by

Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

Charles (Chuck) Kiphart, longtime Director of the Hamilton County Planning Department, will retire on April 16. No successor has yet been named. Applications for the position are currently being received.

Kiphart has served as director for 32 years. He is a native of Frankfort, Ind., and a resident of Indianapolis. Following retirement, Kiphart plans to continue his pottery-making avocation.

County Planning has planning and zoning authority over unincorporated areas of the county outside the jurisdictions of cities and towns. Department offices are located in the county Government and Judicial Center.

The county’s comprehensive master plan has recently been updated with the final step of approval by county commissioners upcoming soon.