One local businessperson this week launched a silent yet highly visible protest against filming in the area.

Crews arriving to film Bates Motel, an A&E TV series, in Ladner Village Wednesday morning were greeted by a large banner put up at local lawyer Murray Lott at the Delta Law Office. The banner, which includes the words Ladner, B.C. and a number of Canadian flags, was wrapped around the façade of the century-old building.

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"I just decided that I've had enough," Lott said of the decision to put the banner up.

"Our first concern is obviously for our clients," he said, adding that filming in the area is highly disruptive to his business. He said his office sees "a lot of small people with big problems" and Delta Law Office strives to provide a quiet atmosphere where those people can come to discuss those problems.

"It just takes away from the tranquil atmosphere of our office," Lott said. "It just creates chaos and hubbub and noise."

He said his staff members also find it disruptive when they leave the office for a break or to run errands.

Lott said he also has a problem with production companies coming in and making Ladner Village look like somewhere else.

"The movie crews turn it into something else," he said, adding it "doesn't reflect who we are."

Lott doesn't give much credit to the justification that allowing production companies to film in Ladner Village, and other areas of the community, brings money into the municipality.

"We don't ever see it," he said.

Kendrie Upton, location manager with GEP Productions Inc., which produces Bates Motel, said she had never seen anyone put up a banner in an attempt to disrupt filming.

"We've had to adjust our filming but it hasn't been the end of the world," she said. "We're just working around it."

Upton, who was born and raised in Ladner and still lives in Delta, said the production company and film crews mean no harm.

"It certainly wasn't our intention to alienate anyone," she said. "Delta, as an entity, has been great to us."

Lott said he knows of at least two more occasions in the near future where there will be filming along Delta Street, a stretch of road that is a popular spot for production companies. He said he is planning on rolling out his banner for each and every one.

"They can't use my beautiful building in their movie without compensation."