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Plan commission approves conditional use permit for cottage bakery at 1000 McFarland Road

2676993 · March 19, 2025
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The Portage Plan Commission approved a conditional use permit allowing an in-home cottage bakery with limited visitor pickups at 1000 McFarland Road after a public hearing and unanimous staff recommendation.

The Portage Plan Commission on Monday approved a conditional use permit to allow a home-occupation cottage bakery with visitors at 1000 McFarland Road, parcel 14091000.

The decision followed a public hearing in which the applicant’s husband, Cody Frederick, and the applicant, Paige Bistine, described the proposal as a small, mostly online bakery with limited, staggered, contactless pickup windows and participation in the farmers market. Steven Sobiak, the city’s Director of Business Development and Planning, told the commission that staff and…

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