N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 14: Application of chapter to uncompleted dwellings

§ 14. Application of chapter to uncompleted dwellings. 1. The

provisions of this chapter relating to multiple dwellings erected after

April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall not apply to any

multiple dwelling for which plans were on file with the department or a

permit to commence building was issued by the department before August

ninth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and the entire building shall have

been completed according to the plans filed with the department, subject

to any lawful subsequent amendment thereto, before July first, nineteen

hundred forty-seven.

2. No provisions of any part of this section shall be deemed to

prohibit the amendment of any plans filed and approved before April

eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, if such amendment would have

been lawful before such date, or if such amendment complies with the

requirements of this chapter for alterations to buildings of like class

and kind existing before April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine.

3. A permit to commence building issued by the department before April

eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, based upon plans filed and

approved for a multiple dwelling described in subdivision one, shall be

deemed to be in compliance with section three hundred.

4. The provisions of this chapter relating to multiple dwellings

erected and occupied as such before April eighteenth, nineteen hundred

twenty-nine, shall apply to the dwellings described in this section;

except, however, that unless otherwise expressly required in article

three nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any change

in the plans or occupancy of any such dwelling if it be fireproof and

the plans therefore when filed were in compliance with the provisions of

all local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations applicable thereto and

in effect on April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, or were

subsequently amended to comply with such provisions.