commissioner moore: treads on the wooden stair, aside from the top stair and the bottom stair are, i think, an issue of the code. i do not think that you can necessarily require a subsurface on every step but i am not quite sure. that is something that needs to be required and how it is detailed and how it is done. not only do you have a wooden stair, the only way it is done as the top and bottom stair have -- has a change in material indicating where the stair and and where it starts. so you do not just keep going and falling. i am not on top of the code. >> and want to clarify the proposed stairs -- i wanted to clarify that the proposed stairs are steel. commissioner moore: i thought it was woodlynne. >> the current proposal in this application is a smaller steel staircase. commissioner moore: that is a bunch of other issues. for some reason i thought it was a replacement as a wooden stair. the steel stairs are notoriously loud. they're like an instrument which vibrates when you go down the stair and that in itself is a big issue. >> this deal stairs were proposed -- the steel stai

staircase and footprints similar to the stairs. and the related noise issues are not within the purview of the planning department. in terms of the four story addition, i would mention it is 5.5 p -- 5.5 feet higher and situated next to the request for his property. we recommend you not take the dr and approve the project as proposed. >> you have five minutes. >> my name is chris hawkins and i live at adjacent to the property. could you pull the microphone up and speak right into it? >> i've lived at the property for 15 years and i was close friends with the former property owner who was an elderly gentleman. i'm very familiar with the property. i was initially excited about the remodeling going on next door. it seemed like it was a great idea and a good thing for the neighborhood. i think it's a good design and better than what was there before. our problem began with this stairwell that was here before. the extraordinary circumstances of why we are asking for this now as we endured a year of construction which is acceptable, but

it would line up with the rest of the stair. this particular portion only serves the deck to the third floor. the stair in their design moves to the west, in line with a spot that would not affect the windows of 2323. i am not sure why the stair takes the job. i am hoping to find out from the architect. president garcia: for the wall to be built, that would obviously cover the door you indicated at the window or ground floor level. but i am not clear on why you would be required to shut off windows that do not have a wall in front of them, even though they are lot line windows. which requirement would that be? >> i agree with you completely. i see no reason to close the windows above the height of that wall. i do not know why it dais -- why that is stipulated on the plans either. commissioner fung: i am sorry. go ahead. you indicated there were 2 the vote openings, but when i look at the window,-- were two openings, but when i look at the window, i see there. >> i was not able to get copies of dbi's files. commissioner fung: i a

-- the exteriors stair to the roof? so we are striking the roof deck, and the exteriors stair. and all work on the skylight and water heater. so then, to reiterate, the motion is from commissioner hillis to grant this appeal. the permit is being upheld but is being condition, modified. the scope -- the following is being struck from the permit -- the roof deck is being struck, the exterior stair to the roof deck is being struck, all work on the skylight and water hero -- and water heater is also being struck. with the finding of the blocking lot number is correct. >> and for the benefit of the department of building inspection, we will withdraw the revised permit so it alleviates confusion. i want to point out that the roof deck will look as it is shown on the original plans. it will stay the same as what has been shown. president garcia: did you want to counterbalance remarks made and put some praise on dbi? [laughter] >> i do not go on the record contradicting pat buscovich whenever i can avoid it. i have nothing but praise for dbi. >> on the motion to grant the permit with a

when this comes time to go home, the stairs in the house are off limits. >> something like stairs you can blockade so they can't get to them when you're not watching every second. you really have to watch him. i have to set up a gate to block him from that. any cub bored -- cupboard. >> reporter: the survey conducted by the research and policy center in klum bush, ohio, said from 1999 to 2008 more than 900,000 were injured on stairs and a quarter were being cared for by an adult. every six minutes a child is injured from falling down stairs. most of the accidents occurred in the home. >> this gate here is an example. it is important to distinguish the two. a top of the stair gate is always bolted in your wall and it needs to be bolted. a child should not be able to push past it. >> reporter: she shows parents how to toddler proof their homes to avoid accident. the study confirm was safety advocates have known for awhile that the stairs are an area where not home adults have to watch children but they have to watch themselves. >> children end up with a lot more injuries because the chi

they should put up baby gates at the top and bottom of the stairs, use rails and make sure the stairsre clutter free and be careful when you are carrying your baby around the house. >> when a child falls with their parent, they are falling from a higher height than if they were standing on the stairs themselves and a risk of the parent falling on top of them or hit by the parent during the fall. >> now the study can be found in the journal of pediatrics. linda so, abc2 news. >>> ladies drink up, a study finds women who drink a low to moderate amount of alcohol are at a reduced risk of stroke. women who drink a glass of wine a day were 21% less likely to have a stroke. drinking more did not give women an added advantage towards reducing the risk of doubling the numbers. >>> today is multiple sclerosis awareness weak. tony harris, he can bench press more than 400 pounds. he has ms. the baltimore man will likely be in the record books soon. we will tell you his story at 11:00. >>> prince harry had a busy week. >> stay with us, where the prince mixed business with pleasure as he filled in

