Ads for topless maid services, massages rub California residents the wrong way

Hot pink vans advertising a topless cleaning service rile some Burbank, California residents, but the company owner sees nothing wrong with his mobile ad strategy. KNBC's Kim Baldonado reports.

By Jason Kandel, NBCLosAngeles.com

Pink vansemblazoned with "Topless Maids" andthe phone number 818-666-HUGEare generating complaints fromBurbank, Calif., residents and businesseswho don'twant the mobile billboards parked near their homes and stores.

It doesnt project the image of the city that we think we have, said Joy Forbes, Burbanks assistant city manager, who has been fielding complaints. We have a small-town feel. These types of advertising vehicles dont reflect the image of Burbank that most people have.

Forbes said that since neighboring Los Angeles recently enacted city rules that barred mobile advertising, Burbank has seen an influx of ad vans, which park for days on end andadvertise 1-hour massages and topless maid services.

The service does not have a permit to operate within the city of Burbank, Forbes said. Burbank city officials dont know if the vans are representing a legitimate business in another city.Calls to the number advertised on the van on Thursday went to voicemail,which was full.

A DMV search of the van's license plate showed that it had once been owned by a gardening service, but was transferred to an individual in July.

NBCLosAngeles.com tracked down the vans and several other mobile advertisements to the parking lot of a Studio City massage and manicure studio, located across the street from a dance studio.

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Owner Sami Ammari said he owns several businesses and employs hundreds of people. He said he's helping the economy and can't understand the negative reaction.

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Ads for topless maid services, massages rub California residents the wrong way