2006 New York Code - Approval Of Plans.

 
    § 26-208 Approval of plans. Whenever plans are required to be filed in
  connection with an application for a permit, as provided in the building
  code,  all such plans shall be approved by the commissioner prior to the
  commencement of any work thereunder. All plans and all applications  for
  approval  thereof,  shall  comply  with the requirements of the building
  code, subject to such  exceptions  and  exemptions  as  may  be  therein
  provided;  and  all  elevations on plans shall be referred to the United
  States coast and geodetic  survey  mean  sea  level  datum  of  nineteen
  hundred twenty-nine, which is hereby established as the city datum.