Department of State - Division of Code Enforcement and Administration

MRLS

Codes Division Logo

Up

More Restrictive Local Standards (MRLS)

The State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council [Code Council] is empowered to adopt higher or more restrictive standards [MRLS] upon the recommendation of local governments in accordance with Section 379 of the Executive Law. Within thirty days of such enactment or adoption of a local law or ordinance pertaining to construction, the chief executive officer, or if there be none, the chairman of the legislative body of such local government, shall notify the Code Council, and shall petition (petition Guide) the Code Council for a determination of whether such local laws or ordinances are more stringent than the standards for construction in the Uniform Fire Prevention & Building Code [Uniform Code].

This list is compiled from responses to a questionnaire which was sent to local governments regarding More Restrictive Local Standards. Listed below are local laws or ordinances that have been reported to the Code Council as imposing higher or more restrictive standards, and have been adopted by the Code Council in whole or in part.

Note:  The asterisk * denotes that the local government approved the local law or ordinance prior to January 1, 1984 and subsequently the State Fire Prevention & Building Code Council approved such adoption as a higher or more restrictive local standard.

MRLS

Jurisdiction

Local Law #’s or Ordinance(s)

Subject of MRLS

Albany, City Of

Ordinance #2.22.95 of 1995

Ordinance #123.111.89 of 1989

CO Detectors

LP GAS

Ardsley, Village Of

LL. No. 2 of 1981*

Fire Code

Auburn, City Of

LL. No. 2 of 1991

Housing Code

Babylon, Town Of

Ordinance of 1972*

Fire Code
Binghamton, City Of

LL No. 3 of 1950*

Plumbing Code

Brighton, Town Of

LL. No. 7 of 1990 as amended by LL. No. 1 of 1993

Fire Code

Brookhaven, Town Of

LL’s No. 8 of 1988, as amended by LL. No. 22 of 1990, LL. No. 23 of 1990, LL. No. 24 of 1990, LL. No. 2 of 1991 and LL. 5 of 1992

Fire Code

Canandaigua, City Of

Ordinance of 1983, Minimum Housing Standards*

Housing Standards

Croton-on-Hudson, Village Of

LL. No.’s 1 & 2 of 1995 

Fire Code

Dobbs Ferry, Village Of

LL. No. 6 of 1983*

Fire Code

Dunkirk, City Of

Ordinance of 1962, Housing Code*

Property Maintenance

Fredonia, Village Of

LL. No. 1 of 1970, Housing Code*

Housing Code

Fulton, City Of

LL. No. 8 of 1995

Property Conservation
Gates, Town of LL. No. 1 of 2004 Sprinkler systems
Geneva, City of Ordinance No. 85-12 [Re-enacted 12/20/1989] and amended by Ordinance No. 9-93 [Appeals Procedure] Housing Code
Greece, Town of LL No. 1 of 2004 Sprinkler Systems

Greenburgh, Town Of

LL’s No. 8 of 1994, No. 6, 1995

Fire Protection Code, & Bldg./Plumbing
Guilderland, Town of LL No. 6 of 1991 Sprinkler Systems
Harrison, Town/Village of LL No. 1 of 2006 Sprinkler Systems

Hopewell, Town Of

LL. No. 2 of 1990

Fire suppression systems

Irvington, Village Of

LL. No. 9 of 1992

Sprinkler Systems

Ithaca, City Of

Housing Ordinance of 1977*

Housing Code

Ithaca, Town Of

LL’s No. 7 of 1988, No. 10 of 1988

Sprinkler Systems

Jamestown, City Of

Ordinance of 1975, Property Rehabilitation & Conservation Code, and Ordinance of 1961, Fire Protection*.

Housing Code, & Fire Protection

Kingston, City Of

LL. No. 3 of 1993

CO Detectors

Long Beach, City Of

Building/Fire Prevention/Housing Code of 1984

Building/Fire Prevention/Housing

Mount Pleasant, Town Of

Fire Prevention Ordinance of 1984

 

Fire Code

Mount Vernon, City Of

Ordinance of 1987(amending chapter 131) as amended by ordinance No. 3 of 1989 and ordinance No 10 of 1992, and

Article 3 & 21 of the building code

Demolition, Vacation, or Repair of Unsafe Buildings

Nassau, County Of

Ordinance #24 of 2003

Pyrotechnics Ordinance
Newburgh, Town Of Local Law #2 of 1991 Sprinkler Systems

New Castle, Town Of

LL’s No. 25 of 1990, & No. 42 of 1990

Sprinkler Systems

New Rochelle, City Of

LL. No. 4 of 1995

Plumbing Code, Housing & Building, & Fire Code

New Windsor, Town Of

LL’s No. 3 of 1980*, & No. 5 of 1990

Fire Prevention, Chemical & Hydrocarbon Spills*

North Syracuse, Village Of

LL. No. 4 of 1990

Sprinkler Systems

Oneonta, City Of

Ordinance #1 of 1964*

Housing Code

Onondaga, Town Of

LL. No. 1 of 1989

Sprinkler Systems

Ossining, Village Of

LL. No. 12 of 1991

Sprinkler Systems

Penfield, Town Of

LL. No. 2 of 1994

Sprinkler Systems

Poughkeepsie, City Of

LL. No. 3 of 1989

Housing Code

Rochester, City Of

Ordinance No. 79-241 of 1979* and provisions amending Chapter 90 of the Municipal Code by Ordinance No. 203-233

Property Conservation

Rye Brook, Village Of

LL. # 9 of 2005

Sprinkler Systems

Schenectady, City Of

LL. 3 of 1986

Building /plumbing/fire prevention/& housing

Sleepy Hollow, Village Of

formerly, Town of North Tarrytown

LL. No. 16 of 1989

Sprinkler Systems

Smithtown, Town Of

LL. No. 4 of 1990

Fire Prevention

Somers, Town Of

LL. No. 1 & No. 2 of 1977*

Fire Prevention

Southampton, Town Of

LL. No. 6 of 1994

Fire Prevention

Syracuse, City Of

Ordinance of 1963, amended 1986

Housing Code

Tarrytown, Village Of

LL. No. 3 of 1992

Sprinkler Systems

Troy, City Of

Ordinance #24 of 1973*

Housing Code

Tuxedo, Town Of

LL. No. 2 of 1991

Fire Prevention

Valley Stream, Village Of

LL. No. 4 of 1981

Fire Prevention

Victor, Town Of

LL. No. 4 of 1995

Fire Prevention, Building Construction

Watertown, City Of

Fire Prevention Ordinance *

Fire Prevention

White Plains, City Of

Supplemental Provisions to the U.F.P.B.C. of 1986

Building, Fire, Plumbing, & Housing

 

 

Ronald Piester AIA, Director

New York State Department of State
Division of Code Enforcement and Administration

One Commerce Plaza

99 Washington Ave.

Albany, NY 12231

E-mail: codes@dos.state.ny.us
Telephone: (518) 474-4073
Fax: (518) 486-4487

 

DOS Homepage