NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Finding of Fact and Order Minimum Housing Code In the matter of the property located at Parcel ID: R04820-012-012-000, 12 Colonial Drive, Wilmington, NC, known as Map 312708.89.6451.000, BLK A LOT 77D FOREST HILLS. TO: Carolina Stuart Anderson Take notice that the Hearing Officer does hereby find the above-referenced address violates the City Minimum Housing Code (Chapter 16, Article V of the City Code) and the standards set forth therein, is unfit for human habitation, and deteriorated as outlined within the Findings of Fact and Order issued on November 7, 2025. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the owner of the dwelling named and designated be and are hereby ordered and required to bring such dwelling into compliance with the Minimum Housing Code of the City of Wilmington, North Carolina, by repairing and improving the dwelling to render it fit for human habitation not later than May 7, 2026. If the owner of the dwelling fails to bring such dwellings into compliance with the Minimum Housing Code as ordered by the date designated above, the offender shall be subjected to a civil penalty of $100.00 per day for each day that the violation continues and the housing inspector shall file a report with the City Council of the City of Wilmington which may, after a public hearing, cause the repair of such dwelling and the costs for same shall be a lien upon the property in accordance with Section 16-232 of the Minimum Housing Code. Any appeal to the Housing Appeals Board must be taken within ten (10) days from receipt of the order and shall be taken by filing with the Minimum Housing Hearing Officer a Notice of Appeal that specifies the grounds upon which an appeal is made. This the 5th day of January 2026. Brian D. Renner, Chief Code Enforcement Officer / Housing Inspector January 9 2026 LWLM0435181