The following regulations shall apply to duck blinds.
(A) Each Duck Blind shall be numbered by the City.
(B) Permits shall be obtained to build duck blinds. There will be no fee for this permit.
(C) There shall be no portable blinds--stationary only.
(D) Duck blind owners shall sign up in the City Clerk’s office by September 1 of every year to retain his rights to his blind, or such blind will be forfeited to the lottery draw.
(E) Blinds shall be brushed and signed for or will be forfeited to a lottery draw.
(F) Blinds shall be maintained at all times of the year and used during that season or that blind shall be forfeited to the lottery draw.
(G) Blinds shall be built only in the designated numbered area provided by the City Council.
(H) The lottery shall be held on the second (2nd) Monday in September by the Staunton City Council. The recipients of the duck blind shall have two (2) weeks to register following letter notification; failure to register will result in forfeiture and a re-draw for said blind. (Ord. No. 1098; 01-29-97)
(I) The applicant need not be present for this drawing.
(J) Proper hunting license and F.O.I.D. card shall be presented prior to applications being accepted for the lottery draw.
(K) For those duck blind locations where access is controlled or limited by locked gates, the City shall make available one key to issue to each permitted blind location, which key shall be signed for and issued to the permit holder only. This key may be available for pick up from the Police Department at the beginning of each season and shall be returned to the Police Department within five (5) days of the close of duck hunting season for the applicable zone as determined by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. No copies of this key shall be made by the permit holder or anyone acting on the permit holder’s behalf. Violations of the provisions of this Section, including failure to return the key by the permit holder shall result in the revocation of the permit and disqualification of the permit holder from the following season’s lottery. (Ord. No. 1653; 12-10-12)