§ 329. Laws superseded. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall
supersede all other state laws and all local laws, ordinances and
regulations of municipalities to the extent that such laws, ordinances
or regulations are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter;
provided, however, that the provisions of any other state law or of any
local law, ordinance or regulation of any municipality, or the
supplementary rules or regulations of any state department having the
force and effect of law, now in effect or hereafter enacted or adopted,
which are more restrictive than those provided in this chapter, shall
govern during the period in which they are in effect.

2. Upon the adoption by any municipality of any state building
construction code as to multiple residences pursuant to the provisions
of article eighteen of the executive law which code contains provisions
relating to the construction of multiple dwellings to which the
provisions of articles four, five, six and seven of this chapter are
applicable in whole or in part, then and in such event, the provisions
of such articles four, five, six and seven and the definitions used in
conjunction therewith shall become inoperative with respect to the
construction of such dwellings in any such municipality so long as the
state building construction code is applicable and operative.