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10 <br /> (a) Stairways with more than four (4) steps shall be bounded by <br /> railings which are properly installed and good repair. <br /> (b) Open sides of stairway having a vertical rise of more that <br /> thirty (30) inches shall have guardrails to meet the State <br /> Building Codes. <br /> 3 .9 INTERIOR SURFACES. <br /> All interior surfaces shall have a finished surface free of <br /> dirt, grease, oil, peeling and flaking paint, and maintained in <br /> a sanitary condition. <br /> 3 .10 PAINT CHIPS. <br /> All interior/exterior surfaces which are accessible to children <br /> under the age of seven (7 ) which are covered with lead-based <br /> paint which is loose, cracking, -scaling, peeling, chipping, and <br /> flaking shall be treated or covered as follows: <br /> (a) Surfaces to be treated must be thoroughly washed, sanded, <br /> and scraped or wire brushed so as to remove all loose, <br /> cracking, scaling, peeling, chipping, and flaking pain and <br /> then repainted with at least two (2 ) coats of suitable <br /> nonleaded paint. <br /> (b) Surfaces to be covered shall be free of any loose, <br /> cracking, scaling, peeling, chipping, and flaking, and then <br /> covered with gypsum wall board, plywood, drywall, plaster, <br /> or other suitable material. <br /> 3 .11 EXIT REQUIREMENTS. <br /> Every dwelling shall be provided with exit facilities as <br /> required by the State Building Codes. All rooming units shall <br /> have access to an exterior door and exist without going though <br /> another rooming unit. <br /> 3 .12 SECURITY. <br /> Exterior doors shall be present and in good repair. Exterior <br /> doors shall be equipped with a properly installed locking device <br /> in good repair. All doors which provide a common hall shall be <br /> provided with a properly installed locking device in good repair <br /> without interior-keyed locks or deadbolts . Every window shall <br /> be capable of being secured. <br /> ARTICLE IV - MINIMUM PLUMBING STANDARDS <br /> 4 . 1 WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL. <br />