The Town Board of the Town of Oyster Bay finds and declares
that it has been the custom and practice within the Town of Oyster
Bay to annually observe Memorial Day, to honor all deceased war veterans
and all the men and women who were killed in the defense of the United
States of America in wartime and to traditionally mark said Memorial
Day by parades and memorial exercises and the decoration of monuments
and graves; and that said parades, exercises and decorating in commemoration
of said dead have been traditionally conducted within the Town of
Oyster Bay between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
For the purpose of this chapter, the observance of Memorial
Day shall be upon such day as may be set aside for said observance
by § 24 of the New York General Construction Law as amended.
Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be deemed a violation and the violator shall be liable to a
fine of not more than $250, or imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.