Even though the room is a storage room? Mrs. Ba mgartner: Yes. Pair. Cir : Why use lead base paint, period? Mr. McM hon: That is what the prohibited part of it is. The loc 1 code allows lead base paint in certain areas. In Section 8 HUD Regulations it is restricted completely. Mr. Robinson: Just one further comment as far as the recommendation about changing panels that have fuses in it and not circuit breakers. My personal opinion is that I would rather have the fuses. I have never seen a fuse sit there when it was overloaded and melt the panel d wn, but I have seen a circuit breaker melt. To me, the should have fuses. 12