Why is Sunday shopping prohibited in Wyckoff and throughout Bergen County?
A. The Sunday shopping prohibition is not a complete shopping ban. Also known as the Blue Laws (originally written on blue paper – hence the name) NJSA 2A:171-5.8 prohibits the sale on Sunday of clothing or wearing apparel, building and lumber supply materials, furniture, home, business or office furnishings, household, business or office appliance. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the constitutionality of Sunday sales prohibitions in 1961. Chapter 104 of the Code of the Township of Wyckoff enumerates the exceptions to the Sunday sales prohibition. It lists the following as acceptable for sale on Sunday.
