Raising standards from county to city has put Planning Department in the line of fire

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When developers began eyeing Maricopa as a potential boomtown there was only Pinal County Planning Department between them and anything they wanted to do. The city didn't incorporate until October 2003, so most of what now stands in Maricopa or is still on the planning boards, was approved prior to that by the county.