A Southampton cannabis dispensary is defiantly staying open despite town officials serving the business with a cease-and-desist order for what they said is a failure to obtain town permission to operate.

Town Attorney James Burke told Newsday that the Charlie Fox dispensary, which opened Tuesday, had not gone through the permission process for opening a cannabis dispensary.

He said it also had not obtained any of the permits required for any new business to open that is a change in use, such as a certificate of occupancy and fire marshal inspection. The building was previously home to Hampton Car Club, a car service and repair business.

“We don’t want people in an unsafe building,” Burke said, noting that in addition to the cease-and-desist, the business was issued numerous citations. “

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