Editing Marana, Arizona (section)

===Annexation===
The southern portion of Marana has grown considerably since the early 1990s with the addition of businesses and housing due to the annexation of existing unincorporated areas. In 1992, the Marana Town Council voted to annex an area of unincorporated Pima County that was located southeast of the town limits. The area selected was a narrow corridor of land along Interstate 10 to the east along Ina Road and south along Thornydale Road. These areas were mainly developed with high-density commercial businesses and shopping centers including large retailers or "big box" stores. Marana chose these areas to annex to increase its revenue from sales taxes.<ref>[http://www.tekwriteservices.com/docs/brochure_for_marana_az.pdf<!-- Bot generated title --> Tekwriteservices.com] {{Cite web |url=http://www.tekwriteservices.com/docs/brochure_for_marana_az.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716203048/http://www.tekwriteservices.com/docs/brochure_for_marana_az.pdf |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/09-21-95/skinny.htm<!-- Bot generated title --> Tucsonweekly.com]</ref>  The large residential areas behind these commercial areas, which required support for residents, such as schools and roads, were not annexed.<ref>[http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/incorporation/tor8-27.htm PLWeb Document Display<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212094553/http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/incorporation/tor8-27.htm |date=February 12, 2005 }}.</ref><ref>[http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/booming_northwest/7685.htm Annexations by northwest towns pinching Tucson<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050904154358/http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/booming_northwest/7685.htm |date=September 4, 2005 }}.</ref>

As a result, Tucson filed a lawsuit in the [[Arizona Superior Court|Pima County Superior Court]] (''City of Tucson v Town of Marana''), claiming that Marana illegally annexed the unincorporated areas in violation of existing state laws. However, on April 4, 1994, Judge Lina Rodriguez ruled in favor of Marana, allowing the annexation to stand.<ref>"Marana's Thornydale-area annexation is upheld," ''Arizona Daily Star'' (April 4, 1994)</ref> Following this suit, state annexation laws were changed, forbidding municipalities from annexing small strips of land without taking large surrounding parcels as well. Such "strip annexation" is no longer allowed under Arizona law.<ref>[http://www.redrocknews.com/News/council-discusses-annexation.html Redrocknews.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106125814/http://redrocknews.com/News/council-discusses-annexation.html |date=January 6, 2010 }}</ref>