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Who They Are: Cochise County

Christine McLachlan

Development Services Director · Department directors, Cochise County

How
Appointed

What the office does

Not defined in law. The director heads the county's Development Services Department, which the county says oversees permitting, zoning, building code compliance and land-use planning outside city limits, through its building safety, code compliance and planning and zoning divisions. The department processes special use applications such as SU26-22 and writes the staff reports for the commission's hearings.

Source: Cochise County, Development Services.

In our reporting

Not yet named in a report.

See the whole chart: Cochise County.

Seat details: official page.

Photo via Cochise County, AZ staff directory

Who They Are was researched and written by Nicholas De Leon with Claude Opus 5.5 from the official pages, election canvasses, statutes and contracts linked on each chart; the reports naming each person are matched by code from What They Decided, and no model wrote any of it. Last updated 8:10 AM MST on November 12, 2026. Read more about how this is made.