. >>> important news for parent this morning, stair related injuries continuing to send thousands of kids under five years old to the emergency room. children under 1, about 25% of the stair related injuries are due to a parent carrying them down the stairs. >> when a child falls with their parent, they are falling from a higher height than if they were standing on the stairs themselves and also at a risk of the parent fall on top of them or being hit by the parent during the fall. >> researchers suggest placing baby gates at the top or bottom of the stairs and making sure the stairs are clutter free for safety. >>> 18 months of negotiating, no agreement. >> what this means for pilots at one airline. >>> anger in spain. what caused a huge number of protests? here is a hint, similar to what is going on in greece. details coming up when good morning maryland continues. 3q finally carpet cleaning got easier. try resolve easy clean to deep clean your carpets. its upright brush with activating trigger removes 3 times more dirt than vacuuming alone. it's just 3 easy steps for beautifully c

. >>> a new study unveils the dangers of stairs for parents and kids, i'm linda so, why kids are likely to be hurt when carried by a parent. >>> it's lynette charles birthday. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's go over to the birthday girl, and say happy birthday. thank you, dry and partly cloudy skies. cool but not cold. we are dry, we will stay that way in to the afternoon, all five sweeps are scanning the skies. not picking up on a lot. we should be at 31, 32 degrees for this time of the year. the temperatures are above that. 44 centerville. aberdeen 38. bel air 29. the winds are nice and calm. it will become breezy, southerly flow, the temperatures are going to bump up a little bit. now a check of the traffic with angela. how are the roads? >>> good morning, the roads are looking great for your birthday. happy birthday. good morning to everyone for the monday morning drive. excitement in the traffic center, i saw action on the way to work. traveling on northern parkway, a work zone set up, i stopped and talked with the guys. they will be there blocking two lanes at fal

you come off of hyde, enter into a corridor, and there are a pair of stairs. one astaire comes out and discharges through the front door and the other discharges through the exit door. >> where does that or go to? >> once you leave that door, you walk into the neighboring property. you walk under 1100 lombard to lombard st. commissioner hillis: you walk along the garage to a servants -- to a service entrance. >> there was construction today when we were there. but yes, it is adjacent to the garage but under the three units that are above it. >> thank you. good evening, president garcia and members of the board. i am jim ruben. this is a pretty straightforward and simple permit. let me show you. in the ground level of the neighboring property, not the property we own, this area -- commissioner hillis: could you pull that a little so we? >> yes. this area is the area that they claim prescriptive right on. that is our property in. the lot line goes to hear. they filed a lawsuit on february 2 and have not pursued the lawsuit and had not saw any court jurisdiction

and bottom of the stairs including power outlet plugs and ske detectors. one of the other causes of injury is, of course, fire. >>> on a great night like tonight we're ready to take a walk. mark is here and will take us on a walk for multiple sclerosis. it's ms awareness week. >> 71 degrees at bwi. that will warm you up. temperatures forecast into the mid-60s today, so no two-degree winner. as we check out maryland's radar, we'll talk about when the showers arrive and the rest of the week coming up. >>> abc2 news is a proud supporter of the ms society. we'll bring you stories of people living with the disease. tonight at 11 we'll meet this man. he found the gym is a great way to deal with his ms. here ease mark. he's been with the ms for nine years. what got you involved first? >> way, way back when i had an extended family member with ms. went on to become one of the largest sponsors. one thing led to another. >> we have such power that we painted the chair. >> the orange chairs, orange ties. we're so pleased with the support. >> what advancement have we

