NYC- from www.nydailynews.com – The city has won another victory in its quest to regulate smut shops, beating back a challenge from strip clubs.

A decision issued Friday gives the city the power to shut down topless bars that are just paying lip service to zoning rules.

City regulations require that X-rated businesses be confined to special zones. Stores outside those zones can’t have more than 40% adult material.

The city says many sex-related shops stocked G-rated stuff to meet the letter of the law – while their main focus was porn.

A judge had already agreed inspectors could go after video and book stores that fell into that category. The new ruling allows them to force 20 clubs out of residential neighborhoods.