neighbours nearby say they purchased their homes on the understanding it was a purely residential neighbourhood and they’re worried noisy customers might start queuing in their street and create a hazard

This might be the most nimby thing i’ve ever read. Also, whats this suburbia mindset they’ve got? They purchased their homes with the understanding a cafe won’t be on their block. Please.

They bought a parcel of land on that block, not the whole thing. Theres a limit to how much say people should have over what their neighbours do with their land.

Also, “noisy customers”? What kind of cafe is, caffeine and dubstep?

patrons would have to walk through the kitchen to use the residential tenant’s toilet, as it was the only one on site. He said it made the application unapprovable

This seems to be the nimby’s only fair point. Cafe owners need to pony up, build a new toilet off the side of the building or something.