§ 50. Application of article four. 1. As used in this article, the
term "transient dwellings" shall mean and include hotels, lodging
houses, boarding and nursery schools, sorority houses, fraternity
houses, college and school dormitories, convalescent, old age and
nursing homes, and dwellings used for single room occupancy. The term
"transient occupancy" shall mean the occupancy of a room for sleeping
purposes by the same person or persons for a period of ninety days or
less.

2. Except as provided in sections sixty-three and sixty-four with
respect to one and two story transient dwellings only, this article
shall apply to all transient dwellings three or more stories in height
and in existence on July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, provided,
however, that the provisions of article two and sections fifty-three,
fifty-six and sixty-one of this article shall apply to new transient
dwellings.

3. As to such existing transient dwellings, the provisions of sections
fifty-six, sixty-one and sixty-two of this article shall be complied
with on or before July first, nineteen hundred fifty-four, and all other
sections of this article shall be complied with on or before July first,
nineteen hundred fifty-five.