Stairs blocked!

[Gene Davis]

Looks like the inspector found my stairs not to code and built a barrier!

I got through stacking stairs, sort of. Found out that Chief insists on cutting the floor holes as part of the stair build thing. I had made the staircase with "open below" holes and was not succeeding.

But now I have a railing I cannot remove. No matter what, I cannot lose it. I believe it is part of the lower stairs running from basement up to main floor, trying to rail off the opening. I created the large first step of the stairs shown going from main to upper, as a landing, integral to the stairs.

Suggestions?