The City of Delray Beach has suspended the permit for Coco Market, a popular wellness and community event, following a “serious incident” involving a dog attack that left a teenager with severe facial injuries.
City Manager Terrence Moore, on Feb. 20, notified event organizers at Cocoyogi, Inc., that their special event permit is suspended for three months. The decision stems from an incident on Feb. 8 at the city’s Old School Square campus, where a 16-year-old girl was bitten in the face by a dog.
According to city officials, the organizers authorized H3 Dog Rescue to display multiple dogs at the event despite the city’s special event policy. “You were not authorized to host an event with animals,” Moore wrote in the suspension letter, calling the incident “alarming” and a clear violation of the permission granted by the city…