[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 2-13-63. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parades, assemblies and carnivals — See Ch. 36.
All commercial and business activities on Memorial Day or on Independence Day are hereby prohibited, except that when the same are works of necessity, they may be performed on those days in their usual and orderly manner so as not to interfere with the observance of said days.
[Amended 5-26-64; 10-5-71; 5-17-77]
All manner of public selling or offering for sale of any property on Memorial Day or on Independence Day is prohibited at any time before the hour of 12:00 noon, except as follows:
A. 
Articles of food may be sold, served, supplied and delivered at any time before 10:00 a.m.
B. 
Meals may be sold to be eaten on the premises where sold at any time of the day.
C. 
Caterers may serve meals to their patrons at any time of the day.
D. 
Prepared tobacco, bread, milk, eggs, ice, soda water, fruit, confectionary, souvenirs, newspapers, gasoline, oil, tires, drugs, medicines and surgical instruments may be sold and may be delivered at any time of the day.
E. 
The sale of cut flowers, wreaths and plants to be used for purposes consistent with observance of Memorial Day or Independence Day.
F. 
Grocers, delicatessen dealers and bakers may sell, supply, serve and delivery cooked and prepared foods; and roadside stands selling fresh vegetables and other farm produce, and bait stores, may sell, supply, serve and deliver merchandise usually sold by them at any time of the day.
G. 
Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed as permission to carry on commercial or business activities except as otherwise regulated by law.
H. 
Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed as prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages by persons, firms or corporations holding licenses or permits issued under the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
[Amended 5-26-64; 10-3-72[1]]
Any persons, association, partnership or corporation violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of an offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.) or imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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Editor's Note: Effective date of this amendment is 10-21-72.
This ordinance is to take effect and be in force on and after March 2, 1963.