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Parking, traffic and the noise of children playing are all cited by Westmount residents fighting a new daycare seeking to open in their neighbourhood.

They’re now taking the owner to court.

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One woman, a resident of 42 years, warned allowing the daycare would set such a dangerous precedent, it would only be a matter of time before the historic residential street “goes the way of Old Strathcona and Oliver, where the only value is the dirt under the house.”

The issue started when a family-owned business decided to create space for 120 children in an old church on 126 Street and 110 Avenue. It got its development permit for mostly interior renovations last summer, but several neighbours appealed.

When those neighbours lost at the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, they decided to take it to court. Now the family is stuck carrying the mortgage and heating bills for the $1.3-million property while waiting for a court date scheduled for January.