one was subject to an appeal that was a permit to remove the front stairs. both planning and building have been involved in that and have worked to ensure with the property owner that the stairs were provided in the rear to provide access to the voting. there is also work on the garage level. in terms of the timing, i do not know what prompted this permit. as stated by the permit holder, the civil suit was filed on february 2 and this permit was filed on february 3 and about a week or two after that, the variance application was filed. the variants is still pending. i do not believe it has been scheduled. the earliest it could be heard is in april. that variants is to -- they wanted to remove the fire escape in front of the building, which would be an improvement. even though this is a historic resource, we would move the fire escape and provide the stairs. also, extending the stairs to the roof. i just wanted to provide the additional information. commissioner fung: can you describe a little further what is in the various tax -- what is in the variance? >>

so we have put a metal gate around the top of the stairs. if i move the railing in, we would not be able to get to and from the deck. president garcia: would you go back to photograph two? show me where someone would be standing to take pictures in photograph three. >> this is better to show you on the floor plan. it is taken from the front of a -- in front of the building with a wide angle lens. photograph three is taken from the back of the building. i am standing right at the edge to get a picture of the back, as far as i could without falling. commissioner fung: and the height of the deck of the neighbor, the appellant -- >> their deck is over the top of the garage. it is on the second level of their plot. commissioner fung: 1 full floor below the top of your roof? >> it is two story is below our roof. -- stories below our roof. >> any other questions, commissioners? thank you. mr. sanchez? scott sanchez: i do not have much to add. the project is principally permitted and compliant. non-neighborhood notification is required. the appellan

in a smoke filled stair tower.nd you get into the stairway, the doors close which themselves. that's -- by themselves. that's why we don't let people put door stops. can't use door stops. the door closes and the stairway is pressurized. so rather than sucking any smoke in it's actually pushing smoke out of the stairway. >> in this building, the stairs go out past the plaza and down one more level down and then exit out around the perimeter on exit stairs, over on the corner of kearny and pine you'll see the exit stairs. so the exiting of the design of this building was well thought out. >> and an exit is something that takes you to the street. it just doesn't take you to the lobby. an exit has to get you to the public right-of-way. right sergeant? do we have any questions about building structure of a steel-framed blt? so the question is shouldn't all the fire protection ratings be uniform? >> the general concept is, you want to protect at a higher level, critical elements. the critical element is the column. >> ho

is rushed to the er because of stair related injuries.ox medical team joins us with a look at the danger and what can be done to keep your kids safe. good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour before we get to weather and traffic we are following breaking news out of the district a carjacking in the 3800 block suit land road southeast we understand a 5 month old child was in the car when it was stolen, this just happened 15 minutes ago. dc police say it was a white 2007 acura mdx suv carjacked it has oklahoma tags, the license plate number 870 byz if you see this vehicle you are asked to contact police. >>> all right we will keep you posted on that as the story develops. gwen is here this morning with an update on today's weather forecast which is going to be very very nice. >> it is. >> for the most part. >> you are right tony we had to deal with a little bit of light rain into the course of this morning some of you saw heavier rainfall take a look at radar, you can see, most of it is out of the way we have a batch moving ac

every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals bark as sacrificial hearts. thank you. [applause]. >> whenever i had writer's block i do research so i thought i would redo a section which started as writer's block and it took place in a library. i think all you need to know is my narrater is 19. the object of affection is 21. max's mother is a piannist and also polish. >> i saw little of rose after she moved her 2 valises into the nurses room on valentine's day of 1939. she did not allow a gust to drive her to the louve. she did not pause to look at me when i went to the gallery wearing a new shirt. nor did she take meals to my families. sometimes this was the best. at the dinner table my parents argued. father had been unsuccessful in keeping the newspapers from others. she practiced less and less. germany

stair cases. youngsters are most at risk and what you can do to protect them. >> reporter: imagine the terror of looking down a long stair case and seeing your child lying motionless at the bottom. 4-year-old beck james suffered a concussion when he hit his head on this cement floor in his family basement. he had slipped after going up just a few stems. >> i could tell by the look in his eyes that something wasn't right. he was really hurt. it didn't take long for them to realize we needed to go to the hospital. >> reporter: in fact a child under age 5 like beck is rushed to the emergency room for a stair-related injury every six minutes in the u.s. the good news is that the number of such injuries has fallen over the past decade. experts attribute that in part to care givers increasingly using stationary activity centers for young children rather than baby walkers with wheels that can easily slide down stairs. but a quarter of stair-related injuries in young kids occur in babies who fall while be

