New York Laws
Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act
383 - Construction With Other Laws; Severability.

§ 383. Construction with other laws; severability. 1. The provisions
of this article and of the uniform fire prevention and building code
shall supersede any other provision of a general, special or local law,
ordinance, administrative code, rule or regulation inconsistent or in
conflict therewith provided however:

a. Nothing herein shall impair the validity of any action taken
pursuant to or in compliance with such law or regulation before the
effective date of the uniform code; and

b. Any improvement, modification, alteration, adaptation, redesign or
repair required by or pursuant to any general, special or local law,
administrative code, rule or regulation enacted and effective before the
effective date of the uniform code shall be made in the manner and
within the time so required.

c. That, in cities with a population of over one million, the existing
building and fire prevention codes shall continue in full force and
effect beyond January one, nineteen hundred eighty-four unless the
council, after analysis and consultation with the building and fire
officials of such cities, shall determine that said local code
provisions are less stringent than the uniform code. Existing local
statutory, regulatory and administrative laws and provisions of such
cities shall continue in full force and effect unless the foregoing is
determined by the council. Notwithstanding this paragraph, when such
factory manufactured homes are intended for use as one or two family
dwelling units or multiple dwellings of not more than two stories in
height, provided such multiple dwellings are not intended for use as
hotels or motels, the provisions of this article and of the uniform fire
prevention and building code pertaining to factory manufactured homes
shall supersede any other provision of general, special or local law,
ordinance, administrative code, rule or regulation inconsistent or in
conflict therewith.

2. Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the authority of the
state labor department to enforce a safety or health standard issued
under provisions of sections twenty-seven and twenty-seven-a of the
labor law.

3. Nothing herein shall be construed to relieve a person from
complying with a stricter standard issued pursuant to the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended.

4. If any section of this article or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances shall be adjudged invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in its
operation to the controversy in which it was rendered, and shall not
affect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of any section or
the application of any part thereof to any other person or circumstances
and to this end the provisions of each section of the article are hereby
declared to be separable.