[Adopted 6-21-2011 by L.L. No. 4-2011]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DEMONSTRATION
Picketing and other protest conduct, including but not limited
to oration and speech with or without the use of sound amplification
equipment or devices, the display of signs with or without verbal
accompaniment, and the distribution of any handbill, pamphlet, leaflet
or other written or printed matter, which are not part of the funeral,
memorial service or ceremony.
FUNERAL-RELATED EVENT
Ceremonies, wakes, funerals, burials, Shiva, processions,
and other memorial services held in connection with the deceased member
or former member of the United States Armed Forces.
MILITARY FUNERAL
The ceremonies, processions, and memorial services held in
connection with the burial of members or former members of the United
States Armed Forces.
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
The United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard, and includes members and former members of the National
Guard who were employed in service of the United States.
It shall be unlawful for any person in the County of Saratoga
to engage in a demonstration within 500 feet of any church, synagogue,
or other place of worship, mortuary, funeral home, cemetery, or other
location at which a military funeral or funeral-related event is being
held within two hours immediately prior to the commencement of any
military funeral or funeral-related event, during any military funeral
or funeral-related event, and until two hours immediately following
the completion of any military funeral or funeral-related event. The
foregoing prohibitions shall not apply to demonstrations at funerals
or funeral-related events held at cemeteries under the control of
the National Cemetery Administration, the prohibition of which demonstrations
are governed by federal law.
Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000
and/or up to one year's imprisonment.