hodgepodge
Senior Member (Gold)
I received the following from my local community. Apparently, if we don't claim a license for the community waterfront property, anyone can claim a license for this property. They will then start blasting at pets and small children.
Is this valid?
The fix is basically in on this. The Club is soliciting proxies to enable the Board to obtain the license.
Proposed By law change to prevent hunting on water contiguous to Ulmstead Club, Inc.
Under current law owners of waterfront property that exceeds a certain number of feet on the water and satisfies specific other conditions have the right to obtain a license to hunt waterfowl on the water in front of the property from a boat or stationary blind. The UCI beach has enough waterfront to qualify for a hunting license. The law provides that the first right to obtain the license is given to the landowner. If the land owner fails to obtain a hunting permit for their property by a designated date then the right to obtain the hunting license is “opened up” to any other person who can thereafter hunt in front of someone else’s property, in our case the UCI beach.
For over 20 years Dhave shouldered the burden to obtain signatures from Ulmstead waterfront owners and the UCI board to make sure that the hunting permits were secured thereby preventing anyone from hunting on our shores and endangering our residents and children.
The purpose for the proposed bylaw is that, as a community, we must be aware that xxx will not always be here to take on the responsibility of ensuring timely filing of documents to prevent “outsiders” from acquiring hunting licenses to hunt on the UCI beach. Also the UCI board, like any volunteer community board, changes yearly. With the change of members there is a potential that filing for the hunting license or permit by June 1 will be forgotten or “fall through the cracks”. Not intentionally but just due to the shifting of board members, this knowledge and information about the date to file for the license is or can be lost. This is precisely what happened with the covenant law suit we went through back in 2016-2017 when certain covenants were not re-filed. As you are probably aware our bylaws already preclude hunting “on” Ulmstead property, including the beach (see UCI Bylaw Article VII Special Conditions, Section 1, subsection e).
The proposed bylaw addition would merely close a loophole to preclude hunting on UCI water to maintain the safety of our residents on land and water.
The proposed bylaw change to Article III: Board of Directors Section 13: Duties and Responsibilities of the Board, is as follows
r. Timely obtain waterfowl hunting licenses or permits from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and/or from any other applicable state or local agency for any UCI property for which a waterfowl hunting license is obtainable. The Board will not authorize or allow hunting of waterfowl on any UCI water.
In order to add or change a UCI bylaw a majority of the property owners in attendance at the upcoming February, 2018 UCI meeting need to vote to approve, either by voting at the meeting or by proxy. Below is a proxy that authorizes me to vote your approval for this amendment to the bylaw, if you are not attending the meeting. You can either print this out and drop in our mailbox or scan and send via email. There are many neighbors who support this proposal, but I have been asked to draft this proposed bylaw change. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at
Is this valid?
The fix is basically in on this. The Club is soliciting proxies to enable the Board to obtain the license.
Proposed By law change to prevent hunting on water contiguous to Ulmstead Club, Inc.
Under current law owners of waterfront property that exceeds a certain number of feet on the water and satisfies specific other conditions have the right to obtain a license to hunt waterfowl on the water in front of the property from a boat or stationary blind. The UCI beach has enough waterfront to qualify for a hunting license. The law provides that the first right to obtain the license is given to the landowner. If the land owner fails to obtain a hunting permit for their property by a designated date then the right to obtain the hunting license is “opened up” to any other person who can thereafter hunt in front of someone else’s property, in our case the UCI beach.
For over 20 years Dhave shouldered the burden to obtain signatures from Ulmstead waterfront owners and the UCI board to make sure that the hunting permits were secured thereby preventing anyone from hunting on our shores and endangering our residents and children.
The purpose for the proposed bylaw is that, as a community, we must be aware that xxx will not always be here to take on the responsibility of ensuring timely filing of documents to prevent “outsiders” from acquiring hunting licenses to hunt on the UCI beach. Also the UCI board, like any volunteer community board, changes yearly. With the change of members there is a potential that filing for the hunting license or permit by June 1 will be forgotten or “fall through the cracks”. Not intentionally but just due to the shifting of board members, this knowledge and information about the date to file for the license is or can be lost. This is precisely what happened with the covenant law suit we went through back in 2016-2017 when certain covenants were not re-filed. As you are probably aware our bylaws already preclude hunting “on” Ulmstead property, including the beach (see UCI Bylaw Article VII Special Conditions, Section 1, subsection e).
The proposed bylaw addition would merely close a loophole to preclude hunting on UCI water to maintain the safety of our residents on land and water.
The proposed bylaw change to Article III: Board of Directors Section 13: Duties and Responsibilities of the Board, is as follows
r. Timely obtain waterfowl hunting licenses or permits from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and/or from any other applicable state or local agency for any UCI property for which a waterfowl hunting license is obtainable. The Board will not authorize or allow hunting of waterfowl on any UCI water.
In order to add or change a UCI bylaw a majority of the property owners in attendance at the upcoming February, 2018 UCI meeting need to vote to approve, either by voting at the meeting or by proxy. Below is a proxy that authorizes me to vote your approval for this amendment to the bylaw, if you are not attending the meeting. You can either print this out and drop in our mailbox or scan and send via email. There are many neighbors who support this proposal, but I have been asked to draft this proposed bylaw change. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at