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What is NYC AC § 27-105?

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This section establishes the effective date for work requiring a permit, allowing owners the option to comply with either the current code or previous building laws. The work must commence within twelve months of permit issuance and be completed diligently. Applies to building owners submitting permit applications during the specified timeframe.

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§ 27-105 Effective date.

AC § 27-105

Any work for which an application for a permit was submitted to the department prior to the effective date of this code, (December sixth nineteen hundred sixty-eight), or for which an application for a permit is submitted to the department within a period of twelve months after such date may, however, at the option of the owner, be performed in its entirety in accordance with the requirements of this code, or in accordance with the requirements of the building laws and regulations previously in force in the city of New York, provided that such work is commenced within twelve months after the date of issuance of a permit therefor and is diligently carried on to completion. This section shall not apply to the requirements of article ten of subchapter nineteen of this chapter which shall become effective on December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.

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