B3 - Sunday, December 23, 1984 - North Gm Open loday FRASER VALLEY Stores defying bylaw to open doors Sunda SOME STORE owners municipalities allowed are getting fed up with in two Lower Mainland where Sunday shopping is not seeing local dollars leaving the municipality once a week. And some of those mer- chants have indicated they plan to do something about the situation by opening on Sunday — at leat today, the last Sunday shopping day before Christmas — tn de- fiance of local bylaws Three major grocery stores in Maple Ridge, located on the north side of the Fraser River and east of Port Coquitlam, have served notice they will be open to- day despite the presence of municipal legislation that prohibits that A number of merchants in Delta, one of only three Lower Matntiand municipalities without Sun- dav opening provisions, have also indicated they plan to open today By MARK HAMILTON In the case of both Maple Ridge and Delta, the ques- tion of Sunday shopping was put to the voters in the late 1970s. when provincial legislation left the decision up to local shoppers. While most Lower Maintand municipalities went through the same process and approvy- ed the matter, voters in Maple Ridge and Delta did not Because voters chose not to vote yes to Sunday shopp- ing, Sunday opening was limited to home improve- ment centres, garden shops, gas stations, corner stores and a limited number of other businesses The rapid change in the Sunday shopptng. situation this year, with Sunday open- ing spreading from turniture and stereo shops to small shops in malls to major department stores in a hand- ful of months, has ag- gravated the situation for the Maple Ridge and Delta mer- chants, already tacing tough compeution trom regional shopping centres located outside their municipal boundaries. Thus the decision of some merchants to ignore” the Sunday restrictions Police in Maple Ridge, charged with entorcing the THE COQUITLAM CENTKE Mall Directory e ARES, BOW ORS SOT ATICONE Fey a stees bse ok . nar: oa om ys ope toy ereat aloe aol wee Sth Esc ake Lp PART ME MS STORE SON toh NE PAA, Met be reAN( Ot wo "he baa, ou baartoe ‘ow reaper > Mo wr twogn tha gs od a ms on ebay HOME ENTE RTAINMEN!' ANA bee 5) toe ge de 1 Moo MA Ge 4 reader Sota st bor eT M te st AY oo terre Fb PWEevt be Ch bive bs .o a rd tom ON nate provincial and municipal legislation that governs Sun day opening, say they will take action against = mer- chants only if they receive complaints about the open- ing. Over the past several vears there have been three sepa- rate incidents of stores open- ing in violation of the Sun- day legislation in’ Maple Ridge and, in each case, the store has been fined $750. Merchants there obviously feel that getting the custom- ers into their stores at the tail end of the Christmas spending blitz 1s worth the risk of the fine. Open Sunday 12-5 Open Boxing Day 12-5 j20 color trak| _ 598 | | \ I &KR-479 = Perry rte a | oe, E 1820 LONSDALE NORTH VAN, | 85 MODEL 14 xL OO °268 SUPE R BUY 85 MODEL ~ 8498 “ $H88 85 MODEL V4aINC BEST BUY SERVICE 985-9831 . 987-8811 UULLeY CENTRE Lynn Valley Rd. & Mtn. Hwy. JI Shore News North Vancouver “EVERYTHINGS BETTERY AT THE CENTRE”