2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act › 382-B - Residential Buildings With Truss Type, Pre-Engineered Wood or Timber Construction; Notice Requirements.

§ 382-b. Residential buildings with truss type, pre-engineered wood or
  timber  construction;  notice  requirements.  1. a. Any person utilizing
  truss type, pre-engineered wood or timber construction for the  erection
  of  any  new  residential  structure,  for  any  addition to an existing
  residential  structure,  or  for  any  rehabilitation  of  an   existing
  residential  structure,  shall,  upon  application for a building permit
  with the local government having jurisdiction,  include  on  the  permit
  application  that truss type, pre-engineered wood or timber construction
  is being utilized.
b. The property owner or the  property  owner's  representative  shall
  complete  a  form prescribed by the council designating the structure as
  truss type, pre-engineered wood or timber  construction  and  file  such
  form with the application for a building permit.
c.  Upon  receiving  the  application for a building permit and a form
  designating the structure as truss type, pre-engineered wood  or  timber
  construction,  the  local government having jurisdiction shall notify by
  certified mail, facsimile, e-mail or other electronic means,  the  chief
  of   the   fire   district,  fire  department  or  fire  company  having
  jurisdiction over the structure to be erected, added to, or modified, or
  his or her designee, that truss  type,  pre-engineered  wood  or  timber
  construction is being utilized.
d.  As  a condition of the final receipt of a certificate of occupancy
  or certificate of completion, a sign or symbol designed and approved  by
  the  council  shall  be  affixed  to  any  electric  box attached to the
  exterior of the structure, if one exists.
e.  The  property  owner  or  his  or  her  representative  shall   be
  responsible  for  maintaining  the sign or symbol on the electric box of
  the residence, as required by paragraph d of this subdivision, and shall
  replace the sign or symbol when any changes or modifications are made to
  the electric box or the sign or symbol is damaged.
2. a. The local building department or local code enforcement official
  having jurisdiction over the residential structure to be erected,  added
  to,  or  modified,  or his or her designee shall consult with the county
  fire coordinator, local 911 and emergency  dispatchers,  and  the  local
  fire  protection  provider  or  entity deemed pertinent to determine the
  manner sufficient to warn persons  conducting  fire  control  and  other
  emergency operations of the existence of truss type, pre-engineered wood
  or timber construction in the structure.
b.  The  chief  of the fire district, fire department, or fire company
  having jurisdiction over the residential structure to be erected,  added
  to,  or  modified,  or  his  or  her  designee shall use the information
  provided  under  subdivision  one  of  this  section  to  warn   persons
  conducting  fire control and other emergency operations of the existence
  of truss  type,  pre-engineered  wood  or  timber  construction  in  the
  structure.
c.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  in any way affect or
  diminish section two hundred five-b of the general municipal law.
3. The  council  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  it  deems
  necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section including,
  but not limited to, the dimensions and color of such sign or symbol.
4.  Local governments shall provide by local law or resolution for the
  enforcement of the provisions  of  this  section,  if  necessary.  Local
  governments  may provide for joint enforcement of the provisions of this
  section by agreement pursuant to article five-G of the general municipal
  law.
5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city  with  a
  population of one million or more persons.