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Planning board tables Iron Mine LLC request to convert garage to apartment, seeks legal guidance on affordable-housing bonus
Summary
Iron Mine LLC asked to convert an existing garage at 43 Old Brunswick Road into a one‑bedroom unit to create a fifth dwelling on Lot 14A. The planning board tabled the application to seek legal advice about whether the state's density-bonus rules require multiple units on the lot to be designated affordable and how to enforce long-term covenants.
The Gardiner Planning Board voted to table an application from Iron Mine LLC to convert a garage into a one‑bedroom apartment at 43 Old Brunswick Road, asking the city and the applicant to obtain legal guidance on how Maine's affordable-housing density bonus applies.
Jo Roderick, who identified herself as the owner of Iron Mine LLC, told the board the property at 43 Old Brunswick Road (City Tax Map 27, Lot 14A) contains a three‑unit building and an adjacent garage and mobile-home site. Roderick said the garage sits separately with an 80‑foot driveway and that converting the garage into a small apartment would add needed rental housing. "...there's such a need for housing in this area ... most of the time teeter on full," Roderick told the board.
Staff and the applicant used Maine's LD 2003 density-bonus framework to show how an additional unit…
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