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As such matters go, case ZA 87-0413-ZV was something less than a thriller.
Still, the hearing Monday before Jack C. Sedwick, associate zoning administrator, will fuel discussion among thousands of Michael Jackson's more ardent fans and dozens of his somewhat less ardent Encino neighbors.
Without explanation, the rock giant withdrew his request for two zoning variances. One would have paved the way for the addition of a giraffe to his backyard zoo. The other requested he be allowed to keep his 17-foot-high backyard fence.
Withdrawing the latter request means that Jackson agrees to trim the fence to six feet, the maximum allowable height.
Robert M. Wilkinson, a former Los Angeles City Council member who described himself as Jackson's "legislative advocate," would not specify the reasoning behind either decision.
"I presented the options last...