The local energy conservation construction code, as hereby adopted,
shall be applicable to all buildings constructed, substantially renovated,
or altered in the Village of Oyster Bay Cove on or after the effective
date of this chapter and to all additions to buildings in the Village
of Oyster Bay Cove made on or after the effective date of this chapter.
However, pursuant to Energy Law § 11-109(2):
A. If a copy of this chapter is filed with the New York State Department
of State, Division of Building Standards and Codes, as Secretariat
for the Code Council, within 30 days after adoption of this chapter,
and if the Code Council shall subsequently determine that the local
energy conservation construction code as hereby adopted is not more
restrictive than the State Energy Code, then on and after the date
of such determination the local energy conservation construction code
as hereby adopted shall no longer be enforced and the State Energy
Code shall be applicable and shall be enforced in the Village of Oyster
Bay Cove; and
B. If a copy of this chapter is not filed with the New York State Department
of State, Division of Building Standards and Codes, as Secretariat
for the Code Council, within 30 days after adoption of this chapter,
then the local energy conservation construction code as hereby adopted
shall not be enforceable until and unless the Code Council shall determine
that such local energy conservation construction code is more restrictive
than the State Energy Code, and, until and unless the Code Council
shall make such determination, the State Energy Code shall be applicable
and shall be enforced in the Village of Oyster Bay Cove.
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, clause or
phrase in this chapter, or any part thereof, is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining sections or portions of this chapter,
or any part thereof. The Village of Oyster Bay Cove hereby declares
that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses, or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to Energy Law § 11-109(1)
and Municipal Home Rule Law § 10.
This chapter shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary
of State pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.