At a special workshop on Monday night, the board of aldermen and members of the city's planning and zoning commission met in a joint session to discuss two key issues: The number of vehicles allowed on residential property and a policy for parking trailers or recreational vehicles at residences. Mayor Roy White said he did not feel the city had the right to regulate the number of cars parked at any particular house. "How do you decide how many is too many?" White questioned. "I've got three vehicles between my wife and I and when my two daughters come to visit, we may have five vehicles at one time. "Do I tell my daughters they have to move and park somewhere else?" asked White. Ward 2 Alderman Angie Reynolds, however, said she knew of "at least two" residences in the city where two people living in one home had seven to nine cars parked at their property routinely. One of them is on Kerland Drive next to Reynolds' home. When asked if all the vehicles were licensed, Reynolds replied "sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't." Reynolds added she felt an excessive number of vehicles makes a neighborhood look unappealing. White countered Reynolds' statement by explaining Police Chief Henry Matthews had investigated the situation on Kerland and "all the vehicles are properly licensed. "I don't believe Wright City has become a socialist city," White noted. "I don't think we can, or should, limit the number of cars a homeowner can have." Ward 2 Alderman Richard Denkler said "I don't go along with limiting the number of vehicles at all." Reynolds said she hoped the city's planning and zoning commission would investigate the situation. "This isn't a planning and zoning issue," countered Jamey Abercrombie, plan board president. "It's an Angie Reynolds issue. "If you feel so strongly about it," Abercrombie added, "write it up and send it to us, and we'll look at it." As for the issue of parking big trailers or recreational vehicles at a residence, city officials are considering an ordinance which restricts the length and number of those vehicles. They discussed limiting the length of such vehicles to 30 feet, which would be allowed to be parked only on the driveway side of a residence, and only on a hard surface such as concrete or asphalt. "We're trying to get it changed so you can bring the vehicles on the driveway side of a house," said planning and zoning board member Tony Girondo. Ultimately, officials agreed to let the planning and zoning commission review the issue at its Sept. 15 meeting and then make a recommendation to the board of aldermen. "Make sure it's enforceable, whatever you write," said White. "Work it out real good before you bring it to us." If the planning and zoning board does reach a decision, aldermen could vote on approving an ordinance at its Sept. 25 meeting. Also on Monday, officials decided to delay holding an open house at the city's newly expanded wastewater treatment plant until mid-October. Public Works Director Larry Janish said that while the facility is up and running at this time, a few minor details were still being worked out. Janish suggested a date "somewhere around the second week of October" when the public event could be combined with an open house for the 500,000-gallon water tower on Highway H. That facility went online in 2006. A dedication ceremony was scheduled but had to be scrapped at the last minute due to weather.