The encampment sprang up nearly a year ago on the manicured Harbor Walk, next to a playground, just across the South River from a brewery, in the heart of downtown.
The city is developing an ordinance, based on the one used in Boston, that would ban camping but only if there's a place to put the tent city occupants.
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