Public meetings are your chance to be heard
The Hamilton County Comprehensive Plan was last updated in 2006, and many things have changed in the last 14 years. This year the Hamilton County Plan Commission is working to update the Comprehensive Plan and have scheduled nine meetings to give you a chance to be heard.
The first meeting was held in Adams Township on Feb. 27. The next one is tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Walnut Grove Community Center, 25587 State Road 213 in White River Township. Next week the first meeting for Noblesville and Wayne townships will be held at Durbin Elementary School, 18000 Durbin Road, Noblesville.
According to Director of Hamilton County Plan Commission Chuck Kiphart, the entire plan will be discussed and updated to account for the changes in population, economy and infrastructure over the last 14 years as Hamilton County plans for the future.
Kiphart said the Adams Township meeting had a very good public turnout.
“We did get a lot of input,” Kiphart told The Reporter. “Some of the things that were discussed were the need for road maintenance and road widening. There were some issues about before development should occur in certain places drainage needs to be upgraded. People were split on lot sizes for new houses. Some think the current zoning ordinance is right on target with the three and 10 acres, others thought it might need to be reduced to five acres.”
Kiphart said the trend of putting development where there is current infrastructure and where the development needs to occur will be followed. “We are not spreading out commercial development throughout the different townships’ agricultural and residential areas,” Kiphart said.
Meeting will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the days they are scheduled. A schedule of upcoming meeting is available on Page 4 of the March 5 edition.
Please call the Plan Commission at (317) 776-8490 if you have questions.