The West Allis Plan Commission recommended approval of a conditional-use request allowing NNS Towing to relocate operations to a 2.5-acre truck-service property at 11139 Beecher Street.

City planning staff said the site includes a 19,000-square-foot building, two access points on Beecher and existing landscaping that meets the 20% requirement. "It's not going to be a salvage yard. It's intended to be a temporary storage location," staff said, and described hours for customer vehicle pickup as Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; the repair shop would be closed Saturdays and Sundays.

Owner Charlie, representing NNS Towing, told the commission the move would remove tow trucks from neighborhood streets and place most vehicles inside the building. In response to a commissioner question about vehicles not recovered, Charlie said state law requires sending notice and, if unclaimed after the statutory period, the vehicle may be disposed of; he added the company uses an alternate storage facility when long-term storage is required.

Staff recommended conditions including new perimeter fencing, identification of refuse-container locations, pavement repairs and striping between Beecher Street and the building, and notation on the site plan that commercial vehicles will not be staged on public streets. The staff presentation described a proposed 6–8-foot chain-link fence (no barbed wire) with vinyl coating on rear fencing and a decorative wood fence facing Beecher; this fencing will enclose tow staging at the rear and vehicle storage along the east property line.

Commissioners moved and seconded the recommendation; the commission voted to approve the conditional use permit and related site-plan items and noted the item will proceed to Common Council on June 10 for final action.

Why it matters: the relocation aims to remove tow-truck storage from public streets and formalizes site controls (fencing, pavement repair, hours) intended to limit neighborhood impacts.