14 - Application of chapter to uncompleted dwellings.

§  14.  Application  of  chapter  to  uncompleted  dwellings.  1.  The  provisions of this chapter relating to multiple dwellings erected  after  April  eighteenth,  nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall not apply to any  multiple dwelling for which plans were on file with the department or  a  permit  to  commence building was issued by the department before August  ninth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and the entire building shall  have  been completed according to the plans filed with the department, subject  to  any lawful subsequent amendment thereto, before July first, nineteen  hundred forty-seven.    2. No provisions of any part  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  prohibit  the  amendment  of  any  plans filed and approved before April  eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, if such amendment  would  have  been  lawful  before  such  date, or if such amendment complies with the  requirements of this chapter for alterations to buildings of like  class  and kind existing before April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine.    3. A permit to commence building issued by the department before April  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  twenty-nine,  based upon plans filed and  approved for a multiple dwelling described in subdivision one, shall  be  deemed to be in compliance with section three hundred.    4.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  relating to multiple dwellings  erected and occupied as such before April eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  twenty-nine,  shall  apply  to  the dwellings described in this section;  except, however, that unless otherwise  expressly  required  in  article  three  nothing  in this chapter shall be construed to require any change  in the plans or occupancy of any such dwelling if it  be  fireproof  and  the plans therefore when filed were in compliance with the provisions of  all local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations applicable thereto and  in  effect  on  April  eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, or were  subsequently amended to comply with such provisions.