At its meeting on May 15, the Planning and Zoning Commission heard from a developer interested in building apartments on East Main Street.

At the meeting, Andrea L. Gomes, an attorney from Hinckley, Allen, and Snyder LLP, attorneys at law, spoke about a potential application to be filed to build 40 new one-bedroom apartments at 345 East Main Street.

“The property currently houses the Victorian Village Inn, which was historically used as a motel but has in more recent years been used as a short-term residential community,” Gomes said.

Gomes spoke to the commission on behalf of Victorian Village LLC, the property owner at 345 East Main Street. Gomes stressed that she was speaking informally at the commission and that no plans had been filed yet.

“We were there for an informal, pre-application review of our conceptual plan to redevelop the site. We have not yet filed a formal application with the commission for this site.

Since the meeting was only an informal conversation, the plans Gomes discussed were not set in stone, nor were any comments made by the commission.

On June 21, Gomes said she anticipated a formal application might be filed “within the next month or so, maybe sooner” as more details are worked out.

Gomes told the commission the owner was thinking of demolishing four buildings on the property and renovating the remaining eight buildings into 14 one-bedroom properties. Furthermore, the owner was also proposing a new two-story building on the property with 26 one-bedroom units.

“In addition to the renovated and new buildings, the proposal would include improvements to stormwater, lighting, landscaping, and parking on-site. We would be taking an underutilized site — one that is located in a transitional area and along a primary corridor into the Town of Clinton — and converting it into an attractive multifamily community. The result would not only improve the aesthetics of the area but would provide much-needed housing in the town,” Gomes said.

The proposed redeveloped property would have 40 units, and four units would be rent-restricted. Gomes said the owners intend to apply for an amendment to the zoning regulations to include a floating zone on the property.

The commission asked the potential applicants to include specific areas for a proposed floating zone, wastewater information, propane storage, parking spaces, amenities, how the proposal fits the town’s plan of conservation and development, leases, and proposed affordability of the units when a formal application is ready.