Plainfield council adopts C-PACE, Myrtle Avenue and other redevelopment ordinances; several measures pass with roll-call votes

The Plainfield City Council on a series of roll-call votes adopted ordinances to enable commercial clean-energy financing, advance redevelopment plans on Myrtle Avenue and TODD South, and approve a tax-exemption/financial agreement for properties on West Front Street.

The measures taken on second reading and final passage included: an ordinance to participate in the Garden State Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program (MC2025-08); adoption of the Myrtle Avenue redevelopment plan (MC2025-09); a financial agreement and municipal tax-exemption for property on West Front Street identified on the tax map as Block 218, Lots 23–27 (MC2025-10); and an amendment to the TODD South redevelopment plan (MC2025-11). The council also approved an ordinance establishing vendor fees for the Lenny Cathcart House Music Festival (MC2025-12).

Why it matters: the C-PACE ordinance creates a local mechanism for property owners to finance energy efficiency and resiliency upgrades through long-term assessments tied to property tax bills. The redevelopment and tax-exemption votes clear the way for private development projects and financial…