Finding of Facts Order:8/26/2025

Finding of Facts Order:8/26/2025 Owner: Floyd Gordon & Catina Gordon, Heirs of Agnes Norman Address: 4407 S Main St., Hope Mills, NC 28348 CASE # MHD-2025-0033 PROPERTY AT: 6404 Winthrop Dr Fayetteville, NC 28311 A Complaint, Notice of Hearing and Report of Inspection were legally served to the owner or owner's agent, and any party of interest. These documents were in fact received by the owner or owner's agent and party of interest on 07/28/2025.Pursuant of law, a Hearing was conducted in Room 101, of the old courthouse at 130 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, NC on 08/26/2025 at 9:00 AM. The items identified below took place at the Hearing: 1. Those answering in person were Floyd Gordon and his attorney James MacRae,111. 2. The undersigned inspector personally inspected the dwelling described in the Complaint and Notice of Hearing dated 08-5-2025. Upon the record and all the evidence offered and contentions made, the undersigned Hearing Officer does thereby find the following fact: The dwelling in question is violative of the Cumberland County Housing Ordinance as per findings in the inspection report with an assigned case number of MHD-2025-0033, dated 07/25/2025. Due to these findings, the dwellings are found to be in a substandard condition in accordance with the Cumberland County Ordinance. The dwelling is unfit for human habitation. 3. Due to facts presented above, the Hearing Officer orders as follows: The owners and/or parties of interest of the dwelling named above are required to bring such dwelling into compliance with the Cumberland County Housing Ordinance by either repairing, altering, and improving the dwelling up to a minimum standard or by demolishing the structure and then causing the debris to be removed from the premises by a date not later than 11-26-2025. All required permits must be obtained. A copy of this order must be presented when obtaining permits. The dwelling shall remain vacated until compliance with this order is completed and removed by the inspector, and the lot must be continuously maintained. The structure shall be/remain secured to prevent entry by 11/26/2025 and shall remain secured. By authority of North Carolina General Statutes 14-4, violation of the County code subjects the violator to injunctive relief and/or a civil penalty of $250.00 per day for each day's continuing violation after 11-26-2025. The County Planning/Inspection Department may immediately begin procedures to seek a demolition ordinance from the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners for failure to bring the property into compliance by 11/26/2025. The cost of said demolition will be assessed against the real property in the form of a lien. An appeal may be made to the Cumberland County Housing Board of Appeals. If an appeal is requested, it must be made in writing and within the time limits specified in the enclosed appeal procedures. Instructions for filing an appeal were given to Floyd Gordon and his Attorney James MacRae Ill on 08/26/2025. Sworn by: Lee Campbell and Andy Roberts, Cumberland County Code Enforcement Officers. September 5 2025 LWLM0360872