New York § 50 - 50Application of article four

§ 50. 50Application of article four

§ 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.