The city of Maricopa is in Pinal County. It shares a name with the county next door and almost nothing else, and matching a Maricopa address to Maricopa County's building department lands you in the wrong jurisdiction running a different code. The city's own additions to the exempt-work list cover accessory structures, patio covers and roof coverings. Windows, glazing and doors are not among them.
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Maricopa's general plan places the city in western Pinal County, and the city is absent from Maricopa County's own list of its incorporated cities and towns. Both directions confirm it. Anyone matching a Maricopa address to Maricopa County's building department has the wrong jurisdiction, and the two run different codes.
The city incorporated on 15 October 2003.
Maricopa adopted the 2024 residential and building codes through Ordinance 26-01, with an effective date of 2 February 2026. Its local additions to R105.2 cover detached accessory structures up to 200 square feet, patio and porch covers within 120 square feet and eight feet of depth, and roof covering replacement at equal or greater classification. Windows, glazing and doors aren't among them.
The city's instruction is to contact its office to determine whether a permit is required for a given project.
The housing stock is unusually uniform. The city's housing needs assessment records that more than 99% of housing is single family detached, including 2.7% mobile homes, with one 55-plus community.
The first two are about the jurisdiction, and getting them wrong is the most common mistake on a Maricopa address.
No. The city's general plan places it in western Pinal County, and Maricopa County's own list of incorporated cities and towns does not include it. Both directions confirm it, and the two jurisdictions run different codes.
The exempt list does not say. The city's local additions to R105.2 cover detached accessory structures up to 200 square feet, patio and porch covers within 120 square feet and eight feet of depth, and roof covering replacement at equal or greater classification. Windows, glazing and doors are not among them.
The city. Its published instruction is to contact its office to determine whether a permit is required for a given project, and with no window item on the exempt list that call is the reliable answer.
The 2024 residential and building codes, adopted through Ordinance 26-01 with an effective date of 2 February 2026.
Unusually uniform. The city's housing needs assessment records more than 99 percent of housing as single family detached, including 2.7 percent mobile homes, with one 55-plus community. Most window work here is on recent construction of a similar type.