and bottom of stairs. >>> some dc high school students got to explore their future this weekend. the smart college expo took place on the grounds of trinity college in northeast washington. dozens of colleges were there to meet prospective students. >> some of the issues they are facing are, they select the school based on where their friends go or something they look in a magazine and read online. they don't do real research to find out what is really happening a school. >>> the students that are there got an opportunity to tour trinity college and complete financial aid applications right on site. >>> one study found young people chose the school because of the cafeteria and the grounds. >>> the question of the morning. what is the number one thing most adults still have from their childhood? a teddy bear, baseball cards, or a story book? >> we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. log on to our facebook page and leave your response. >>> welcome back. 4:55. your weather first. you'll need a jacket this morning, especially in some areas where we are down to the upper 30s. n

that all the remaining steps will be the same length. >> falling down the stairs -- >> right.cularly bad when you're carrying a child. >> the number of stair-related injuries has fallen the past decade. experts recommend wall-mounted safety gates at the top and bottom of the stairs to prevent even more cases involving babies. >>> the virginia state fair could return to its old turf if operators get money to support it. according to the "richmond times dispatch," richmond international raceway offered to host the fair. last week the owner of the event filed for bankruptcy, fired its staff, and canceled the fair. the raceway hosted the fair just outside richmond for 63 years before it moved to a park near king's dominion in 2009. >>> well, march madness is here, and the georgetown high as are going dance -- hoyas are going dancing. [ cheers ] >> the hoya players and coaches gathered to watch selection sunday unfold. the hoyas are the number-three seed now in the midwest region. they play the 14th seed belmont bruins on friday in columbus, ohio. the winner of that game goes on to

surprisingly, research shows that the number of children who fall down the stairs is actually declining. experts credit the lower numbers to the increasing use of stationary activity centers, rather than baby walkers with wheels second slide downstairs more easily. still, one quarter of stair related injuries fall while being carried. >> those children are three times more likely to be hospitalized. >> experts say parents must carry a baby up for downstairs should use common sense, have a firm grip on the railing, and make sure they are free of clutter. we all know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for insights, but it could be good for the outer appearance. a study of adults who ate the most fruits and vegetables over a six-week period had more red and yellow skin tones -- red and yellow skin tones, making them more attractive. while the other people were more pale. several talented artists will join the voice. joining us now live is one of those coaches. cee lo green. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> big things are happening on "of the voice." >> you

>> yes. >> and then kept going down the stairs and through the wall. >> dr.tz performs hundreds of autopsies every year. he's seen a lot since taking this job in 2004 but the case of charles krueger jr. has to be one of the strangest deaths yet. >> yeah. there he is. >> wow. >> totally through. >> so half of his body's on the landing and the other half is like in the basement. >> yes. >> okay. well, we shall see. there's a lot of unanswered questions. did this man fall and sustain injuries from impacting the door and the plaster that he ultimately went through? did he have a natural event that caused him to collapse and fall down the stairs and end up the way that he did? you know, you always have to consider the possibility that somebody else was involved and somehow played a role in his injuries or death. another question is toxicology. you know, was he intoxicated to the point of collapsing down the steps and into the plaster? so, you know, while the scene tells me a lot, it's going to be the autopsy that answers the questions as to what ultimately happene

the massachusetts couple celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary climbed six flights of stairs to their room despite a lack of emergency training. sharma knew that life jackets were in their closet because she had placed her husband's jacket in the closet. but she says crew mates would not say why the ship was listing badly to port just off the italian coast. the problem was expanded when the electrical malfunction took place. the couple would later learn that the ship had struck rocks that gashed a 165 foot hole on the side of the ship. today, on capitol hill, a congressional hearing focusing on what happened and lessons for the u.s. cruise line industry. >> at about 9:15, we were at our dinner table and we had just ordered our appetizers. at that moment, there was a violent shaking of the ship followed by loud crash noises as the plates and the glasses broke due to the listing of the ship towards the star board side. lights went out immediately, but there was no announcement as to what happened. it was pitch dark with no visibility. everyone nearby started to scream and a few mi

those are dangerous when you have open stairs.ht to have gates for children anyway until they're really use today to going up and down carefully. >> once they start moving, you can't -- you have to watch them like a haum. okay. >>> let's go to tom kierein whom we are watching like a hawk because you never know what he might do. he's taking a look at the weather. tom? >> good morning. starting off with a rather chilly morning. it's actually down into the 30s. areas in dark blue, a few places, shenandoah valley. just west and north of washington and frederick. loudoun county, mid to upper 30s there. no freezing temperatures this morning. mid 40s in washington and the rest of montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties in the low 40s. it is in the 30s a few locations out of the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. northern neck, eastern shore, southern maryland, clouds coming through. in the mid 40s there. and we have some rain showing up here on the radar where you see this area in green. that rain is advanc

