New York Executive Law Article 18 - NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE ACT

• 370 - Short Title.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "New York state uniform fire prevention and building code act".
• 371 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Purposes.
  1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. The present level of loss of life, injury to persons, and damage to property as a...
• 372 - Definitions.
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Administrator" means the state...
• 373 - Required Immediate Applicability of Existing State Codes.
  1. The state building construction code provided for in article eighteen of this chapter, as added by chapter eight hundred of the laws of nineteen...
• 373-a - Code Comparison Study and Report.
  1. Examination and study of the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code. a. The secretary, through the department of state's code division,...
• 374 - State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council.
  1. There is hereby created and established in the department of state a council, to be known as the state fire prevention and building code...
• 375 - Powers of the Council.
  The council is authorized and empowered: 1. To subpoena witnesses, take testimony, compel production of books and records and to hold public hearings. The secretary...
• 376 - Powers of the Secretary.
  The secretary is authorized and empowered: 1. To assign to the council such officers and employees of the department as he may deem necessary from...
• 376-a - Code Enforcement Training and Certification.
  * 376-a. Code enforcement training. 1. For the purpose of this section, the term code enforcement personnel shall mean a code enforcement official charged with...
• 377 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
  1. The council shall formulate a uniform fire prevention and building code which shall take effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred eighty-four....
• 378 - Standards for New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
  The uniform code shall address the following subjects: 1. Standards for the construction of all buildings or classes of buildings, or the installation of equipment...
• 379 - Incorporation of Higher Standards by Council Upon Recommendation of Local Government; Local Building Regulations.
  1. Except in the case of factory manufactured homes, intended for use as one or two family dwelling units or multiple dwellings of not more...
• 380 - Granting Authority.
  The secretary shall administer a program of local assistance to aid local governments in the administration and enforcement of locally adopted or state promulgated building...
• 381 - Administration and Enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code.
  1. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations prescribing minimum standards for administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and building code promulgated in...
• 382 - Remedies.
  1. In addition to and not in limitation of any power otherwise granted by law, every local government and its authorized agents shall have the...
• 382-a - Buildings With Truss Type Construction; Notice Requirements and Enforcement.
  1. All commercial and industrial structures that utilize truss type construction shall be marked by a sign or symbol in a manner sufficient to warn...
• 382-b - Residential Buildings With Truss Type, Pre-Engineered Wood or Timber Construction; Notice Requirements.
  1. a. Any person utilizing truss type, pre-engineered wood or timber construction for the erection of any new residential structure, for any addition to an...
• 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...

Last modified: February 3, 2019