purview of the commission or any building code arguments that have been made, we are assuming and it is braleytrue that you cannot replace the existing stairway with the exact same stairway. i would doubt that the building department would allow that at all. which means that meeting the current code, as it has been pointed out, makes the stairway longer and 1 foot water. -- wider. turning it 90 degrees would put it up against the other building. that does not seem to be an attractive alternative either. as far as the commission's motion, vote, decision, we are fairly limited as to what our jurisdiction is. commissioner moore: just for the record, i would like the zoning administrator to state that even repairing the stair were not the permitted under the current code because of the stairs are not compliant. >> it is an interesting question. under the planning code, an alteration can be made. as long as it does not intensify the discrepancy. the building code is an entirely different kettle of fish. we do not have the experience to opine on that. but it stands to reason is quite valid. commissi