Prince George, B.C.-  Game Quest, a local business which sells  used  video games,  is calling on the City of Prince George to make a couple of amendments to the Second Hand and Pawn Brokers bylaw.

The request will be made at this evening's regular meeting of Prince George City Council.

Game Quest  would like to  see the hours of operation  extended,  as  gamers  don’t always  fit the 9-6  time slot.  The company  will be bringing an 88 page  petition bearing more than a thousand signatures to this evening’s meeting of City Council to try and persuade  Council to  tweak the bylaw’s 30 day holding clause, sales and purchasing  rules.

Under the existing bylaw,  2nd hand items must be held for 30 days before being put on the shelf for sale.  But Game Quest says that isn’t practical for  video game sales as the games don’t have serial numbers that can be checked against  stolen items, they would like that hold to be reduced to just 7 days.

Also on the agenda for this evening’s meeting,  a call for Council to support  the development of a Social Policy Framework in British Columbia to guide the development of policies and planning with respect to social needs across the province.