NEW ULM - The City Council approved the first consideration of a zoning amendment to the planned industrial zoning district in New Ulm. The amendment was designed to create a second set of development standards in the Planned Industrial (I-1) zoning district. City Planner John Knisley the amendment was designed to take into account existing property and their configurations in the grid pattern area of New Ulm. “Historically, properties in the grid pattern area of the city are smaller in size than newly platted lots in undeveloped I-1 zoned areas.” City staff realized that having ...