Blue laws, known also as Sunday laws, date back as far as the mid-1700s. They are laws designed to restrict or ban some or all Sunday activities for religious reasons.
In Berkeley County, the work ordinance prohibited individuals from working before 1:30 p.m. on Sundays, with certain exceptions and exceptions.
It also restricted certain retailers from operating their business before 1:30 p.m. on Sundays.
Council leaders decided to give the outdated law the boot after it came to their attention that many commercial entities were already operating before 1:30 p.m. on Sundays without any repercussion.
They also stated that they realized that the suspension of Sunday work prohibitions were necessary for the operation of certain businesses and that it “will promote a healthy and competitive local economy and encourage the creation of new jobs.”