, a stair-related injury.se children are being carried by adults, by the way. it's not just them falling down the stairs. and this caught our attention because every six minutes a stair-related injury? >> jenna, this hit very close to home with me. this looked at almost a million kids who go over to the hospital over a ten-year period of time because they fall down the stairs. and the study maintains, and it was published in a great journal, pediatrics, it maintains that it may be because the gates don't work, maybe you can't bar the stairs from entry. i'm not buying that. i have three little kids. you can make that gate work. you can make that fit whatever your banister is. i think this is about parents not being attentive enough be. once in my life, and everyone has this story, i saw one of my kids rolling down the stairs. i will never forget it. and after that i was much more careful. you can't let your young children -- and the other headline here is under a year old was when the worst injuries occur. when

researchers in ohio looked at stair-related injury cases involving children.dy found a child under the age of 5 is rush to the emergency room for a stair-related injury every six minutes in the u.s. a quarter of cases happen when babies fell while being carried downstairs. many injuries were as serious as concussions. >> so this shows in many hopes the first step is longer to the remaining steps. as a patient you take a step and your mind is tricked into thinking all the remaining steps will be the same length. >> you end up overstepping and falling down the stairs. >> right. which is particularly bad when you are carrying a child. >> experts say the number of stair related injuries has fallen in the last decade. experts recommend wall mounted safety gates at the top and bottom of stairs to prevent even more cases involving babies. >>> the virginia state fair could return to its old turf. that's what operators say if they get the money to support it. according to the richmond times dispatch, the richmond international raceway offered to host the fair but last

ketchup, a trash are often left on my stairs. this side of my stairs becomes the outdoor restaurant facilities for these customers. i have considered installing a date but find that my senior neighbors like to rest on my stairs on their way home from shopping so i never felt the need to do that to make them suffer for the jack in the box's customers. if the noise does not wake me up, i am usually woken up at the back of my house. my master bedroom is corner to the parking lot. i have double pane windows. i have in still a -- in s sulation. it is not stopped the screaming and the fights. pretty much on a regular basis. since jack in the box has been closed, at first i was finding out was still waking up on a regular basis. that shows how often i had been awakened by the noise. my sleeping pattern was totally off. after a few weeks, i have been getting a full night's sleep. i do not understand how they can prioritize that drunk people need a place to go over residents trying to live in the neighborhood. i do not regard to jack in t

. >> we're going to be down stairs a little bit playing with kentucky in atlanta. atlanta is about to get a little crazy here. we have the hoosiers, the head coach and we have up with of the star freshmen we're going to talk to here. this is going to be a really nice segment. i'm going to be down stair in the starbucks. don, you're doing pretty well in the brackets. you're fourth or fifth place. i'm 13 or 14th out of 16. i went to a football school. there you go. indiana took their basketball program which obviously bobby nooig had a few influence. it was an amazing program back in the '90ed and early 2000s. and thul of a sudden fell apart in the early part of the decade. now this coach, coach carerean brought this team back. >> save something for the interview. you're excite popped. >> we loi am. >> ewith love it when you're passionate. i'm dpon lon lemon in today for brooke baldwin. president obama's about face of a controversial oil pipeline and housing number, some good, some bad. roll it. police have pinned down a suspected jihadist of a rabbi three schoolchil

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stairs. it says a child under the age of 5 is rushed to an emergency room for a stair-related injury every six minutes here in the u.s. the report is from the nationwide children's hospital in columbus, ohio. the good news is the number of injuries has fallen the past decade. a quarter of stair-related injuries among young kids occur in babies who fall while being carried. >> those children were three times more likely to be hospitalized because ever injuries. >> you can learn more about this report and how to prevent injuries coming up on the "today" show at 7:00. >> 6:20. we'll find out today if a bay area woman who jumped into action and saved a life will get a national honor. the story is next. >> did you see the movie john carter over the weekend? nobody did. take a look coming up. >> i didn't. what a beautiful shot we all want to take in, the bay bridge sparkling on the bay. we'll be back in minutes. >> good morning. 6:23. today we'll find out if a san francisco hero will receive nation