DETROIT — Mary Little cringes every time she sees the billboards trumpeting nearby topless bars along her northwest side neighborhood.

“It’s just ridiculous,” said Little, president of the Evergreen-Lahser/7-8 Mile Road Community Council, who wants them removed.

“They have this woman up there. It looks like Las Vegas. It’s disgraceful.”

Little is getting some help in her battle against the billboards from state Sen. Tupac A. Hunter, D-Detroit, [pictured] who has introduced legislation that would limit billboard advertising for adult-oriented clubs.

Hunter’s bill is an amendment to a Senate bill that would place restrictions and fees on advertising for adult-oriented businesses such as topless clubs.

If approved, the bill would limit clubs to two signs: one free-standing sign and another attached to the business’s building that would have to state that the club isn’t open to minors. Hunter said he often has misgivings about driving down the strip of West Eight Mile near Evergreen with his 8-year-old son because of some of the advertising along the boulevard.

“I’m very concerned about the proliferation of the topless billboards along Eight Mile. A lot of senior citizens, a lot of families live nearby. This kind of advertising is unacceptable in this community.”

The bill would amend the Highway Advertising Act of 1972 to require permits and fees for signs that don’t meet current size regulations.

The bill has been approved 30-7 by the Senate and is in the Michigan House. The bill is expected to pass, but could face tough opposition from lawyers representing club owners.

Adult club owners said they think they are being discriminated against and that their advertising is no more seductive than that of Victoria’s Secret lingerie company.