Section 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 Laws superseded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.