Ruling blocking strip club near USC is upheld

City officials acted within their rights when they revoked building permits for a strip club that would have been across the street from a new middle school near USC, a state Court of Appeal panel has ruled.

The decision affirmed a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruling. Under city law, adult entertainment businesses are barred from being within 500 feet of a school.

The middle school, which opened this fall at West 37th Street and South Grand Avenue, has not received its permanent name but is known as Central Los Angeles New Middle School No. 4.